£450 build

Fate Zero · 4 Feb 2014 at 14:44

Hi there again,

Looking for the best value £450 build. I'll need everything except for a monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers. Budget can be expanded slightly if the improvements outweigh the extra financial cost.

The Only Beardy · 4 Feb 2014 at 14:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £125.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £494.54 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Best I could do for £450 (still blew it

)...

altrewin · 4 Feb 2014 at 14:59

Need an OS as well?
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £125.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £46.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £447.50 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Edit: Damn, Beardy beat me to it D:

Danny75 · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:00

With OS:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £35.99
1 x Zalman Z3 Midi-Tower - Black £34.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £459.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

altrewin · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:04

In budget with OS

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £441.50 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Fate Zero · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:06

Thanks for the replies. I've seen this message listed with Windows 8 builds sometimes

This system is preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 8 Pro software

Do all versions of Windows 8 come with the ability to downgrade to Windows 7?

Danny75 · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:21

Windows 8.1 Pro includes downgrade rights to:
Windows 7 Professional
Windows Vista Business

Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate include downgrade rights to:
Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, or Windows XP x64 Edition

Note Other OEM Windows 7 versions (for example, Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 Home Premium) do not include downgrade rights.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/downgrade_rights.aspx#fbid=azdoxNnQhpj

What graphics connectors does your monitor have? That's something to watch out for when choosing motherboard (if your build has no discrete GPU, and has integrated graphics instead).

Idleman · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:52

What will be the main uses for this build?

Fate Zero · 4 Feb 2014 at 16:11

Danny75 said:
What graphics connectors does your monitor have?

I'm not sure what you mean. It's a old monitor that connects via VGA. The person doesn't want to upgrade their monitor either.

Its main use will be for general internet browsing and watching movies/TV shows. Light gaming use would also be a plus.

Danny75 · 4 Feb 2014 at 16:19

Fate Zero said:
I'm not sure what you mean. It's a old monitor that connects via VGA. The person doesn't want to upgrade their monitor either.

Thanks. That's what I meant. I should have said ports instead, really.

Idleman · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:08

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £442.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).

ndaar · 4 Feb 2014 at 23:05

Went slightly over budget, however I included a SSD which I think speeds up any system nicely. PSU is over wattage, but allows for a GPU to be added later. Just something to consider.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £125.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £478.91 (includes shipping : FREE).