budget build - comparison to £400 laptop?

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Hi,

I'm trying to decide between a new laptop or diy build a desktop.

I generally use the computer for internet and watching films (80%), some word/excel applications (18%) and occasional photoshop/illustrator (2%).

So compared to buying a new Toshiba Satellite Pro R50-B-12W Laptop @£400, how much would a similar spec desktop cost me to build?

I already have a monitor, keyboard & mouse and desktop case with DVD drive.

I would like a SSD drive, but doesn't need to be much capacity as I have an external harddrive, (that i'd hopefully build back inside as a 2nd drive).
 
Intel build, l assume you still need windows:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x MSI H81M-E33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
Total : £408.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



AMD build using an APU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
Total : £415.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
It's hard to build a decent PC for £400 without OS....

But a £400 laptop will absolutely suck, and a £500 PC will dick all over a £500 laptop.

Laptops start to get usable at £450 and are decent above £700.

PC's are tricky to build at all at £400, but at £470 you can build one that will do anything apart from play the most recent games above medium settings
 
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cheers for the responses! I'm currently using a laptop that is struggling, but still alive. Valid point on the outlay, I'm not gaming, but if i am going to invest in new hardware, then it should be an upgrade and with some future proofing... hmm next stage discuss with wife... ;)
 
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