£400 budget PC

MikeTheNative

MikeTheNative

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Hi all,

My granddad needs a new PC to replace his laptop which is broke and not worth fixing. It will only be used for web browsing and to send out emails, nothing too taxing. As he had a laptop before, I don't think anything is reusable, so he will need everything including mouse, keyboard and OS.

No Case or Monitor needed.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Hmm, you might need to look at the 2nd hand market:


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £34.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Ultra-Slim Wirelesss Desktop Set (6311ARF) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £466.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
A little cheaper, postage is £17!



YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £39.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x AMD Sempron X2 190 2.50GHz Dual Core Processor (Socket AM3) - Retail £31.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £29.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Ultra-Slim Wirelesss Desktop Set (6311ARF) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £448.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £2.99
Total : £346.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



If you don't need much storage then swap out the HDD for a SSD, it will make it feel a lot quicker.
 
 
 
 
 
Fire_fly said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £2.99
Total : £320.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Added an SSD. Can you salvage the HDD from the laptop?
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From what I am aware it is still fine, I didn't know it would work. I assume then it would be 2.5' drive ?
 
MikeTheNative said:
RJC's spec looks good, but what's the difference between a OEM hard drive and a normal one?
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OEM drives come in a plain box (usually in a transparent plastic box), where as retail drive you would see something like a box with cover art of with brand name, model number and advertising features and picture of the hardware etc.

But to be honest, if your friend don't use the PC for gaming, he would be better off just get a G530 for around £30, and use the £70 saved for buying the G530 instead of the i3 2120 to buy a SSD. It would make the PC responsivenes FAR better and snappier than the 500GB mechanical drive. You can still keep that 500GB drive as secondary storage drive.

Also SDD is just smaller in physical size...the SATA cable used are still the same ones as 3.5" ones (but if you got a SATA3.0 SSD, you would want to use the SATA3.0 cable that comes with the motherboard (if it support SATA 3.0) and connect it to the SATA 3.0 port on the board.
 
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