Help with a new system?

[Escalation12]

I've had a Pentium 4 @ 3.02GHz with 1GB of RAM for about the past 10 years now. It's handled pretty much everything I've wanted it to but now it's really showing it's age and I need something new.

My budget is £400-450 and I'd want this system for everyday browsing (multiple tabs/windows), some light Photoshopping (working with fairly small files) and general use. I don't play PC games at all as I have a console for that (sorry to the PC gamer enthusiasts! )

I also watch a ton of TV shows and movies daily, all at 720p/1080p but using DXVA, I let my current XFX Radeon 4650 handle the load so the CPU is kept my CPU entirely free (doesn't push past 20% usage while even the card's usage only bounces between 15-25% even on 20-40GB files).

I don't need a crazy good PC as you can tell because I don't do anything too intensive, but I want a solid system nonetheless. Can anyone help me out in that price range?

I don't require a monitor as I've got a fairly new one. Mouse/keyboard I'm OK with but may buy new later on. Sound card/speaker system also not necessary as I adore my current Santa Cruz Turtle Beach/Altec Lansing combo -- it'd be ideal if the new motherboard had a slot for my Santa Cruz PCI sound card.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Idleman]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
Do you have a sata hdd and odd( if IDE, they will obviously need to be replaced), Psu, case or OS you can reuse? This would free up money that can be spent in other areas.

 

[Escalation12]

My apologies for not being more thorough in the first post I made - didn't think it through well enough at the time unfortunately.

My current primary HDD is an IDE one and I do also have a 1TB Samsung SpinPoint SATA drive installed in my current system but it's filled with TV shows/movies/backups so I would require a new one as my main drive for this new system (and I'd install the SpinPoint into it and continue to use as a storage drive like I have done up until now).

The new primary drive doesn't have to be big, even a SATA drive with 150-300GB capacity would be fine for me. I will need an ODD/PSU/case! OS is already covered.

Thanks again in advance.

 

[Idleman]

Something like this and use your Gpu for better video playback. Ssd for your OS and a 1TB hdd for backup of other drive or extra storage.

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1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £149.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £448.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).