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Macha0n

Macha0n

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Hey guys, I'm looking for a bit of advice.

Having seen me build my own system, my girlfriend wants me to put something together for her new shop- it's going to sit in the open, so she likes the Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX, but other than that it just wants to be as cheap as possible without being totally useless- will be used mainly for showing clients images/documents and answering emails/sending out forms. Probably Office and PS Elements installed, stuff like that.

I would rather use half-decent components so it'll be reliable and reasonably snappy for what she wants, and as silent as possible would be nice, but budget is the main factor.


Thanks in advance!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte H97N-WIFI Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3420 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST30SF SFX Series - 300 Watt Power Supply £41.99
Total : £393.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Theirs a mobo thats £15 cheaper but its out of stock.Could even shave off some cost by going down to 4gb ram and 120gb SSD

Edit:I had linked the wrong case intitally,fixed now lol
 
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No need for a monitor or peripherals, I've got suitable bits already- probably windows 8 o.s.-wise. Top budget I would say about £350-400, but if it could come in lower then every little helps at the minute (furnishing a shop is heinously expensive, as it turns out :D).

Thanks.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £228.97
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
Total : £395.04 (includes shipping : £11.75).




You can download and run a Win10 trial that last till around October time I think it was.


YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £99.95
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £409.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Does she need an optic bay, and does it have to be the Prodigy case? Personaly I think there are better Mini ITX cases, and smaller.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
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 Cubitek Mini Center Mini-ITX Case - Silver £37.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm £34.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £31.99
Total : £349.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).




Cannot see much need for 4 cores, 8gb of memory, or a 450w psu. May not even need 250gb hard drive, 120gb may do, even a basic pentium, probably running stock. I cannot see anything she needs to do within your description that warrants much expendature, though most shops wanting a bit of style and substance will most likely go iPad or iMac. As there is not much else uglier than a small plasticy cheap PC case with a load of wires trailing to a grubby monitor and keyboard within a fresh shop front. Our shops still use iMac 2006 models with 2Ghz 2 core cpu's and 2gb of memory. These things are usually under £250 refurbished on auction sites, it is certainly more suited and elegant than many custom builds, especially with the apple wireless keyboard and mouse and they are very very quiet.

The Prodigy is a biggish case, with fans, and great if you need colour, a few hard drives, a GPU and optic drive, but if your not needing those items a smaller simpler silver case with minimum features may look more elegant within a shop environment.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £41.99
1 x Cubitek Mini Center Mini-ITX Case - Silver £37.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £31.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 Low Profile CPU Cooler £11.99
Total : £282.43 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
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Price difference between 4 and 8GB of RAM makes it a bit of a no brainer for the sake of £10. Plus if the case is on show I'd spend a bit more on something that looks decent.
 
I would go for a quad core kabini with 8 gig of ddr3 with a mini itx board. A SSD will provide much of the snappiness in the system. The core count and Ram should speed up multitasking. The low power draw should should make it close to inaudible, and it's very cheap.
 
Thanks, plenty of food for thought! I did wonder about the case, there's such a wide selection. Might get my OH to sit and have a look through.

Cheers guys!
 
Agree with Stulid - i'd go for something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Recon H81 ITX" Intel Core i3/i5 Mini ITX Value Gaming Bundle £150
1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £114.95
1 x Crucial BX100 120GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT120BX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £36.95
Total : £366.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



EDIT: Not sure if the power supply will fit so you may want to double check that
 
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