Non gaming small form build

craigxt22 · 16 Jul 2019 at 19:08

Hi guys.

Can you advise on which parts to buy for a PC for basic use (browsing internet, emails, Youtube etc). Budget £280-£350. Already have monitor, mouse and keyboard. Would like it to be small form factor

If possible based in this case:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-metis-plus-aluminium-mini-itx-case-white-ca-03k-rt.html

It's for an older family member, I've noticed from searching through old threads people are recommending to go with a refurbed DELL, however, they start at £200 with Windows 7 and without an SSD. To me it seems more cost efficient to build as eventually it will need to be upgraded to Windows 10 at over £100. Thoughts on this?

Thanks!

Journey · 16 Jul 2019 at 21:18

You can get a refurb from that famous auction site for about ~£120, if for some reason you chose one that did come with Windows 7, it can usually still be upgraded to Windows 10 using the OEM key on the chassis, if not you can get a (fairly) legit key for ~£10-25. As for the SSD, they start at about £15 for 120.

EDIT: Example - Dell Optiplex 3040 i3-6100T 3.20GHz 8GB 256GB SSD USFF - £179 or best offer. Comes with Windows 8 key, upgradable to 10 for free.

craigxt22 · 16 Jul 2019 at 22:28

Journey said:
You can get a refurb from that famous auction site for about ~£120, if for some reason you chose one that did come with Windows 7, it can usually still be upgraded to Windows 10 using the OEM key on the chassis, if not you can get a (fairly) legit key for ~£10-25. As for the SSD, they start at about £15 for 120.

EDIT: Example - Dell Optiplex 3040 i3-6100T 3.20GHz 8GB 256GB SSD USFF - £179 or best offer. Comes with Windows 8 key, upgradable to 10 for free.

Thanks a lot, think I'll go that route. Didn't realise they were that cheap, was obviously looking in the wrong places!

ExoMale · 17 Jul 2019 at 00:04

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asrock H370M-ITX/AC Intel H370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £104.99
1 x Intel Celeron G4920 3.20GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £55.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £37.99
1 x Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)= £29.99
1 x Kolink KL-SFX350 350W 80 Plus Bronze Efficient SFX Power Supply= £36.95
1 x Raijintek Metis Plus Aluminium Mini-ITX Case - White= £54.95

Total: £333.16 (includes shipping: £12.30)

StarShock · 17 Jul 2019 at 12:09

unfortunately not currently available from Overclockers, but can look for an asrock deskmini A300. Then stick in an athlon 200ge or 2200g, SSD and sodimm ram all for around about the £275 - £300 mark with some shopping around. Its about the size of a PSU