Childrens Home PC

Antony101 · 1 Jul 2014 at 11:19

Okay, I'm helping a friends parents out doing work around their childrens home. We had a PC for downstairs for the kids to use but it's too old and slow.

We need a tower only that is good for general use and some gaming. I've already got a GTX 560TI that I don't mind donating if it is still up to the job.

I would prefer too stay away from AMD if possible and try and make it an Intel based system.

If it's getting built we would need a copy of windows.

Budget is about £350.

mickyflinn · 1 Jul 2014 at 11:27

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £77.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £48.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £379.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

lude1962 · 1 Jul 2014 at 11:39

doh
didnt read carefully
'I've already got a GTX 560TI'

Doomedspeed · 1 Jul 2014 at 11:56

Pentium K. Ger a good overclock on it and watch it fly.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £55.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £401.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Antony101 · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:04

How well will the K perform without an overclock, don't really want to be overclocking a system that isn't my own.

cheesyboy · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:07

Forget about the K

From Doomedspeed's build: Get a cheaper mobo and upgrade to an i3. And lose the CPU cooler.

Antony101 · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:08

cheesyboy said:
Forget about the K

Get a cheaper mobo and upgrade to an i3.

Can you make me up a spec that's as close too £350 as possible. I've no idea what motherboards are good with Haswell.

Danny75 · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-D2V Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £32.99
1 x Zalman T4 Micro-ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £22.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £369.42 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Check that your GPU will fit in the case.

If you don't mind spending the £400 after all, this mobo is ace:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VANGUARD Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £69.95

5-year warranty. Built to last.

cheesyboy · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:13

Use Doomedspeeds as starting point, then swap out mobo for;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-460-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2698
and cpu for;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-492-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

And cut out the CPU cooler. That should come to ~£370 (assuming you qualify for free shipping).

If you want to save more, then drop down to a Pentium instead of the i3;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-499-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

Antony101 · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:15

Case and CPU are up too the task for a GTX 560TI too?

Thanks a lot for the specs, will run it by him.

cheesyboy · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:48

The Bitfenix Comrade is fine for the 560ti, not sure about the Zalman in Danny75's build - you would need to check.

The CPU (both the pentium and the i3) is perfect for a 560Ti.

And the spec'ed PSU is fine too. I actually run a 400w PSU for my own 560ti.

Almightyliham · 1 Jul 2014 at 12:55

^^ reply to above

560GTX which i have is about 210mm, reading the depth, it should just fit i would think.

Danny75 · 1 Jul 2014 at 14:22

Almightyliham said:
^^ reply to above

560GTX which i have is about 210mm, reading the depth, it should just fit i would think.

The Comrade is a better case. Just went for the Zalman to get it all as close to £350 as possible.

Almightyliham · 1 Jul 2014 at 15:45

Danny75 said:
The Comrade is a better case. Just went for the Zalman to get it all as close to £350 as possible.

Agreed about the comrade being better, just responding to the statement about the card not fitting in the zalman.

Cleanthes · 1 Jul 2014 at 16:20

Antony101 · 1 Jul 2014 at 16:21

It needs to last as long as possible really.

I'm going to give him a call later and say I can get it done for around £400 and then maybe get him to order the gear tomorrow.