£500

craigxt22 · 27 Dec 2009 at 19:45

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!

craigxt22 · 27 Dec 2009 at 19:57

No gaming. Just for general use!

no monitor, got a nice 23 inch samsung

and no 'other parts'. I've got mouse, keyboard etc

craigxt22 · 27 Dec 2009 at 20:28

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

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!

craigxt22 · 27 Dec 2009 at 21:06

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?