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craigxt22

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Hi guys! :)

looking to buy a new PC in the next few weeks.

I have a budget up to £500, and will use it for general web browsing/ videos/ music etc

I'm looking at one of the barebone bundles.
Are they any good?
Am I saving money with the barebone systems?

Basically, could you point me in the right direction with my budget?

Cheers if you can help me!
 
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Something like this would be more than adequate for your needs, and if you ever did want to indulge in a little light gaming it would cope admirably.

And if you wanted to go cheaper still try this
 
coupe69 said:
Something like this would be more than adequate for your needs, and if you ever did want to indulge in a little light gaming it would cope admirably.

And if you wanted to go cheaper still try this
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yeah, was just looking at the first one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-198-OK&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=
Came across that one as well, I'm happy to go £15 over my budget.
Which one from there do you think is better?

Also, is it cheaper to go for the pre-built bundles, or build from scratch?

Thanks!
 
If you're not going to be doing any gaming on it then any cheapo system will do tbh.
You could probably save yourself a little if you built it yourself, but at that price point the difference would be minimal.

You can't really go wrong with any of the OcUK prebuilts, however you'd be better off going with the AMD option as it will be more upgradeable. Intel socket 775 stuff is pretty much dead nowadays with no new cpus being released for that particular format.

If you really want to build yourself, and spend your entire budget, then go for something like this :)

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK Value ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel £75.98
(£66.07) £75.98
(£66.07)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £58.98
(£51.29) £58.98
(£51.29)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £30.99
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95)
Sub Total : £338.19
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £52.42
Total : £401.86


Plenty for all your needs, and can do decent gaming as well :).

You could eventually save 30-40quid by getting cheaper GPU like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-184-SP
 
Cool, will look into it a bit more. I don't really know a lot about PCs tbh

Do I even need a GPU? Won't the motherboard have one built in?

I think I'd rather go with a pre built, and upgrade over time. That's probably better idea for someone like me that isn't really confident in building from scratch?
 
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