Low Budget PC Spec Challenge

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Hello, I have recently been asked to build a pc for my nephew, he's 10 years old and obsessed with minecraft, unfortunately he can only play it when he comes to my house or goes to his friends. I told him I could build him a PC to play it for about £300. He will also want to use the pc for other games and to do his homework and watching you tube videos such as "ninja cat".

Please could you suggest some specs to consider.

I already have:

Monitor,
Mouse & Keyboard,
Windows 7.

Thanks in advance,

JJ
 
 
 
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If we can get you to 100 posts deliberating the build then you get free P&P :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £67.99
1 x AMD A6-3500 2.40GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £42.59
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £306.52 (includes shipping : FREE).



Slightly over but it has 8GB of RAM and the PSU has plenty of juice to power a decent GPU should you want to include one later as another gift one day.
 
jamesfreddie said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £67.99
1 x AMD A6-3500 2.40GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor £56.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus F1A55-M LX AMD A55 (Socket FM1) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £43.00
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £32.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £287.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Care you to explain what the **B-Grade** means for the OP :D also as this machine is for a 10 year old I think a bigger old hat HDD would be better so he can fill it with all his music and minecraft stuff :)

other note .... why didn't I think the APU route !!
 
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Ethermaster said:
Care you explain what the **B-Grade** means for the OP :D also as this machine is for a 10 year old I think a bigger old hat HDD would be better so he can fill it with all his music and minecraft stuff :)
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B-Grade could be warranty repair or customer return, possibly missing manuals and driver disk, motherboards may not come with I/O Shield plate.

Also they may come in a plain box.
 
Ethermaster said:
Care you to explain what the **B-Grade** means for the OP :D also as this machine is for a 10 year old I think a bigger old hat HDD would be better so he can fill it with all his music and minecraft stuff :)

other note .... why didn't I think the APU route !!
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I agreed with the small SSD. a lot of music and TV can be found online seeing as he's ten I doubt he has the same MP3 collections we do from ripping our cds back in the day lol
 
honosuseri said:
I agreed with the small SSD. a lot of music and TV can be found online seeing as he's ten I doubt he has the same MP3 collections we do from ripping our cds back in the day lol
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True I guess :p but I would still fill 64Gb rather quickly if I was 10 even if I didn't fill it with video or audio content ;)
 
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If you want any details on how it performs, just ask, I have the same, but 4gb of ram:)
Also
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=XX-000-MS
later on you can or he can buy a 6670 for dual graphics, also trinity is supposidely coming out
 
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Ethermaster said:
I do honestly think the OP would get more bang with a G620 teamed with a GT 520 over the APU route but the APU can't be matched for price :P
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520??? Yeah right, thats not a very good GPU for £40
Better of getting an apu, then dual graphics later on.
 
The only thing I feel with the AMD APU is that yes you could thown another GPU in a later date for some Crossfire action but CPU wise has been a bit meh.... plus the one I spec'ed wasn't £40 quid :D if I had abit more money I would hae choosen the Sapphire HD 6570
 
Ethermaster said:
True I guess :p but I would still fill 64Gb rather quickly if I was 10 even if I didn't fill it with video or audio content ;)
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So he'll probably fill that 500GB drive too then ;) Much easier to add storage than change the OS drive later.

It's nice that we have provided alternatives for him to choose from. I honestly think the AMD APU is the way forward then drop in a dedicated GPU if he wants to game more seriously...i'm interested to hear his thoughts :)
 
honosuseri said:
So he'll probably fill that 500GB drive too then ;) Much easier to add storage than change the OS drive later.

It's nice that we have provided alternatives for him to choose from. I honestly think the AMD APU is the way forward then drop in a dedicated GPU if he wants to game more seriously...i'm interested to hear his thoughts :)
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