£150 budget build spec me request

[bainbridge]

Hi

Building a home system for a friend who will be using it many for internet shopping, backing up family photos and doing his invoices.

£150 budget, was going to look at buying some 2nd hand 775 gear off MM but want to look at the possibility of buying new components with integrated graphics as they wont be gaming.

Also not going to bother overclocking it as I'll be the one going round there to sort it if it fails, but if there are any cheap combos which are begging to be tweaked I'll do it.

We already have:

Midi-sized case (just going to use the old one)
optical drive (but IDE so might have to get SATA)
4gb DDR3 ram
keyboard and mouse (ps2)
17" monitor

So just need:

Mobo to fit midi sized case (mini ATX?)
CPU (ideally with integrated graphics)
PSU
Hard drive (500GB minimum, ideally 1TB)
Optical drive (If required)
ps2 to usb adaptors

I've not done anything with AMD CPU hardware since 2005 and haven't built anything smaller than standard ATX sized systems so would appreciate some help on what to get.

 

[bainbridge]

Thanks BinnsY much appreciated. £150 does appear a bit optimistic looking at the above, though only £20 over for shiny new components might swing it

What would you suggest is the more powerful of the cheaper builds?

 

[bainbridge]

It's certainly doable if you shop around. I priced up the following at a competitor site -

1x 500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25 £14.38
1x 500GB Seagate ST500LM012 2.5" HDD £37.32
1x MSI H61M-P25 £33.13
1X Intel Celeron Dual Core G550 £33.06
1x SAMSUNG SH-224DB DVD±R £13.76
Total: £142.63 (includes shipping : £9.15).

Granted the spec uses a 2.5" drive (3.5" drives were more expensive on the competitors site), so you might need to factor in a drive conversion kit (few pounds), but it's doable.

Mmm that is food for thought. Regarding the different drive size I'd just makes some snug fitting spacers so that won't cost any extra.

So looking at the above systems, how would they compare performance wise to some 5-6 year old 775 gaming hardware, sych as a 3ghz duo with 4gb ddr2 800mhz running a cheap card such as an ati 4850 or similar?

The graphical content of modern websites is increasingly demanding, and if they did fancy playing back some hd home movies would the above new systems be capable?

Whatever we end up doing I want it to suit their needs as per the opening post, comments much appreciated.