£400 rig

Alasdairhurst

Alasdairhurst

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Just doing the supplementary system check on the forums before a new build ;)

This time it is just a standard £400 build for a home PC.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.79
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £49.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6450 HM 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-04-20G) £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £17.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
1 x Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552) £15.98
Total : £400.69 (includes shipping : FREE).



I will get the Fractal case elsewhere a little cheaper an in stock, and the a keyboard/mouse bundle elsewhere too for around the same price.

Everything look hunky-dory there?
 
 
Not sure exactly what you want to use the system for, but maybe one of AMDs APUs would be better suited to the job (I know their onboard gfx are much better than the Intel offering)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.99
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £34.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £387.42 (includes shipping : £19.10).



YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x AMD Llano A4-3400 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3400OJGXBOX) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte A55M-DS2 A55 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.20
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £402.22 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
It's just for general home use. Internet, flash games, word etc..

I prefer the fractal over the bitfenix (for this situation) as it is nice and compact.
also £400 is the limit, so i can't go over that. Shipping is also free for me.

I had a look at the i3 solution, but it came a little too expensive with the smaller form factor in mind. The APU is another idea. I haven't used one before, so not sure on the performance difference between the two in light usage scenarios. Llano seems like the best price though.

Not sure why i picked a retail drive there :P

How about this? (much better graphics and cpu than previously) and still fits in the fractal. also ammended with stulid's minor changes to hard drive and odd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A6-3670K 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3670WNGXBOX) £89.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte A55M-DS2 A55 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.20
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £17.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552) £15.98
Total : £397.10 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Okay, cheers for that info stulid :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £17.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £402.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Alasdairhurst said:
I would do, but depends if the client wants to spend the little extra. They wouldn't really use the whole 8gb anyway in the near future with their usage.
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Remember the IGP takes away some of the system RAM. The i3 is a better cpu to be using as stulid has shown, plus they have a greater range of CPUs to choose from as upgrades on the 1155 socket.

Yes the llano IGP is better at gaming and video but intel quicksync with their IGP really does help with video encoding (providing the software uses it).
 
okay slight update as this week's offers have changed:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £45.90
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single Channel Module £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £401.81 (includes shipping : FREE).



I'm sure i can bump the CPU up 200mhz on the stock cooler to be on par with the other one. memry is now single channel for the sake of a few quid. only slight performance drop, but can be upgraded to 8gb without having to replace any dimms.
 
Alasdairhurst said:
okay slight update as this week's offers have changed:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £45.90
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single Channel Module £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £401.81 (includes shipping : FREE).



I'm sure i can bump the CPU up 200mhz on the stock cooler to be on par with the other one. memry is now single channel for the sake of a few quid. only slight performance drop, but can be upgraded to 8gb without having to replace any dimms.
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You can't overclock the i3 1155's.

You want 2 memory modules for dual channel.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £46.99
1 x Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £39.60
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £401.44 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
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ah ok. i knew the i3 wasn't unlocked, but you can modify the BCLK i guess. Either way, i wouldn't worry about it. the pentium is a bit of a downgrade from the i3 though.
about the RAM i know it's single channel and 2 modules in there is dual channel, but dual channel 2x4 is over budget, and 2x2 is slightly over budget but not upgradeable without getting rid of existing modules.
 
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