Budget Intel build for £200.

[warren_1979]

Hi.

After using a laptop for a few years I really want to get a proper PC again and use a nice BIGGER screen

So I've got about £300 for a PC and monitor. Looking to spend around £100 on a nice 22" monitor, so that leaves £200 give or take for a full Intel budget build including case.

I've been out of the loop for three years or so. My last build was based around an overclocked E2140 - Oh those halcyon days!!

The reason I'm going Intel is I've got some vague foggy memories of how to put Intel stuff together - just . AMD will just confuse me

I have humble requirements.

I WON'T be gaming.

I will only be using the build for web browsing, watching films/iplayer and a little bit of Cubase sequencing. Simples

So after looking around I was thinking of building something around a Intel Pentium G620. Looks like a good chip.

Can anyone recommend a good MOBO for this chip?

I'm also confused about this embedded graphics malarkey. So these CPU's have graphics processors built in? Are they much cop?

I really want the best 2d available, so I was thinking of throwing in a cheap graphics card and eschewing any on-board graphics. Something like a Nvidia G210 to help with video processing.

A nice quiet case would be good too.

Also, I will probably just use Windows XP again. So I will only need 4GB or RAM.

Does this look like I'm on the right track?

Thanks.

 

[tamzzy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x SanDisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £62.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £39.98
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £34.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x Asus HD 5450 SILENT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Low Profile Graphics Card £23.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £342.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).



best i could come up with.
i did make some big compromises (with the psu) but 300w on the 12v rail and a low end gpu, it should be fine

 

[warren_1979]

I forgot to mention I need a card that can do dual screen, because at sometime in the future I want to add a second monitor for Cubase.

tamzzy - that looks interesting. Does a Celery cut it? Also, is the HD5450 a better choice over the G210??

Cheers.

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo PLUS 500i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £124.99
1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x SanDisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £62.99
1 x Asus HD 5450 SILENT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Low Profile Graphics Card £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £343.91 (includes shipping : £15.00).



Almost the same as Tamzzy's spec, though i remembered barebones, Silly Tam..

EDIT: Didn't realize, it worked out more expensive. sorry.

 

[tamzzy]

lol its 1 quid more expensive...and the ram is slower! ;p

yes the 5450 is better than the 210
and yes the celery g530 is fine if you're not gaming

 

[Doomedspeed]

lol its 1 quid more expensive...and the ram is slower! ;p

yes the 5450 is better than the 210
and yes the celery g530 is fine if you're not gaming

The postage is £4.50 more, for something with less boxes?

The 5450 and G530 will be great.

EDIT: The OP can get free postage. Winnner!

 

[tamzzy]

doh! ;p

 

[honosuseri]

Using an SSD with windows XP is a no no boys

The OP would be better off using the developers copy of windows 8 to get TRIM support to keep the SSD healthy If he wants to use XP then stick to a mechanical HDD

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £360.86 (includes shipping : FREE).



SataIII compatible mobo. The SSD is smaller in capacity but is faster being sataIII, he can add another HDD later for storage i suppose. The monitor is LED not LCD (uses less power). I didn't bother with the dedicated GPU, he can dual screen off the IGP anyway.

Just thought i'd throw some alternatives in for thought

 

[warren_1979]

Thanks guys for your input.

Is a SSD drive necessary now? I mean I was just thinking of getting a 500GB clunker.

Also, my build money is £300 for BOTH the monitor and the base unit, so really it £200 just for the base unit. Some of the baskets are over budget, sorry

 

[honosuseri]

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x AMD A4-3400 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3400OJGXBOX) £46.99
1 x MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £349.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



AMD Llano would be an option too. As you can see this still costs a lil more than you want to pay. You could use the IMP case with the included generic 500W PSU instead if you are desperate to cut the costs but I wouldn't buy it personally.