New computer thoughts?

Mark719 · 24 Aug 2015 at 11:45

My mums computer just recently died and I'm looking into making her a new one, he budget is around £400, I have came up for a computer build but was just wondering what you thought, and suggestions/recommendation.

She uses it for:
Web browsing(Facebook, Youtube etc)
Graphics programs (Photoshop etc)
Microsoft Office

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6350 Black Edition 3.90GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £38.99
1 x Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
Total : £405.89 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

stulid · 24 Aug 2015 at 11:48

Dont not buy AMD when it looks like you can afford Intel i5.

Does he have a GFX card as there is no onboard display solution with that AMD setup.

Mark719 · 24 Aug 2015 at 11:51

What could I cut or change to bring the price down a little.

stulid · 24 Aug 2015 at 11:53

Win10 as it's newer, what about an optical drive? does he have one and is it SATA?

Mark719 · 24 Aug 2015 at 11:55

She wants to stay on Windows 8.1 and I much prefer the seatgate drives, but this is what i have at the moment.

stulid · 24 Aug 2015 at 12:10

Done then.

One thing is the board doesnt have front USB3.0 header, so the cases USB3.0 port maybe unusable.

Mark719 · 24 Aug 2015 at 12:14

OK. thank you for the help