New Build £350-400

edGfaCTor · 28 Mar 2017 at 20:11

After about 9 years my cousin is finally going to allow me to build him a PC I do not know how he has managed to use his current Dell system for soo long.

He has a budget of £350-400 which will be just for the base unit only.

His main requirements are using icloud and documents for work also he is thinking of getting into a bit of gaming with games like Football Manager. (he needs a dvd drive his work still uses this method only) last part is he has to have wireless connection.

This is what I thought would be alright

[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-aero-500-midi-tower-case-black-ca-155-ae.html']Aerocool Aero 500 Midi-Tower Case - Black - £32.99[/URL]
[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-xt-series-500w-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-ca-022-xf.html']XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - £42.95[/URL]
Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail - £64.99
Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/8) - £68.99
[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-ga-b250m-d3h-intel-b250-socket-1151-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-54y-gi.html']Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard -£74.99 [/URL]
[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/toshiba-p300-1tb-7200rpm-64mb-cache-high-performance-hard-drive-hdwd110uzsva-hd-044-ts.html']Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA) - £45.95[/URL]
[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/samsung-sh-224gb-bebe-24x-dvdrw-sata-rewriter-black-oem-m-disc-compatible-cd-162-sa.html']Samsung SH-224GB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible - £13.99[/URL]
[URL='https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-link-300mbps-wireless-n-pci-express-adapter-tl-wn881nd-nw-054-tp.html']TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) - £12.49[/URL]
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...ual-channel-kit-hx424c15fbk2-8-my-228-ks.html
Total £357.34

Any suggestions?

mickyflinn · 28 Mar 2017 at 20:28

Top end of his budget but would be able to game at 1080p.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black= £23.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £59.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £12.49
1 x Samsung SH-224GB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £13.99
1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £45.95
1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £74.99
1 x Asus Radeon RX 460 Dual OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £89.99
1 x Kolink Core Series 400W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply= £22.99

Total: £421.67
(includes shipping: £12.30)

edGfaCTor · 28 Mar 2017 at 21:12

mickyflinn said:
Top end of his budget but would be able to game at 1080p.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Cougar MX200 Midi-Tower Gaming Case - Black= £23.99

1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £59.99

1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £12.49

1 x Samsung SH-224GB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £13.99

1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £45.95

1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99

1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £74.99

1 x Asus Radeon RX 460 Dual OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £89.99

1 x Kolink Core Series 400W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply= £22.99

Total: £421.67
(includes shipping: £12.30)

Not far of what I had then thanks for the other suggestions.

That psu looks bit cheap you sure it would be any good? I can't find really any reviews on it.

mickyflinn · 28 Mar 2017 at 22:06

edGfaCTor said:
That psu looks bit cheap you sure it would be any good? I can't find really any reviews on it.

Was to get close to budget, the psu is cheap but backed by overclockers and a 3 year warranty but if you can stretch then get a better psu.

Danny75 · 28 Mar 2017 at 23:36

mickyflinn said:
and a 3 year warranty

Where did you find that info please, Micky?

Tetras · 29 Mar 2017 at 02:59

Since the budget is tight, if one of the H110 boards has an updated shipping bios it could save you £25-£30 or so, at the cost of slower memory support and probably some other features. That could then be dumped on the PSU.

pastymuncher · 29 Mar 2017 at 09:57

Do not buy that Kolink psu, it's complete garbage and little better than a generic psu. The 12v rail has a pathetic 276w on it which can clearly be seen if you click on the 1st product image. With specs like that it's more like a generic unit with a Kolink sticker on it. The cheapest psu that you should look at is the XFX XT 400w. While it isn't built by Seasonic it is designed by them and based on Seasonics Eco series. It's not brilliant but it's a lot better than the Kolink and has a 360w 12v rail which will be more than enough power. my pc doesn't even hit 300w at the wall while benching with everything heavily overclocked.

mickyflinn · 29 Mar 2017 at 10:51

Danny75 said:
Where did you find that info please, Micky?

My mistake was looking at the XFX xt psu at the same time.

edGfaCTor · 29 Mar 2017 at 14:17

I have managed to get him to go up to £450 which if I used mickyfinn build I have £40 to play with but not sure if use that towards psu or go for ssd

Danny75 · 29 Mar 2017 at 16:42

mickyflinn said:
My mistake was looking at the XFX xt psu at the same time.

No worries. I think it's two like the Kolink Bronzes but no official word on that.

pastymuncher · 29 Mar 2017 at 19:11

Swap the memory and case in your build for the ones in mickyflinns build which will save £18. You could go for a b-grade case such as this Zalman T1 for only £12.95 which would save a further tenner. You can then get the XFX XT400 psu with £8 left over to add to the extra money you have got him to spend. If there's enough left over get a SSD but don't skimp on the psu.

Do you have legacy MM access? If not get another 23 posts done and you get access anyway. You could pick him up a very good bundle in there for his money.

DONOHUE07 · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:03

pastymuncher said:
Swap the memory and case in your build for the ones in mickyflinns build which will save £18. You could go for a b-grade case such as this Zalman T1 for only £12.95 which would save a further tenner. You can then get the XFX XT400 psu with £8 left over to add to the extra money you have got him to spend. If there's enough left over get a SSD but don't skimp on the psu.

Do you have legacy MM access? If not get another 23 posts done and you get access anyway. You could pick him up a very good bundle in there for his money.

This^ an SSD is great to have, but I would rather have a reliable PSU, if it goes pop it 'could' lead to all kinds of problems

zBitkus · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:54

edGfaCTor · 30 Mar 2017 at 02:03

pastymuncher said:
Do you have legacy MM access? If not get another 23 posts done and you get access anyway. You could pick him up a very good bundle in there for his money.

What is legacy MM?

zBitkus said:
Any parts could be used from Dell? Like HDD? If yes could get small 120Gb SSD just for windows instead of that 1Tb HDD. 1080p gaming? Try geting RX470 or 1050Ti. For Football Manager he has more then enough of integrated graphics.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...151-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-54y-gi.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-62o-in.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...ual-channel-kit-hx424c15fbk2-8-my-228-ks.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-002-sf.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade-zalman-t1-plus-mini-tower-usb-3.0-black-bg-055-za.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...er-black-oem-m-disc-compatible-cd-162-sa.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...pci-express-adapter-tl-wn881nd-nw-054-tp.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tosh...rmance-hard-drive-hdwd110uzsva-hd-044-ts.html https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18h-pc.html

I did think about trying to use some old bits form the Dell until I saw it in person it's way too old maybe someone would want the floppy drive to raise some more £ lol