New rig cheap as possible, sup £400

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Hello guys,

The girlfriend laptop has died and she wants a desktop now, money being tight around this time of year shes only got £400 to play with buy she needs everything monitor, keyboard, mouse everything.

Shes not really a gamer maybe The Sims now and then Zoo Tycoon those sort of games.

So guys I put the challenge to you can we build a complete rig for £400???

Title was ment to say SUB £400 :P
 
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tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BenQ GL2055 20" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £79.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-DGS AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £42.98
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £28
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
1 x Edifier M1250 2.0 Speaker System £9.95
Total : £399.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

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your a genius manythanks. :D
 
Think that's about all your going to get for your budget.

You could always get her to hook it up to the TV for the time being until can afford a monitor after crimbo?

That gives more room for improvement on the actual rig... better processor/KB+M/larger HDD/reliable PSU

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-DGS AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £28.00
1 x OcUK Compact Wireless Desktop Set (6309ARF) £19.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £402.91 (includes shipping : FREE).



Just a suggestion :)
 
Are there any reviews on here that say the low cost psus sold by ocuk are unreliable / not fit for purpose?

I'm guessing there will be no overclocking, no messing with voltages and probably limited gaming. Why will the value psu not be suitable here?
 
Because it is not a reliable PSU. No doubt it will have a high ripple, be ineffiecient and more likely to die.
 
I'm trying to ask why they are stocked and have the ocuk value brand if they are rubbish / unreliable / dangerous. Has anyone tested the exact psu and proven that it is shoddy?

I am certain that a large chunk of unbranded psus are junk but to say they all are is silly. I've read that some psu named brands have theirs manufactured for them (and not always the same company) so I am taking a small leap of faith and guessing ocuk know who is manufacturing the psu and so can place their name next to it.

They sell this system with the same case so it can't be that dodgy:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-316-OK
 
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