£350 general PC

at106 · 30 Jan 2013 at 19:23

My dad needs a new PC for Internet, and word documents etc. his budget is £350 including an operating system. So are there any decent pre built PCs or could somebody spec me a build? He already has a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Ethermaster · 30 Jan 2013 at 19:32

Hows about something like this?, Are you willing to put it together yourself?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £330.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Kidge · 30 Jan 2013 at 20:05

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £23.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £362.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

£10 over due to postage costs

at106 · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:02

Thanks for your replies, yes I can build it myself! I'm guessing the I3 processor would be better, and would it perform better than a Ready built PC for the same sort of money?

snips86x · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:09

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £337.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

LukieBoy007 · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:19

Internet and word documents, a Pentium would be fine. I done my dad a built not so long ago, was around £330 I think (not including OS, but did have an SSD instead, which was around the same price as a OS).
However, I would stay away from the Zalman T1, after bad personal experiences with it

Ethermaster · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:30

Just trying to save the OP some money, I have used the T1 on a few builds its not that bad

If you wanted to get a better case hows about then?

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
Total : £37.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).

remember you could actually save quite abit more if you used a free OS like Linux

at106 · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:45

I'll probably use the cheaper case as the budget is important. I have looked at Linux and I think I have a disk somewhere but it's just wether my dad could learn how to use it!