New Build advice under £300

Bam79 · 4 Jan 2015 at 20:37

Hi Im after a new pc which is only going to be used for surfing the net, downloading, a bit of youtube and also a few apps like itunes/ winrar etc....

Not for gaming as I have decided on an xbox one.

I was looking at spending less than £300 and had a few next day systems in mind.

stulid · 4 Jan 2015 at 20:43

Hi and welcome.

Can you build a PC yourself?

With that sort of usage it wouldn't be a complicated PC to put together and there are many videos on youtube to help guide you through the process.

Bam79 · 4 Jan 2015 at 21:10

I would prefer to build myself

Just wanted something that would do what I needed.

I have seen a few a8 and a10 pre-built systems but I didn't like the rubbish cheap Psu and memory they came with...

Quartz · 4 Jan 2015 at 21:21

Which components do you already have? Especially, do you have a transferable Windows license?

stulid · 4 Jan 2015 at 22:59

I dont know what parts you need or if you need an OS, but heres something small and cute,

YOUR BASKET
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Cubitek Mini Center Mini-ITX Case - Black £37.99
1 x AMD Athlon 5150 1.60GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1) £35.99
1 x Asus AM1I-A AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £26.99
Total : £293.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Quartz · 4 Jan 2015 at 23:39

That's a pretty good bundle, @stulid, but is the SSD really necessary? OCUK sell a Toshiba 500 GB HDD for £36.

The OP may also need to budget ~£100 for a monitor, £78 for Windows 8.1, and a few pounds for a keyboard and mouse.

stulid · 4 Jan 2015 at 23:59

SSDs are great, add storage later (not much room in that case mind you so maybe an external HDD) if its needed and in the mean time make use of the improved response and speed an SSD provides within windows "now".

Bam79 · 11 Jan 2015 at 20:21

Can Someone close this thread please as I have had a change of heart. I will be going for different specs