Home Desktop Build - £400~

[a03dugga]

Hey there, My Brother would like to get a system for his room as his go to PC.
He doesn't want to do gaming on it, he would only use it for streaming and Media Consumption. He said he didn't want to go over £800, I HAD to convince him that that is WAY too much considering what he want's to do with it. Maybe a small SSD for boot. OS is not need, He likes to change OS a lot, whether that be Linux or Windows. Peripherals are needed though, as well as a monitor.

So he needs a system that:

• Looks Nice
• Powerful enough to do HD streaming
• Has potential for upgrades.

Thanks for the help.

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £468.29 (includes shipping : £12.50).





That has a solid base for upgrades, be it GPU or CPU - H81 board will take current gen i3/i5/i7 and has a PCI-E slot for a graphics card in the future. 8GB RAM also which is nice for gaming and for having a tonne of tabs open - the Pentium K can be overclocked on this board also with the right BIOS which is nice

or if you wanted something a bit more graphically powerful right now;

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £73.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2 AMD A58 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £35.99
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £483.29 (includes shipping : £12.50).





But less made for upgrades, will only take FM2 CPUs and the CPU is probably a bit less powerful overall

The first one will be more than enough for HD streaming, the pentium is snappy enough and has room for upgrades
On both you can install the OS from USB sticks or add a £13 optical drive

Your brother may like the look of the bitfenix Neos too

 

[Telecaster]

Bit over budget I'm afraid, but I do like to keep things ITX where I can

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Xigmatek Nebula C Mini-ITX Case - White £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £46.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £509.75 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 

[ShivP]

Would mATX be a better compromise between size and expandability for you or must it be ITX? I see your sig is ITX Freak

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £78.98
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £39.95
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £500.28 (includes shipping : ).



Larger PSU for support of powerful GPUs in the future, as well as the case supporting longer GPUs (the Xigmatek one only supports something like 230mm one's) and also a larger SSD, which should reached advertised speeds whereas that Kingston one was subject to some sort of switch bait

If you went mATX you could get the H81M-K + 8GB RAM + i5 bundle in there possibly!

or i3

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £510.29 (includes shipping : ).

 

[DaleTheWhale]

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2470SWHE 23.6" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £62.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Antec VPF550 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £41.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black £24.95
Total : £413.88 (includes shipping : ).



Z97 to upgrade to a more powerful CPU that can then be over clocked.
I removed the G3258 to get closer to £400, but a G3258 can be over clocked on the stock cooler nicely.

8GB of fast RAM that is very good for the price.
Great SSD, 128GB large, and a case that isn't hideous for £25!

 

[Telecaster]

Would mATX be a better compromise between size and expandability for you or must it be ITX? I see your sig is ITX Freak

For me? I just prefer to go as small as possible so it's only personal preference so that's just how I do my specs, try to be a bit different rather than just speccing the same old kit all the time!

Larger PSU for support of powerful GPUs in the future, as well as the case supporting longer GPUs (the Xigmatek one only supports something like 230mm one's) and also a larger SSD, which should reached advertised speeds whereas that Kingston one was subject to some sort of switch bait

He said no gaming so I didn't bother about future proofing the PSU and I tried to give him a funky looking case, and I had no idea about that Kingston SSD