£400 base unit spec

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Hi, I would appreciate some help with a spec for a home base unit.
The budget is £400.
It's main use will be surfing and movie watching.
I don't play games.
I don't need windows or mouse and keyboard.

Thank you
Jim
 
Thanks for all the great advice.

I haven't built a pc in the last 5 years, so I'm a bit ignorant of the latest hardware.

I'm at work at the moment, sneaking the odd look on the mobile :-) So I'll be able to look better at your recommendations tonight on the pc.

I don't live to far away from Overclockers, so hopefully i can pick it all tomorrow.

Cheers
Jim
 
Thanks for all the great advice :)

I have gone over budget to spec the Corsair case as recommended by a few of you :),also i have chosen a enermax supply because the one I have at the moment is enermax and it is still going strong after 7 years:)

Here is what i have in the cart. Tell me what you think.

Cheers
Jim

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £59.99
1 x Enermax Triathlor 450w '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (ETL450AWT) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
Total : £434.84 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
Ok honosuseri, I have substituted the Enermax with the Xp and saved a few quid :)

Unfortunately the Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA is pre order only :mad:

Sorry I forgot to mention I have a optical drive.

Thanks
Jim

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £421.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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Just checked the ODD is sata :)

Can you suggest a alternative mobo in case the Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H is out of stock? I'm not to worried if it takes a bit over budget :eek:
 
Hi guys,

Im using the finished pc to type this on.:cool:

I cant believe how good this is for the money. :D

A big thank you to all of you that contributed to the build.

Final price minus postage because I collected £401.81

Cheers
Jim

The final spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £414.41 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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