Building a system for the old man...

[Dan J]

Hey...

Could someone design me a system for me dad please... couple of years ago he bought a computer from some dodgy **** for £600 that looks a bit like this:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/ibm_5140_2s.jpg

No hotlinked images. Thank you.

Don't want him to get ripped off again! He only needs to surf the web, watch videos, word processing, e-mails etc...would be good to sort him out with a system that will last him the next few years and would cost £500ish (or less really) - no point paying over the odds for what he needs it for??? I don't think he needs a new mouse / keyboard / monitor...

 

[Dan J]

Yep he would need an OS but no not a wireless adapter...

Just been browsing the pre built systems on OcUK...maybe worth a shout?

 

[Dan J]

Would it be an idea to fit him up with an SSD?

 

[Dan J]

For basic web browsing and the odd video?

OP what videos does your Dad watch, just odd stuff on youtube or DVDs / films from netflix ect?

just youtube kind of stuff I guess

 

[Dan J]

Thanks for the responses people couple of good looking builds suggested... I'll have a think about whether to build it for him or not and see if he wants to spend money on a computer that is overkill for his purposes...

I'll prob build it for him but that's for my personal pleasure!

 

[Dan J]

Oh and remember at 100 post you get free shipping.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&posted=1&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner

Ahhh yeh I'm getting close...must resist the temptation to post a load of **** to get to the finishing line!

 

[Dan J]

Just spend some time in GD, it won't take long to get seven more posts.

GD = general discussion??

 

[Dan J]

Yes mate. Although you could just have a crack at doing a spec yourself on this thread. We can point out any pitfalls, just keep doing what you're doing asking the right questions. The offers change on wednesday, you should be able to get free P&P by then and we can rebalance the spec to take advantage of the offers

My (first attempt at a) build


Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99

Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3A) £52.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99

Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £36.98

Arctic Silentium T11 Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99

GeIL Enhance Corsa 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEC34GB1600C9DC) £19.99

Sub Total : £368.26
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £76.00
Total : £456.01

Bloody Nora just noticed Office is £90+...he's gonna need a copy of that :/

 

[Dan J]

My (first attempt at a) build


Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99

Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3A) £52.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99

Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £36.98

Arctic Silentium T11 Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99

GeIL Enhance Corsa 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEC34GB1600C9DC) £19.99

Sub Total : £368.26
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £76.00
Total : £456.01

Bloody Nora just noticed Office is £90+...he's gonna need a copy of that :/

Oops forgot this: Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99

Total: £470

 

[Dan J]

Check out openoffice.org

Good thinking batman

 

[Dan J]

You guys are awesome lol...

The old fella actually gave me a budget of £600 but I think that really would be overkill for checking his e-mail

 

[Dan J]

£600 to play with, even better get a Z77 Motherboard, 3570K and a decent cooler and overclock the nutts off it.

I think mentioning the word 'overclock' to pops would produce a very confused look on his face!

 

[Dan J]

His current system:

AMD Athlon 64x 2 dual core processor 5000+

2GB RAM

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2A-VM HDMI 1.XX

250GB HDD

ATI Radeon X1200 Series [Display adapter]