New build for parents spec help

matt_griff

matt_griff

matt_griff

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Hi, my parents have asked me to build a pc for them.
It will be used for mostly browsing the web, Microsoft office, light editing of family photos, and playing games like football manager etc.
Silence is more important than anything.

Budget £500-600
No operating system, monitor, keyboard or mouse needed.
:)
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £106.99
(£89.16) £106.99
(£89.16)
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £81.70
(£68.08) £81.70
(£68.08)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £484.68
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.44
Total : £627.81

Case is currently out of stock, but well worth it if you want a quiet pc. Added a after market CPU cooler as it will probably work out quieter, than stock.

kd
 
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matt_griff said:
It will be used for mostly browsing the web, Microsoft office, light editing of family photos, and playing games like football manager etc.

:)
Click to expand...

5850 is a bit overkill for that. 5770 would be more than sufficient, even a bit too much its self.

actually, my onboard plays football manager on full with no problems.

actually, the whole spec is complete overkill!!!!
 
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Meh, it's in budget.... And I couldn't be bothered to check the specs for Football Manager... Also "playing games like football manager etc..." isn't very descriptive xD

Could tweak with it and add a SSD for faster boots I guess

kd
 
A £250 stulid special would do the job the OP stated.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £201.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £42.25
Total : £253.48

Onboard gpu.
 
Just realised I managed to forget RAM! Epic fail xD But yeah your spec would do the job :p

Would probably still add a Fractal R3 and Bequiet PSU though as he asked for silence :p

kd
 
All I would add is a 5670 to Stulids build, just incase they did decide to play something more strenuous. I have one in a machine that'll play WoW @ 1920x1080 and is good for a constant 60FPS with most things set to ultra (bar shadows).
 
THIS....

not sure if they stock a fanless psu, but yeh almost completley silent

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