PC Spec for £200-£250

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:20

Hey guys.

Please offer me some specs for a basic 'Office PC'. I am really looking for something with Integrated graphics, etc so really low budget (about £200). Ideally, I would like a desktop case rather than a tower.

EDIT: I don't need Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers or Operating System.

Cheers

Ast3r · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:22

Do you want it to include monitor,keyboard,mouse operating system and speakers aswell?

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:26

No, sorry, don't need monitor keyboard, mouse, OS or speakers

Defcon5 · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:32

Does it have to be new?

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:43

Defcon5 said:
Does it have to be new?

No, not really

sastusbulbas · 5 Nov 2009 at 18:44

What about this?

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 19:52

Would an Athlon X2 CPU be better than a Celeron? There's a 2.8GHz for £10 more than that Celeron.

shinester184 · 5 Nov 2009 at 19:57

AMD is a better option for bottom-end PCs, much better value!

asoxedri · 5 Nov 2009 at 19:57

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-208-OK&groupid=43&catid=1446&subcat=

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sastusbulbas · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:03

shinester184 said:
AMD is a better option for bottom-end PCs, much better value!

I only tried to build the cheapest possible, how cheap can an AMD system be? Can it be done for under £200

I guess you could substitute with an Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G £58 and AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 £49 for a total of £234 in shipping?

Or use an E5300 at £53 with the likes of a Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H for £57 and do a bit of OC'ing? Total in shipping £237

Edit, shopping elsewhere could save some more, for instance memory, Extra Value 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz PC2-6400 for £35.53 and AMD Sempron 140 for £27?

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:04

asoxedri said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-208-OK&groupid=43&catid=1446&subcat=

I think that's a bit overpriced for me. How about this:

asoxedri · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:26

citycm said:
I think that's a bit overpriced for me. How about this:

replace the power supply to Antec Basic.
replace the case to Antec, the i suggested.
replace the poioneer dvdrw to samsung.

and see if you can try squeeze in more ram.

performance>looks!(as your case will probably be hidden anyway underneath desk)

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:37

asoxedri said:
replace the power supply to Antec Basic.
replace the case to Antec, the i suggested.
replace the poioneer dvdrw to samsung.

and see if you can try squeeze in more ram.

performance>looks!(as your case will probably be hidden anyway underneath desk)

Thanks for your comments.
I don't really like Samsung drives (had bad experiences with them previously) but I'll take note of the other suggestions

asoxedri · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:43

citycm said:
Thanks for your comments.
I don't really like Samsung drives (had bad experiences with them previously) but I'll take note of the other suggestions

gave it another go. cheapest i could get that set. Its my personal desire to go intel, don't pay much attention to it if you don't like it. but i prefer it over amd when it comes to cpu's. 4gb ram and you can run that at 3ghz dual core np. will see you through most software's nicely. plus if you were to ever upgrade it, just buy a quad core(which will still work with that mobo) and slam in a graphic cards and bingo you got your self a decent pc.

oh and don't forget to replace the samsung to pioneer if you go for suggested bottom one

citycm · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:44

asoxedri said:
gave it another go....

Thanks, that looks pretty decent