Office PC for about £250?

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:45

Hello guys,

My Dad wants a new PC for his office works because the one he currently uses is rubbish and about 8 years old, problem is he only has about £250 to spend... Will he get a build for this much?

Cheers

Coldzero · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:47

You can get Dell office pc's for that much, so yeh.

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:50

I want to build it my self, but I don't know what mix up to get... I

Or should I just go with : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-187-OK&tool=5

simbady · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:57

You just looking for a tower?

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:58

Yeah a tower only... What about this? I don't want an OcUK prebuilt one really, I'd much prefer to build my own

Antec 300 gaming case might be a bit OTT for an office PC, what case do you guys suggest?

SfnX · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:03

save some more and get the antec 350 basc psu

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:05

Out of stock

Drake22 · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:07

give me a sec

Drake22 · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:19

Coldzero · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:45

^ Looks good

5abr3 · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:45

I think part of the issue here is shipping costs and even though its eating 5% of the budget it's still enough to cause issues there :/

Can you recycle any parts such as the DVD drive? that would help hammer the price into the bracket you gave!

Edit: Considerd the Antec 200 or other such cases with the budget being as narrow as it is?

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:52

Drake22, that build looks great and I'll be going with that. However I assume the motherboard will have onboard Gfx? As I don't want to buy a graphics card for it.

Also, I've fit a lot of LGA 775 Cpu's before, but never AMD's, are they much harder?

Cheers

5abr3 · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:53

Gamer_T said:
Drake22, that build looks great and I'll be going with that. However I assume the motherboard will have onboard Gfx? As I don't want to buy a graphics card for it.

Also, I've fit a lot of LGA 775 Cpu's before, but never AMD's, are they much harder?

Cheers

As he didn't spec a GPU I would assume it has one onboard, I'l check that in a moment. Both AMD and Intel chips are a similar method to fit, at worst there is an instruction manual supplied in the CPU's box

Edit: "- Chipset NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset" that would be an onboard GeForce 6100 then! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-195-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1483

Gamer_T · 14 Sep 2009 at 12:57

5abr3 said:
As he didn't spec a GPU I would assume it has one onboard, I'l check that in a moment. Both AMD and Intel chips are a similar method to fit, at worst there is an instruction manual supplied in the CPU's box

Edit: "- Chipset NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset" that would be an onboard GeForce 6100 then! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-195-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1483

Cheers mate

. Just as long as fitting an AMD isn't overly complicated I'm happy, I'm sure it'll be just as easy as Intel.

5abr3 · 14 Sep 2009 at 13:01

I've fitted plenty of both, the hardest part has always been when the heatsink is very close to another object like the top of the case or the PSU, I had to shave a few mm off of a Zalman Flower cooler for my AMD Athlon (socket A) system when I bought the fan due to the grill on the PSU's 120mm fan was an external one and meant the cooler would bend the motherboard, only ever had that trouble on one computer though

Gamer_T · 15 Sep 2009 at 23:22

Got this on order.. I assume everything will be compatable etc? I always found it tricky to get the on/reset/hdd L.E.D cables on the right way on the mobo.

Gamer_T · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:11

This should be here tomorrow. Hoping its a smooth build!

PermaBanned · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:47

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)
Corsair XMS2 DHX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX) Corsair XMS2 DHX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX) £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Sub Total : £231.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £36.37
Total : £278.86

Much better PSU.

Gamer_T · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:57

Hmm, already ordered now so can't really go back. Why, wont the PSU I ordered be up to the job?

PermaBanned · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:18

Yeah, but that one's pretty much silent, has a higher wattage and besides, i've known several people personally who've had their's blow up on them.