Dad needs pc

Jobey292 · 14 Apr 2011 at 00:58

He wants pc to be as fast as possible for around 300-340, the only requirement is that the case need to be tidy inside (so have some sort of cable management), does not need to have a dedicated graphics card can be built in,

P.s he does not need a monitor or mouse keyboard or anything just a base unit.

stokecity_m · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:00

New/secondhand?

Jobey292 · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:02

Intel Core i3 550 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £94.79
MSI H55M-ED55 H55 Express Chipset (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £35.99
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total £326.70

this what i was thinking any better suggestions ?

Jobey292 · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:03

stokecity_m said:
New/secondhand?

and ermm kinda need if for morrow ?

stokecity_m · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:05

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-270-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-226-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

Surveyor · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:25

AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 455 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £67.99
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
or
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £35.99
Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £29.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Total £281.93

Saves you nearly £45.

Swaped AMD for Intel.

Case & PSU bundle.

Smaller but faster hard disk or just go with the one you put originally.

Perhaps just have a look at the RAM. The motherboard says it supports 1.5V and the OCZ are 1.55-1.65V. Should be OK as long as the RAM runs at a reasonably low voltage.

Should be fine for "a cheap pc for surfing the net and watching the odd movie" as per your other thread.

You could save another £8 getting this processor:

AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail£59.99

You could save a few more quid if you're happy with a dual core:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=803

bifday2k · 14 Apr 2011 at 01:43

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

£270 with Win7 installed, built by Ocuk builders, so cable management will be good.

Perfect for office/web stuff... no need to spend a lot.

Surveyor · 14 Apr 2011 at 08:21

bifday2k said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

£270 with Win7 installed, built by Ocuk builders, so cable management will be good.

Perfect for office/web stuff... no need to spend a lot.

The OP says they need it today which rules out a system built by OcUK.

Nvidiot · 14 Apr 2011 at 08:42

Why are you looking at the older socket 1156 or the AMD AM3 cpu's?

Sandybridge is where its at.

This is a comparison of the i3 2100 vs the much slower AMD tri core 455 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=202 the AMD is beaten.

J-FRO · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:26

I'd go with Nvidiot's spec but would swap the mobo for this so that the HDD can use it's full 6gb/s potential:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-329-GI

and swap the optical drive for this because you don't want the hassle some of the slightly cheaper drives can give you, and for £2 it's worth it:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG

Those 2 changes bring the price up from £312.94 to £334.93