New build advice

Leigno

Leigno

Leigno

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Hey guys,

My laptop is about to give up the ghost and rather than shell out for a new laptop of not so great spec im sure i can see similar if not better performance from a mini-itx build of some form? correct??

my budget is as cheap as humanly possible, but i want something that will blow this laptop out the water which im using, which is windows xp OS, intel atom N270 1.6ghz, 1 gb ram and a 140gb hard drive space split between 2 drives.

I already have a top end gaming machine which some of you may recall so no need for anything gaming related or even as fast so no need for SSD.

What I want is something small and sleek looking preferable white but will settle for black.

Its uses really is going to be for skype, internet browsing, youtube/video streaming, itunes etc.

Ideally would like a cpu with several cores for multi-tasking. I'm leaning towards AMD for this one purely for price and the fact no gaming what so ever is getting done on this machine and no overclocking either.

And i need everything for its apart from a monitor and keyboard, so i need a case, mobo, cpu, ram, psu, OS, budget mouse (possibly wireless {aslong as its rechargeable}) and a decent webcam for skype.

Only thing that is a must is the MOBO must have optical output for the sound.

Let me know what you guys recommend, like I say price wise needs to be as cheap as possible on this one as im on a very limited budget.

thanks :)
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
1 x Gigabyte H61N-USB3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
Total : £378.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).



for slightly more power and a better igpu
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
1 x Gigabyte H61N-USB3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
Total : £475.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Even that looks way overkill for what I need really, just looking for a cheap as chips work horse for streaming music and videos and skype really to replace my laptop.

Was hoping I could possibly get something cheaper than that as thats laptop money.
 
 
I think Idleman has nailed it, yet again, your a legend :) one and only thing is there another mobo for not much more that has optical sound output??

And Ripjaw i looked at those pre-built ones and although they are ideal, I want something to do one afternoon, so a build log can keep me entertained :)
 
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