£500 for full system + peripherals?

ritcH · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:03

My friend would like a desktop computer for work, watching the occasional film. Something which is fast at those tasks and booting and a silent system if possible. Something which can be upgraded and expanded in the future.

Budget is £500 for everything. Is this possible?

Hyburnate · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:15

I'm not the best on these, something like this would do it however you'd need some good RAM but I'm not sure what to spec
YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2055 20" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD5500OKHJBOX) £76.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seasonic G series 360w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £48.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Silver £32.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
Total : £456.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:26

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £73.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £27.95
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £510.82 (includes shipping : FREE).

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:27

Use the free Win8 trial for three months and upgrade the bits more?

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:31

Hyburnate said:
I'm not the best on these, something like this would do it however you'd need some good RAM but I'm not sure what to spec
YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2055 20" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD5500OKHJBOX) £76.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seasonic G series 360w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £48.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Silver £32.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
Total : £456.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

You left out the ram dude.

SilverTongue · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:37

Idleman said:
You left out the ram dude.

Hyburnate said:
I'm not the best on these, something like this would do it however you'd need some good RAM but I'm not sure what to spec
YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2055 20" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD5500OKHJBOX) £76.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seasonic G series 360w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £48.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Silver £32.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
Total : £456.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

Hyburnate · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:40

Idleman said:
You left out the ram dude.

Yeah, I'm not very good at spec me's, especially not AMD I spent what seemed like an hour trying to find what socket Trinity uses -_-

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:44

I got to here,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £360.80 (includes shipping : FREE).

Someone finish it off.

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:54

stulid said:
I got to here,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £360.80 (includes shipping : FREE).

Someone finish it off.

What did your last servant die of?

Hyburnate · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:55

Idleman said:
What did your last servant die of?

When they started asking questions

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 18:57

Just not feeling it today.

Think I need to test some tech to get my mojo back.

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 19:37

stulid said:
Just not feeling it today.

Think I need to test some tech to get my mojo back.

Get down the pub and have a few pints.

ritcH · 24 Aug 2013 at 19:52

thanks a lot for the ideas, good effort!