Cheap PC for Parents

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Parents after a cheap PC for office/internet browsing and possibly burning some dvds, had a go any better for same ish money or there abouts

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £57.98
1 x Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £46.99
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £34.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £28.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £216.94

 
Skimp out on the PSU. It's a £200 PC which will draw a tiny amount of power - less than 100W, even a terrible PSU will do the job. It's not worth spending an extra £40 on it.
 
Skimp out on the PSU. It's a £200 PC which will draw a tiny amount of power - less than 100W, even a terrible PSU will do the job. It's not worth spending an extra £40 on it.

The PSU's in those cases are quite bad. They only have 8cm fan.

They are unlikley to output half of its rated power.

Also cheap cases tend to be made out of very thin metal.

The other day i used one and when you plug the connectors in the motherboard moves.
 
The PSU's in those cases are quite bad. They only have 8cm fan.

They are unlikley to output half of its rated power.

They only need to be able to output 1/5 of their rated power.

Edit : I've just gone and checked the old "Death of a Gutless Wonder" series of reviews at JG. Every single dodgy PSU he tested that I could check, that wasn't DOA did 100W without problems.
 
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not gonna burn many discs with that are you!

i would use the cheap psu for that spec. my reason being it should kick out around half[~250w] its rated power[500w]. and you want to be using half[~125w] of what it can output[~250w], which is roughly what you should be using.
go with your original spec but get 4Gb of ram
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-095-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
 
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