Cheap PC feasible?

[koolpc]

You cant get AMD option for under £300, Intel is only an option for under £300.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock H310M-HDV Intel H310 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £51.95
• 1 x Intel Celeron G4900 3.10GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £52.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £59.99
• 1 x Aerocool VS-1 V2 Midi Tower Case - Black= £29.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99
• 1 x WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD10EZEX)= £34.99
• 1 x WD Green 3D NAND 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS120G2G0A)= £21.95
• 1 x Kolink Core Series 300W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply= £22.99
• 1 x Dynamode Nano 802.11n 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter(2T2R) (WL-700N-XSX)= £6.49

Total: £295.33 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Thing is i prefer the cpu in my quote. You agree its a better one?

 

[bremen1874]

Any reason you aren't grabbing an ex-corporate desktop?

 

[tamzzy]

Any ex corporate Dell off eBay with a half decent spec and add in an SSD will be less than £300. My current work machine is an Optiplex 9020 which has an i7 4790. Huge overkill for basic use for school work.

this, tbh.

 

[koolpc]

Any reason you aren't grabbing an ex-corporate desktop?

I prefer new

 

[Steveocee]

I prefer new

Buy from a reputable seller who describes it as A grade. I'm ridiculously anal with my kit and the one I bought sufficed (well).

 

[koolpc]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink KLM-001 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £24.95
• 1 x Kolink Core Series 500W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply= £30.95
• 1 x LG 24x DVDRW SATA Rewriter - OEM (GH24NSD0)= £13.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £32.99
• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95
• 1 x Asus H110M-Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £51.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C13 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2133= £74.99
• 1 x Intel Pentium Gold G5400 3.70GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £79.99

Total: £338.06 (includes shipping: £12.30)

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Is the above ok though as a bog standard new pc?

 

[maklabouhlel]

I would but i cant get on MM

How come? I thought you need 1000 posts.

 

[ExoMale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Celeron G4900 3.10GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £52.99
• 1 x Asrock H310M-HDV Intel H310 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £51.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £59.99
• 1 x WD Green 3D NAND 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G2G0A)= £36.95
• 1 x Aerocool CS101 Micro ATX Case - Black= £28.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-SFX350 350W 80 Plus Bronze Efficient SFX Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N)= £10.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99

Total: £304.50 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[koolpc]

How come? I thought you need 1000 posts.

Banned years ago. I would love to access it but i respect their rules.

 

[koolpc]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Celeron G4900 3.10GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £52.99
• 1 x Asrock H310M-HDV Intel H310 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £51.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £59.99
• 1 x WD Green 3D NAND 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G2G0A)= £36.95
• 1 x Aerocool CS101 Micro ATX Case - Black= £28.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-SFX350 350W 80 Plus Bronze Efficient SFX Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N)= £10.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99

Total: £304.50 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Celeron.....

 

[ExoMale]

Celeron.....

and? you want a basic system, celerons are not all the same like they used to be and i had the kabylake version with ssd, 8gb ram, gt 710 or gtx 750 and was snappy for what i used which wasnt gaming involved, could play the odd game, but thats not what they are for.

anyways you asked if it was possible to build a cheap pc for £300 and ive proved you can, if you want better performing stuff for the same tasks then spend more or buy used.

 

[koolpc]

and? you want a basic system, celerons are not all the same like they used to be and i had the kabylake version with ssd, 8gb ram, gt 710 or gtx 750 and was snappy for what i used which wasnt gaming involved, could play the odd game, but thats not what they are for.

anyways you asked if it was possible to build a cheap pc for £300 and ive proved you can, if you want better performing stuff for the same tasks then spend more or buy used.

Sorry mate. I appreciate your kindness. I was just curious about using a Celeron.

 

[maklabouhlel]

If you really want to keep costs down then go for single stick 4GB DDR4 for now and maybe add some more later on if you need to. 4 GB should be fine for basic use. I'm doing the same on one of mine and never noticed any lagging. People don't go for internal optical drives anymore, instead keep an external usb one handy just in case.

 

[ExoMale]

Sorry mate. I appreciate your kindness. I was just curious about using a Celeron.

its all good.

mean i havent had issues using low end systems if its a cost thing and im not doing much with it, but while the g3950 i had and like the other celerons are just dual cores, they are not exactly slow, they are better than what you get in most Nucs etc, they just lack the HT of an i3 and ive been looking at the same coffee lake celeron for a basic build, but anyways it was just a suggestion, obviously if you can do better then go for it, just dont assume lower end stuff cant do the tasks you ask unless they were very demanding.

 

[Randomface74]

Note the i3 in the build I posted is basically an i5 by old standards. It'll smash all the other builds in this thread for not much extra cost.

 

[koolpc]

Thanks. Trying to keep costs down as money tight. dvd player is a must

 

[AthlonXP1800]

Thing is i prefer the cpu in my quote. You agree its a better one?

https://us.hardware.info/reviews/8145/budget-king-intel-pentium-gold-g5400-review

Yes G5400 is better CPU because of hyperthreading, G4900 probably has similar performance as G3950 don't have hyperthreading. G4900 would struggled in games like Battlefield 1, Prey and Rise of the Tomb Raider at 1080p Ultra. But G5400 was out of stock at OCUK so I managed found G5400 in stock somewhere for £5 more.

If you know where to find it then buy it and you can build a system from my quote included all for just £300.

 

[Lee]

Do you really need a PC ? A Raspberry Pi could work as an alternative (roughly £50 all in plus external USB DVD drive). It has Libre Office as an alternative to MS Office.

 

[koolpc]

My old pc had an i3-6100 and that played some games fine. What is the equivalent to that as still looking for a low cost pc.

 

[maklabouhlel]

My old pc had an i3-6100 and that played some games fine. What is the equivalent to that as still looking for a low cost pc.

I just got an Intel NUC Bean Canyon with Iris 655 graphics that packs a punch.