£500-600 build..what would you change?

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Any help with this?

Will be used for office/internet etc but wont be upgraded for 8 + years.

Nothing to salvage from old machine, its around 11 years old. No need for gfx card as onboard will be fine.

Not happy with the motherboard, but maybe you guys can help, no need for another drive as they had a 60 odd GB drive for 11 years and used 8gb (inc OS!)

Was going for best power for long term solution but a i3 might be better, closer to £500 the better.

Monitor might not be required but will see.

thanks

Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £143.99

Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99

OCZ Agility 3 90GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-90G) £65.99

Thermaltake Smart 430W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99

Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £39.98

Cooler Master Elite 335U Case - Black £32.99

Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98

Sub Total : £464.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £95.31
Total : £571.88
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte H77M-D3H Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £75.98
1 x SanDisk Ultra SSD 60GB 2.5" SATA-2 Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-060G-G25) £41.99
1 x OcUK Opera Media Case - Black (with 500W PSU) £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £424.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).



This leaves room to upgrade the processor when the price of Ivys come down, however it is a very capable processor. Also, used the OcUK Media Case as it is a good size for whoever "they" are and can just put a monitor on top of the PC. This also leaves some budget for a monitor.

Also, bear in mind that Windows 8 comes out October 26th, if you really care as Windows 7 is a very capable and probably better for the moment (familiar interface).
 
I'd opt for a larger SSD though, the 120GB Sandisk Ultra is also great value. Considering the size of a modern operating system 60GB just doesn't cut it.
 
Windows 7 takes up less than 20GB, and the OP states that less than 8GB of the old drive was used. However you do make a good point, some of the other larger SSDs are better values, but to keep the price down I kept the SSD as simple as I would go.

Edit: Windows 7 only requires 20GB to install.
 
He clearly says this isn't going to be upgraded for a long time, so I'd stick with the quad core rather than upgrading when ivy gets cheaper as has been suggested.
 
yeah, its going to be a good few years before an upgrade. They are family friends but im wary of ensuring they will have something really good for 5+ years and not start having issues in 2-3 years with speed.

The 90GB SSD is as much as they will need, they really dont eat into space.

Any luck with the motherboard guys?

ta
 
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