£500 general use spec Inc Windows 7

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Evening all,

Just got a phone call from my parents that their PC has given up the ghost, I'm going to buy them a new PC for around £500.

Only needs the tower as they've still got a monitor available, but the spec does need to include a windows 7 licence as well.

I'm not fussed by either AMD or Intel, 500gb hdd will suffice, and I think that's about it really.

Thanks guys
 
Intel build.

Not sure they need a video card of this quality perhaps, so you could get a better processor or mobo and cheaper video card instead. Or even a BluRay player if they'd have use for one.


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Asus H81-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £495.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Better PSU and different video card:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Asus H81-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £497.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Very much doubt they'd need a GFX card, they do watch YouTube videos some times but it's still low quality.

I've got them a blu ray player, but they use the xbmc set up on the main TV for shows and films.

Even an SSD is overkill for them I'd say, but I'll definitely consider it. I'm looking to order tonight and build next week.
 
This would be my suggestion. It's an almost exact replica of the PC I built my mum about 6 months ago but updated from an i3-3225 and h77 board to i3-4130 and h87. It makes for a cracking little computer. The 80mm fan is to replace the one built into the case as it's rather noisy and not PWM so would only run at full speed with the board I used.

I've posted a picture of the completed build I did below as well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte H87N-WIFI Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £101.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Arctic F8 PWM Case Fan - 80mm £2.99
Total : £507.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).




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Just realised I forgot windows 7 so I've edited this.
 
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