£400 base unit - reality check

Zico · 18 Sep 2012 at 00:20

Had a quick look through various places and come up with the following base unit for >£400 which is to be used for basic office/home use + basic family photo editing.

Windows 7 is accounted for elsewhere.
LCD is accounted for elsewhere.

Anybody care to let me know if there are any bad choices amoungst the following?

i3 3220 (Ivy Bridge) £96
Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V Gen 3, Intel H6 £38
8GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333) £34
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 £60
2GB MSI GT 610 £36
500W Corsair Builder Series £46
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±R £13
Silverstone Precision PS05B-USB3.0 £34
Internal Card Reader £5
Child friendly K/board + Mouse £12 - BCL Kiddy Club Keyboard + Mouse
Logitech K120 Keyboard £8
Logitech RX250 Mouse £6

Total: £388 rounded up.

Idleman · 18 Sep 2012 at 00:43

Looks good. You may have a problem if the mobo does`nt come with an updated Bios for IB Cpus.
Cheaper Ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-033-OK&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Mei · 18 Sep 2012 at 00:54

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic X-Series 460w FANLESS '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £100.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £35.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
Total : £408.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

its close!
its nicely upgradable, could stick a i5 or big gfx card in it later no problem

Idleman · 18 Sep 2012 at 01:04

Without keyboards and mice. You also get free shipping.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £344.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

smiley1987 · 18 Sep 2012 at 01:16

areksnumbr1sxylady · 18 Sep 2012 at 11:05

Mei said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic X-Series 460w FANLESS '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £100.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £35.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
Total : £408.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

its close!
its nicely upgradable, could stick a i5 or big gfx card in it later no problem

really, 100 quid on a PSU??? thats less than 500W and is for basic system

Zico · 19 Sep 2012 at 01:25

Thanks all.

This thread is redundant for me as the person who had asked me to spec the system has gone out to the big store and bought a HP system for £499 :rolleyes:

I3 Sandybridge not Ivy
6GB not 8GB
No dedicated GFX

Comes with a 22" LCD (which I could have got for the remaining £115 difference :rolleyes:

)

bremen1874 · 19 Sep 2012 at 01:32

But the ongoing support isn't going to be your problem. I'd call it a win.

Zico · 19 Sep 2012 at 22:34

bremen1874 said:
But the ongoing support isn't going to be your problem. I'd call it a win.

Not really.