Budget home PC

qbazdz

qbazdz

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Hi,

I'm trying to spec a budget PC for friends. They haven't got a lot cash but we are looking at about 250-300 quid max. The good thing is it only needs the PC, no windows or monitor or accessories.

This is purely a home use PC, some internet, movies, etc. and maybe a little bit of World of Tanks gameplay, but the res is rather small - 1360x766.
No heavy multitasking or anything too extreme really, next upgrade probably will be in a year or two.

I was thinking about Llano but the availability is poor and the price seems quite high as well.
Maybe a Phenom II x4 with 4GB of ram and a ~40quid gfx would be ok?

I mostly follow higher end components so excuse the ignorance :)

Thanks for help!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
1 x MSI 870-C45 AMD 770 Chipset (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £45.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £22.79
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £252.23 (includes shipping : £11.25).



bear in mind, the case+psu combo is currently out of stock.
you could look into buying a second hand gpu with the left over cash

jennidc said:
if you went with the above it would leave enough cash for a nice gfx card
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what about the case,psu,hdd,optical drives?
 
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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
"Primo 520i" Intel Sandybridge DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £22.79
(£18.99) £22.79
(£18.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £189.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.06
Total : £246.34

Add a cheap graphics card and it will be the fastest system here.



Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
"Primo 520i" Intel Sandybridge DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £22.79
(£18.99) £22.79
(£18.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £239.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £51.05
Total : £306.32
 
I3 unlocked

That will be a great chip - it should run cooler than an I5 so it might be a cheap way of pushing for 5ghz with a decent cooler.

Any news on the release dates of that chip?
 
stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
"Primo 520i" Intel Sandybridge DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £22.79
(£18.99) £22.79
(£18.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £189.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.06
Total : £246.34

Add a cheap graphics card and it will be the fastest system here.



Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
"Primo 520i" Intel Sandybridge DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £22.79
(£18.99) £22.79
(£18.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £239.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £51.05
Total : £306.32
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your not seriously recommending he gets the *shudder* OcUK value PSU are you :eek:
 
Reaper 392 said:
your not seriously recommending he gets the *shudder* OcUK value PSU are you :eek:
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Why? is there anything power hungry in these spec;):D

And at least its all in stock:D

It certainly beats speccing a dead end AM3 system.

i3 2100 vs tri 450 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=189

And a 6670 card is better than what Llano has got - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/A8-3850_Fusion_GPU_Performance/13.html


So £300, faster CPU, faster graphics, and more future proof.
 
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