£500 max spec system + bits

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Asked to spec a system for a member of the family. Max budget of £500 please.

Uses:

Office/school work
General internet browsing
Itunes
Photo editing (basic family photo stuff - not heavy editing)
Child educational software

Wanted items:

Base unit (case, psu, mobo, dvd etc.)
LCD/LED Screen
All-in-one printer with lan/wifi
Child friendly keyboard/mouse

May/may not need OS (they say that they have a copy of Windows but not which version).
 
Here my attempt:
Note I havent got a faintest clue on printers.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Xebec-Tech X-Line Keyboard £18.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £475.26 (includes shipping : £17.85).




Also I take it they wont be gaming.

EDIT: Never mind the keyboard noticed you needed mouse as well:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-013-OP&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1278
 
Bacon? said:
Thats quite a tight budget :(
Click to expand...

To be honest I don't know. I haven't bought any system for a while and always over budget :(

Might be able to discount the screen (they have one but don't know if it works - have asked).

The printer is on the list of items wanted but I may suggest this as an extra.
 
Its not a bad budget for the PC itself but with all the extras you really have to cut back :/
Also note my spec before you posted :)
 
If you could get just £500 for the PC then this would be a great option :)


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x AeroCool Sixth Element Full Tower Case - White £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £521.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).




Cases are always personal preference and dont forget about free shipping!
 
Child friendly keyboard is looking likely to be the Duragadget childrens keyboard unless anybody knows anything else.
 
The requirements are pretty low so the specs don't need to be that fantastic:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £129.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £58.99
1 x ASRock H61M-GS Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro Motherboard £38.99
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £33.59
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 (2LF-00021) £24.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP2G3D1339DS1S00CEU) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £484.44 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Even includes Windows just in case.

As for the printer, in my experience I found HP to be best in quality, although I wish they had ink that's more compatible with other printers...

EDIT: Forgot PSU :p, fixed!
 
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Forgot to mention that money quoted for postage can be used for the spec as I can get it delivered free from OcUK :)
 
 
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