VERY CHEAP budget PC request

lukefinch · 14 Aug 2010 at 22:48

Hello Again

I have another spec me request if you could please help me.

My neighbours want a new PC. Just something very low budget for as cheap as possible. They will be using it only for web browsing and windows live messenger.

All they need is the tower, no screen, keyboard, mouse, OS etc.

The PC will also need to be able to run Windows 7 reasonabley well.

They are looking to spend around 250 pounds max so this will indeed be a challenge!

What can you guys put together?

Realillusion222 · 14 Aug 2010 at 22:50

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

Should do the job, no?

lukefinch · 14 Aug 2010 at 22:56

Wow, i didn't think OCUK would have anything prebuilt that cheap. I guess i should have looked.

That looks perfect though, although i'll not get to build anything

lukefinch · 14 Aug 2010 at 22:56

Could anyone else beat it through a custom build?

Infam0us · 14 Aug 2010 at 23:08

Secondhand maybe

Redmint · 14 Aug 2010 at 23:14

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £32.89
(£27.99) £32.89
(£27.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.71
(£26.99) £31.71
(£26.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Coolermaster Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £27.99
(£23.82) £27.99
(£23.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £185.15
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £32.40
Total : £217.55

Tealc · 14 Aug 2010 at 23:19

I suppose you could get a slightly cheaper mATX Nforce motherboard (-£6) and half the amount of slightly slower RAM (-£27). 2GB is probably fine (W7 32 bit) for simple web browsing and Messenger use and I think that the motherboard will happily use slower 6400 RAM. Apart from that it's difficult to remove any more value before you are putting 3 year old or second hand parts in.

franco_22 · 15 Aug 2010 at 00:02

500GB Hard drive
DVD Burner sata
Dual Core you can OC
450w PSU and DDR 2 800 memory.

Under 200$, if you want 4gb then just add a 4gb module and it will be 250. I didn't know if your OS was 64-bit so I didn't do that.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 10:05

franco_22 said:
500GB Hard drive
DVD Burner sata
Dual Core you can OC
450w PSU and DDR 2 800 memory.

Under 200$, if you want 4gb then just add a 4gb module and it will be 250. I didn't know if your OS was 64-bit so I didn't do that.

There's no PSU?

Redmint · 15 Aug 2010 at 10:06

It's a case/psu combo.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 10:07

Redmint said:
It's a case/psu combo.

Oh yeah, you're right. Sorry

alg1a · 15 Aug 2010 at 10:21

I would also consider a cheap case without a PSU and add the 400w corsair which is now £29 inc vat.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 10:41

alg1a said:
I would also consider a cheap case without a PSU and add the 400w corsair which is now £29 inc vat.

Good point, but won't the PSU with the case be decent if it is branded by OCUK?

rojones · 15 Aug 2010 at 12:33

Get the OCUK Pre-Built one. Better than the intel setups as the mobo supports all the latest AMD Chips for a future cheap upgrade.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 19:38

rojones said:
Get the OCUK Pre-Built one. Better than the intel setups as the mobo supports all the latest AMD Chips for a future cheap upgrade.

To be honest, for how much this is going to cost, if they ever need to upgrade they will probably buy a new PC all together.

macfanuk · 15 Aug 2010 at 20:04

I think I'd prefer the Intel setup personally.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 20:31

macfanuk said:
I think I'd prefer the Intel setup personally.

Why?

franco_22 · 15 Aug 2010 at 20:41

lukefinch said:
Why?

Because it's cheaper and you can overclock the hell out of the cpu.

lukefinch · 15 Aug 2010 at 20:45

franco_22 said:
Because it's cheaper and you can overclock the hell out of the cpu.

Fair enough

rickh · 15 Aug 2010 at 20:48

franco_22 said:
Because it's cheaper and you can overclock the hell out of the cpu.

+1

You can get intels e5x00 cpu's up to 3.4ghz very easily on a budget board like the g31 & on the stock cooler - the 'lucky' chips can get up to 4ghz.
At that speed you're looking at e8400 performance (faster in some cases where cache is less required).