£200 quid system as quick as poss, 500gb, 8gb ram, what can we spec?

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Hi guys, looking to spec up a PC for about 200 quid, no OS/monitor/keyboard or mouse etc needed, just the base unit.

£200 quid or so budget. As quick a machine as poss.

500GB HDD
8GB ram
DVDRW
Cheap MATX case and PSU
Wireless card

The rest is as good as we can make it :)

What would you suggest is gonna be the quickest solution utilising onboard graphics, ideally something with VGA/DVI/HDMI built on would be great.

Do any onboard graphics chips support dual monitor too?

Thanks guys!
 
 
Just office/internet/youtube usage really, if it can cope with moderate games then even better.

I'll run through what I need incase we miss anything as the above misses a lot out.

£200 total budget for:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Hard Drive
DVD Drive
Case and PSU
Wireless Card

I think the IMP case with 500w will do the job, no real need for an expensive PSU.

Ta chaps :) Those A4 CPU's are really cheap!
 
I prefer MSI motherboard than ASRock and also the motherboard has HDMI and VGA port, unless you go for the Asus F2A55-M LE motherboard for £10 extra which has VGA, DVI and HDMI,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £39.95
1 x Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £31.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30.00
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £225.85 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
I wouldn't trust the PSU in that IMP case, it'll kill the PC, better to get a small 400/450w PSU, Corsair or XFX would be perfect. Also check out grade-b cases for a saving, I know there are some Trinity boards there too.
 
I know you said 8gb of ram, but if it's just for general use with occasional gaming then 4gb would probably suffice and you could save yourself some pennies.
 
 
 
Stormster said:
Just office/internet/youtube usage really, if it can cope with moderate games then even better.
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He'll need faster RAM if he is looking to game! There is 1866 & 2133 on offer today which would be a massive leap over the 1600 being spec'd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £39.95
Total : £98.64 (includes shipping : £7.25).



You could save £10 and get the 1866, but at that price, it's too good to miss.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus P8H61-MX USB 3.0 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £37.99
1 x Intel Celeron G550 2.60GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £31.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master Elite Power 500W (CA-230-CM) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Tenda W322P+ V2.0 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter £9.98
Total : £242.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £39.95
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £261.80 (includes shipping : FREE).



Went over here, but it has a PSU which won't burn your home down, and it actually has a HDD and an optical drive (unlike someones spec *cough* snips *cough* ;))
 
Thank you everyone, appreciate all your suggestions, gonna have a good look at them all now and a browse on the site but they all look good, I hear what you are saying ref the PSU's :)

This is a question which is age old I guess! Which route would you go at this pricepoint looking at the great ideas above for machines, AMD or Intel?

Which is likely to "feel" the quickest for office/internet/youtube/video and music playing?
 
Stormster said:
Thank you everyone, appreciate all your suggestions, gonna have a good look at them all now and a browse on the site but they all look good, I hear what you are saying ref the PSU's :)

This is a question which is age old I guess! Which route would you go at this pricepoint looking at the great ideas above for machines, AMD or Intel?

Which is likely to "feel" the quickest for office/internet/youtube/video and music playing?
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Most likely the AMD options because of the vastly superior onboard graphics.
 
£200 quid system as quick as poss
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is this because you're ordering today? if not, it might be worth seeking out some 2nd hand kit. i recently bought the celeron g530/h61 mobo/8GB ram bundle in my sig for 60 notes on the MM.
 
Stormster said:
I mean performance wise, so no need jump on it today, good idea mate - I should really look in there! lol.
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Just to give you an idea of what you could get for £200, I built my folding rig/LAN PC for around £200 through buying things on the OcUK MM and a couple of things (RAM and case) on offer at OcUK.

This was only a few months ago, and the specs are:

Phenom II 955BE w' Zalman CNPS10X Quiet
Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 (AM3+)
8GB TeamGroup Elite 1600MHz
PNY GTX460 XLR8 Enthusiast Edition
500GB Samsung Spinpoint
500W OCZ CoreXstream
Xigmatek Helios XTK231

:)
 
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