£450 budget for a pc

[spoony77]

Hi people
I'm looking to put together a pc for my mum with a budget of £450.
She is thinking of going for a prebuilt system but I have told her that I can get a better spec if she lets me put it together for her....(no gaming on this machine)
Requirements are for the tower only:-
Windows 10
8gb ram
Smallish case
Decent processor
SSD drive
And if possible a Wireless mouse and keyboard...

Can you guys help me pick the parts?

 

[demonix]

Two quick build lists....

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H110I Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ITX Motherboard= £64.99
• 1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core G4400 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £53.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX421C14FBK2/8)= £38.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT275MX300SSD1)= £68.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-SFX450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Efficient SFX Power Supply= £39.95
• 1 x Silverstone Milo ML05B HTPC Case - Black= £38.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 (920-004523)= £22.99

Total: £439.94
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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ITX build...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core G4400 3.30GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £53.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX421C14FBK2/8)= £38.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT275MX300SSD1)= £68.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 (920-004523)= £22.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-500M 500W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x Fractal Design Core 1100 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £24.95

Total: £407.10
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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mATX build (which is the cheaper of the two, and could be altered to add a more powerful processor).

Edit: And an AMD build (I had to wipe the previous out because I forgot that it needed a dedicated graphics card)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD A6-7470K Black Edition 3.70GHz (Socket FM2+) w/ Radeon R5 Graphics Dual Core Processor (AD747KYB= £55.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C9SRK2/8)= £32.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT275MX300SSD1)= £68.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-500M 500W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x Fractal Design Core 1100 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £24.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 (920-004523)= £22.99

Total: £400.10
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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You can get a quad core AMD processor for the same price, but as I've already mentioned you will have to add a dedicated graphics card which could bring the total near to the budget limit.

 

[ExRayTed]

This would be my take. Good CPU which will eat anything she's likely to throw at it plus upgrade-able to i5 should the need arise and a (reasonably) decent case/PSU bundle.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £35.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 & XFX 430W 80+ Bronze PSU Bundle= £50.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £59.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 (920-004523)= £22.99

Total: £439.59
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[spoony77]

Thanks for this guys its been very helpful.... :thumbs-up: