Cheap PC buld

Santabear · 6 Jun 2015 at 10:13

So,i have been asked by my mother to help build her a new PC. The pc is just for general web browsing and just for standard use. The PC needs to be as cheap as possible and only needs OS. I have already tried specing a build with a pentium for £300.
Thanks for the help.

ExRayTed · 6 Jun 2015 at 10:20

It can be done but it's going to be awful.

Either up the budget or go second hand as £300 buys the crap underneath the first rung of PC ownership.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £27.95
1 x Aerocool V2X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA15B £13.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) £11.99
Total : £298.98 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).

the shadow · 6 Jun 2015 at 10:26

How about using Windows 10 technical preview for now

lude1962 · 6 Jun 2015 at 10:55

or cut out the dvd drive and add a bit more oomph to the cpu, also a b grade mobo, to shave off some more pennies
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX (MB-424-GI) £41.99
1 x AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD640KOKHLBOX) £39.95
Total : £91.54 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

mattdj · 6 Jun 2015 at 11:04

How does this look ?? should be fine for browsing the web and doing word documents etc. If space becomes a problem you can always add another mechanical hard drive for more space later down the road

This build includes a Disk drive if you still use them
YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Asrock H81M-DGS R2.0 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SanDisk X110 128GB SATA 6GB/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (SD6SB1M-128G-1022i) £35.99
1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR) £33.95
1 x Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black £23.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1333C901) £20.99
1 x Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £312.48 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

This build Includes a bit better CPU cooler instead of a disk drive
YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Asrock H81M-DGS R2.0 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SanDisk X110 128GB SATA 6GB/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (SD6SB1M-128G-1022i) £35.99
1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR) £33.95
1 x Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black £23.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1333C901) £20.99
1 x Xigmatek Týr SD962 Heatpipe CPU Cooler - 92mm £9.95
Total : £308.44 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Santabear · 6 Jun 2015 at 11:40

Thanks for the help guys. I dont think a SSD will be required as it would mean i can get a better cpu or more Ram. I hadnt thought of going the route of AMD as i have ever used them. For the price would AMD give me better performance for the money?

Bickaxe · 6 Jun 2015 at 12:02

If its just web browsing and standard use (documents) then

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Compute Stick - Intel Atom, 32GB, HDMI, Computing Dongle - Windows 8.1 £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25 Ex.VAT).

mattdj · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:33

Update :
Or if you could stretch to £329.48 you could get a I5 system if you wanted to go down the Intel route and use Windows 10 technical preview as suggested above or even use a Linux Distro

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £152.99
1 x Asrock H81M-DGS R2.0 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SanDisk X110 128GB SATA 6GB/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (SD6SB1M-128G-1022i) £35.99
1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR) £33.95
1 x Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black £23.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1333C901) £20.99
1 x Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £329.48 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

bobbarley · 6 Jun 2015 at 18:02

To be fair for general web browsing etc a laptop is probably the best way to go. Your mum can browse anywhere she likes then.

Kurgen · 6 Jun 2015 at 18:07

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo Plus AX" Configurable AMD A Series APU Home and Small Office PC £125.06
- 1 x Networking Not Selected £0.00
- 1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £36.95
- 1 x Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 4GB, DDR3L-1600, CL11 (KVR16LN11/4) £29.99
- 1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £34.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
Total : £325.58 (includes shipping : £15.50 Ex.VAT).

deaglecat · 7 Jun 2015 at 09:20

toshiba chromebook 2 (fhd) or chromebox plus monitor and her existing keyboard ? that way you dont have to do computer support on an ongoing basis.

barrymcd · 10 Feb 2016 at 17:23

Look

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...9ghz-turbo-quad-core-gaming-pc-fs-095-og.html