New PC ,,,Cheap???

Phil2112 · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:00

Hi Guys,,,I need a new pc for the Mrs,,all she uses it for it things like Facebook and the games you can play on there,,ie Angry Birds,,Castleville etc. Was looking at this system,,,
"Primo PLUS 500i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155).
I have a spare Graphics card which I think is a 4570,,,not quite sure as I have'nt got it to hand at the moment. Never built a pc so not really confident of building one but I have changed graphics cards and hard drives before.
Any advice would be welcome,,,my budget is a very low £200 so I know I cant expect all bells and dancing machine but this seamed to fit the bill. Thanks for any advice you may have

Bacon? · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:07

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £54.95
1 x Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £37.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £27.98
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £217.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Btw what you were looking at is a Barebones kit so bottom end everything and doesnt come with a decent PSU or DVD-RW or HDD.

tamzzy · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:13

i'd love to see you run that spec without a hard drive ;p

Phil2112 · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:22

tamzzy said:
i'd love to see you run that spec without a hard drive ;p

Yeah that would be something!!!. A new Hard drive would cost around £50 and I was thinking I could take the dvd drive out of my Mrs old Dell pc,,,so for about £200 with the above "barebones" system she could have a new pc. Dont think the hard drive in the Dell is a Sata or I could have saved money there too !!!!!

Bacon? · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:35

You'll need to buy a HDD either way, and like I said the Primo doesnt come with a decent PSU, running a dedicated card on it might blow the system or force a shutdown every time you boot.

Also the DVD-RW needs to be SATA and if the old HDD isnt SATA I doubt the DVD-RW is either.

T345 · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - O (HD-101-SA) £40
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £33.95
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B (MB-455-AS) £24
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £226.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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