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Locke

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So, I'm in the process of making my gf's mum not buy a HP Touchsmart PC for around £1000...

Instead I said I'd build her something from scratch from Overclockers :p

It needs everything. Preferably a wireless keyboard and mouse. She doesn't play many games so don't need a beast graphics card.

Wasn't sure on how much to spend, so thought I'd ask for ideas
 
Not sure on monitor, I assume it will be used for web and a few photos:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Samsung S22A350H 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Microsoft Wireless Media Desktop 1000 (ZHA-00007) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £504.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £105.32
Total : £631.93
 
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You can change the case if you want. But I chose it because it's very sleek looking and may help your GF's mum realise what quality she can expect for her money.

For the monitor, you get her THIS.

You'd probably be still looking at around £800. She still can get the touch screen interface with about £200 cheaper, and most of all it's you who enjoyed building it.
 
R088ieS86: She'll be playing indie type games or games like Portal.

Lelouch: That monitor actually looks quite good, I shall take a look at some videos of it in action! She's currently stuck with a crappy little 15" CRT monitor, so I think a good monitor will be nice.

lclcr: She doesn't like using OS X
 
top end spec:

graphics that will eat most games, 120GB solid state drive, wireless keyboard + mouse from logitech, blu ray drive, and a big processor


YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S24A350H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £191.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX120G) £124.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £44.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x Logitech Wireless MK520 Desktop (920-002606) £37.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £32.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
Total : £917.90 (includes shipping : £22.20).



lower end spec:
if that is too much to spend (or too much computer for your liking), something like this will be better:
same graphics as the top end spec (at under £100 your an idiot not to go for it), no SSD, cheaper wireless keyboard + mouse, and a 3 core processor (most games are designed to run on 3 cores or more)


YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
1 x ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £32.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x Blaze BL-6700 2.4Ghz Wireless Desktop £18.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £577.76 (includes shipping : £13.75).


feel free to mix and match between the two :)

*edit*
just had a look at the touchsmart offerings. WHAT A RIPOFF!!!!
£1000 for an i3 550 and onboard graphics :eek::eek::eek:
 
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If it was my outlaw, possible future inlaw ;) I would probably go with something similar to Reapers first spec albeit with some alterations.

If they have a LCD tv you could run the rig through that. Obviously you don't need the monitor and I don't think a SSD would be necessary. Add a DTV card and they have a media centre to record and pause tv as well as watch bluray movies and DVDs or on demand internet tv.

By losing the monitor and SSD and a bit of fudging with the spec im sure there is enough money left from the £1000 budget to fit in a cheap laptop so they can browse the internet etc if the tv is in use or facebook in the garden now summer is a coming.....Just a thought to run past them. (if you're clever and setup the machines properly on the network the laptop will be able to access the recorded TV programs too)

As you can see for that kinda money you can do a lot better than the touchsmart with is only so expensive because of the "gimmick" touch screen.

Good luck with the build fella.

Oh top tip, you can make the 955 a 965 by upping the multiplier by 1 in the bios. If you plan on doing gaming a quadcore makes sense over an i3. Although with a grand you could easily get an i5 build. I'll leave it with you to decide the best way forward.
 
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I just don't want her with a super powerful PC, which she wont even use 50% of. Something with lots of utility and not necessarily power, if you know what I mean.

Reapers top spec looks like a winner +/- a few adjustments! thanks
 
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