Build suggestions please for GP machine £350+ budget

tipes · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:35

Hi all,

Need to build a machine for a friend to replace their 8+ years old machine. The computer will only be used for internet,general office work, a bit of picture editing, and music etc. I am used to putting together high end machines so my mind has gone blank. spec needs to include case, psu, mobo, ram and Cpu. Think I would prefer it to be an Intel based machine. Budget is around £350, but will go to £400, but lower the better, but quality so it will last.

Help me out with some suggested specs please. Many thanks guys.

Mark

snips86x · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:43

It's basic, but will be a workhorse:

YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock H87M-ITX Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £77.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
Total : £399.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Cleisthenes · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:50

My attempt, similar to the above but with a slightly less powerful PSU (and not modular). Same case though! Even chucked in an optical drive for you

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-DS2 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £417.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

About £405 with free shipping

Ethermaster · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:55

Cheap as chips

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £77.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
Total : £333.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

ExRayTed · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Gigabyte H61M-USB3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Purple £32.99
1 x MSI HD 6450 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £392.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).

tipes · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:10

Ethermaster said:
Cheap as chips

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £77.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
Total : £333.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Liking this spec so far as it leaves enough to add a HDD for storage and maybe DVDRW drive as well if needed.

Thanks for the suggestion

Mark

tipes · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:11

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys - very helpful. Keep em coming.

Mark

tipes · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:21

ExRayTed said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Gigabyte H61M-USB3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Purple £32.99
1 x MSI HD 6450 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £392.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).

This is looking good, but think I would change case to Corsair carbide 200R, leave out the graphics card and use on board - otherwise a nice spec machine for the money - should do them fine.

Thanks for your help.

Mark