450 pound build

[Yazyaz1]

Hey all, recently built my own computer from advice on here because of this i'm seen as the tech wizard around my mates
Somebody I know would like a computer with everything, keyboard mouse screen OS speakers within this price.

Does anybody have any ideas on what parts should be used?

 

[eddyc]

Okay how about:

This would leave you with £50 for a graphics card if required or if not then just use the onboard IGP.

EDIT: I have not included OS in that build. That would take you just over budget.

 

[Redmint]

Iiyama ProLite E2008HDS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Creative A60 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1635AA001) £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Logitech Deluxe USB Keyboard (Black) - OEM (967738-0120) £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)

Sub Total : £364.52
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.32
Total : £457.94

How's that look? The motherboard has onboard graphics, if they want to do some gaming on that budget then they'll either need to save some money by buying some parts 2nd hand (or possibly go for a smaller monitor). If they're a student they also might be able to get a discount on Windows 7.

 

[Yazyaz1]

We are all students yes, how much of a discount would be possible?

EDIT: Upgrade means so much cheaper, cheers for the heads up! And for the feedback!

 

[Cookeh]

We are all students yes, how much of a discount would be possible?

EDIT: Upgrade means so much cheaper, cheers for the heads up! And for the feedback!

Can get Windows 7 Pro for £35 on PUGH.

That would let you slip a gfx card in there - a second hand HD4850/HD4870 will still cope with games fine.

 

[smiley1987]

Redmints spec is what you should go for as you can save up and buy a fairly decent GPU because you are getting a decent psu and thats the most important component of a build .

 

[6644kp]

It seems you got around £300 for the tower, too bad OCUk doesnt allow competitors since I could spec you a £300 build (tower only) with a Athlon X4@ 3.0GHz, 4 GB RAM, Radeon 5750, 500GB HDD and a good MSI mobo.