How's my cheap build?

[peterattheboro]

Building a system for a family member and been out of touch with hardware over the last year so I'm a little out of touch.

Only need the items on this list but does it look ok? Anywhere I could be saving a few quid?

Thanks.

 

[RJC]

A little cheaper, what is the main use of the pc?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £27.95
Total : £364.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Cheaper CPU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3420 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £27.95
Total : £334.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ShivP]

What's the max-max budget? (Remember to exclude shipping )

 

[peterattheboro]

Just general web browsing really.

It's replacing an 8 year old XP system which is on it's arse so trying to future proof a little with the SSD

Are those power supplies ok? Never heard of them.

 

[ShivP]

Power supply is just fine, I have the 600W one, many say that they are bad but mine has been perfect

 

[peterattheboro]

What's the max-max budget? (Remember to exclude shipping )

Around £350.

Get free shipping

I know I went over on my build but I could lose the 2nd hard drive if my Uncle didn't want it and format his exisiting one

 

[RJC]

Superflower are pretty good, 8pack has been using the high wattage ones for bench testing his systems.

Look at my second build with the cheaper cpu.

 

[ShivP]

Well RJC's first build looks pretty much the best you can get, though obviously the second one is cheaper

 

[Trojan Horse]

whats stopping you from getting lesser sensitive parts 2nd hand? would save more pennies

 

[peterattheboro]

Time and effort

Thanks for the help chaps

 

[Space Monkey]

OS?

 

[EdwardHaigh]

Like Space Monkey said, have you thought about an operating system?

If it is a cheap build maybe ubuntu 12.04 and then downloading LibreOffice?

 

[Ethermaster]

My Nine bob .... he could actually game on this as well

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £73.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
Total : £393.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).