Cheap build for daughter...

subbytna · 23 Jan 2010 at 22:21

Hi folks, my daughter is 7 and uses my old desktop (7 years old PC) to stream films etc from my main PC in the livingroom, to her bedroom.

Currently I'm getting her PC freezing up regularly and I think it's just on it's last legs.

What money would I be looking at to get a PC that basically does minimal browsing and will be used to stream stuff to 19" LCD monitor.

I'm basically realistic to know there's nothing I can scavenge from that PC and I@m going to need to get a new one for her.

Can some kind soul spec me a seriously cheap option....as cheap as it gets basically. It'll not be used for anything except tv streaming and watching stuff on youtube so no massive CPU needed. I want it to last her for a few years too but as she's only 7 it'll not be used for anything severe

Biz.Kid09 · 23 Jan 2010 at 22:23

Athlon II 240,Asus M4A78LT-M,2gb ddr2,old hdd and dvd drive and case? along with a Corsair CX400w

subbytna · 23 Jan 2010 at 22:25

CASE - Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver
£22.47

POWER SUPPLY - ******** 400W ATX Power Supply for AMD and Intel Motherboards 20Pin + 4Pin
£10.21

MOTHERBOARD - Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£46.99

PROCESSOR - AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [ADX245OCGQBOX]
£46.99

MEMORY - 1gig - ******** 1GB (1x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5400C4 667MHz
£17.61

HARD DRIVE - Maxtor DiamondMax 21 SATAII 250GB 8MB Cache Hard Drive <11.0ms 7200rpm - OEM
£29.65

Graphics card though????

Biz.Kid09 · 23 Jan 2010 at 22:27

No need just use onboard gfx and get a good psu ie Corsair CX400w otherwise you will be paying out for a new pc next week

subbytna · 23 Jan 2010 at 22:29

what mobo with onboard gfx would you suggest, bearing in mind I'm looking at the Athlon II X2

JonJ678 · 23 Jan 2010 at 23:25

subbytna said:
POWER SUPPLY - ******** 400W ATX Power Supply for AMD and Intel Motherboards 20Pin + 4Pin
£10.21

Not this. Or your cheap computer will be killed by the cheap psu, and you'll have to buy a whole new one. Get the 400W corsair for £40, even if it ends up costing more than any other component in the system.

Any reason why you're not getting a nettop? The asus eee box or one of its clones.