Grandma Spec Me

danewesley

danewesley

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yes my grandma is looking for a new pc, she only needs the base unit and doesnt need windows her budget is up to £400 and it will rarely be used for internet browsing(shes pushing 80 and doesnt know how to work a toaster)

shes asked me to build her one after a massive FAIL from a high street store regarding way too high cpu voltage.

the one think i was going to do was work in a lower end gpu, my little brother will prob end up using it for runescape, so if he can MAX that out then thats cool.

Thanks, Dane
 
I couldnt even bring myself to spend all you're Grandma's pension.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5750 iCooler IV 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H575FN512) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £266.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £55.44
Total : £332.66
 
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £38.80
(£32.33) £38.80
(£32.33)
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333C8ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)

Sub Total : £298.26
Shipping cost based on delivery to somewhere with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £59.65
Total : £357.91

Don't really know what Runescape needs but something like that should be fine. The PSU/case is available as a bundle to save a few quid but it's out of stock as a bundle (despite both the individual components being in stock... go figure).

edit: guess I managed to spend slightly more of your gran's money than Stulid did. :D
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 465 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £306.72
Shipping cost based on delivery to somewhere with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £53.44
Total : £368.06
 
stulid said:
I couldnt even bring myself to spend all you're Grandma's pension.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5750 iCooler IV 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H575FN512) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £266.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £55.44
Total : £332.66
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Sure maybe a ATI 5750 would be a bit Overkill for Occasional Runescape? :S
 
Lol, I thought Runescape might be fairly old, guess I should have googled for the system requirements.

Something like this would probably be fine then:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-121-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

edit: new option:

"Primo Drone" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz DDR3 System £251.22
(£209.35) £251.22
(£209.35)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4650 1024MB DDR2 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card (H465FNS1GH) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Sub Total : £246.84
Shipping cost based on delivery to Veterinary Clinic, BN2 6BA with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.37
Total : £296.21

Means you don't have the hassle of putting it together, just need to slot the graphics card in. :p
 
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AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply
Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black
Corsair Value 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Sub Total : £180.60
Shipping : £10.00

Total :£228.72

More than adequate? add a low end graphics card i guess but onboard should be alright?
 
kk ive placed the order, thanks for all the help especially with the gpu, good find in the clearance lines.

this is what i went for anyway...

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o yeh btw she still works and stuff, goes walking all over the uk and goes to the gym/swimming lol, shes not like a frail old lady with her pension.

on a side note i had a great time taking the crap hp back to the shop. one guy in the shop said "OH and you think you know more about computers than HP", didnt get anywhere so rang their head office and went back in, shut them all up and got grans money back! WIN
 
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