I5 build for £300

[snappyfish]

As title states I would like to know if it's possible to build a I5 rig for £300 no operating system needed, just the desktop.

Need it for a on a budget.

Thanks

 

[Alasdairhurst]

Will be fairly difficult as the i5 is £150 or more, and a decent hard drive is around £50. that leaves just £100 for the case, psu, motherboard and ram. (not enough for gpu) Optical drive would add another £20 too
An i3 would be much more reasonable at this price point.

 

[Alasdairhurst]

Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
(£38.32) £45.98
(£38.32)
XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £278.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £58.00
Total : £348.02
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if you find some pre-owned stuff then you may JUST be able to make it

 

[Alasdairhurst]

ignore, double post

 

[Idleman]

If you reuse your hdd,Psu,case,Gpu and you have win7 from your current system.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
Total : £297.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[Alasdairhurst]

If you reuse your hdd,Psu,case,Gpu and you have win7 from your current system.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
Total : £297.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

The OP doesn't say it is to replace his current computer, for all we know it is a new build for someone else.

by all means if the OP has spare components,use them, but those should be stated as available

 

[snappyfish]

The OP doesn't say it is to replace his current computer, for all we know it is a new build for someone else.

by all means if the OP has spare components,use them, but those should be stated as available

Yes there is nothing really available. Previous stuff is very very old.

 

[Idleman]

Yes there is nothing really available. Previous stuff is very very old.

What is the system to be used for.

 

[ChilledLJ]

You can do it easily, the i5 3450 can be had for £140 + £40 mobo + 20 RAM - that leaves you £100 for everything else which is plenty especially when you can get those Case + free PSU for £23 - you could do it for £250 if you shopped around

 

[Bacon?]

And why would you want a cheap PSU and case
You a £40 mobo would have to be H61 so you would need to find out the motherboard revision.

 

[Idleman]

The OP doesn't say it is to replace his current computer, for all we know it is a new build for someone else.

by all means if the OP has spare components,use them, but those should be stated as available

You would be surprised how many people ask for a "desktop" and don`t realise that they can reuse some of there existing components.
Which is why i specced cpu, mobo and ram, to be used with existing parts, as an example.