Help with a new Build for the mother in law!

[Blackhorse]

Ok i can build gaming rigs but this is differant!

She wont be gaming, infact the most strenous thing the computer will be doing is mass uploading photos onto it and going on ebay.
Graphic card is defo an on board job id say!
Also i have an OEM lisence of Vista premium lying about, the machine it was on blew up about a year ago and i upgraded the full rig which is now Win 7, what do we reckons the chances are of putting this OS on the build if i ring up MS and ask them to reactivate due to the motherboard blowing??

Not sure if i should be going AMD for cost?
Not even looked at entry level market stuff for some time so dont have a clue!

Budget is around £500 max (less if possible), but it would be nice to get a monitor with that (again the refresh rate can be box standard, so maybe cheap 19"?)

Mouse and keyboard are not required.

 

[Redmint]

"Primo Drone" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz DDR2 System £259.99
(£221.27) £259.99
(£221.27)
Options applied to the above product:
No Graphics Card Upgrade £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
Options applied to the above product:
No Operating System £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Samsung B1930N 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Sub Total : £380.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £69.63
Total : £467.53

No idea if you'd be able to use that copy of Vista tbh.

edit: this screen http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-138-SA&groupid=17&catid=948&subcat= is quite a bit nicer.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Samsung B2030N 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £348.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £64.03
Total : £429.90

 

[Blackhorse]

Thanks guys, this gives me a good platform to go at.
Think im going to risk the OS if they tell me to bugger off ill just need to order one!!

 

[Redmint]

Good idea, free delivery anyway so buying it later won't add to the overall cost.

 

[Blackhorse]

Good idea, free delivery anyway so buying it later won't add to the overall cost.

Those were exactly my thoughts!

 

[PermaBanned]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Samsung P2250 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £17.99
(£15.31) £17.99
(£15.31)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (P58-00019) £9.99
(£8.50) £9.99
(£8.50)
Logitech Classic Keyboard 200 (968019-0120) £9.99
(£8.50) £9.99
(£8.50)
Sub Total : £429.68
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.54
Total : £527.32

With free shipping... that's stupidly expensive normally though. I doubt she even needs 4GB RAM. Could do a lot better if you shopped around though.

 

[Blackhorse]

I went for the Primo drone in the end.
Nice little bit entry level kit
Only downside of it is the supplied CPU fan sounds awful and very noisy.

Whats a good quiet cheap CPU cooler?
Deffo not required overclocking, just something a little quieter! lol

Im presuming this one would be fine?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-028-CM&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395