Please spec me a £300 build

[Matd80]

Not built a PC for a few years so need some advice please especially on cpu mobo combos. My Nan is after an upgrade from a celeron (PC too slow).
Basic usage browsing, emails, ms office. No gaming etc
Main thing is a faster processor and I'll be putting a ssd in no hdd.

Cheers

 

[Poneros]

Not sure what you have & don't, but made a full build anyway. A bit overkill perhaps, you could also go with a Pentium G3258 and save some money but this will be solid for longer.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Kaveri A8-7650K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail= £71.99
• 1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £41.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £59.99
• 1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC)= £34.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 & XFX 430W 80+ Bronze PSU Bundle= £44.99

Total: £265.05
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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[Matd80]

Lovely that's great - what Intel chip is that AMD equivalent to? i3 or i5 etc

Cheers

 

[mickyflinn]

The AMD chips have better onboard graphics Intel perform better so as NAN wont be doing anything heavy like gaming the Pentium is a good choice. If you want the to push the boat out then the i-3 is great at that price.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G3260 3.2GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £44.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £85.99
• 1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95

Total: £180.83
(includes shipping: £9.90)
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[Matd80]

Cheers pal

 

[ExoMale]

hello probably little overkill, but when with whats in stock, but what about something like this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus AM1I-A AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard= £27.95
• 1 x AMD Sempron 3850 1.30GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1)= £24.95
• 1 x Team Group Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1600C1101)= £17.99
• 1 x Silverstone Milo ML05B HTPC Case - Black= £33.95
• 1 x be quiet! SFX Power 2 300W '80 Plus Bronze' SFX Power Supply= £38.99
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD= £34.99

Total: £189.92
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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quad core so being the lower one should still be faster than a celeron and onboard graphics should be plenty which is why i chose the itx board and case, though if a optical is required then an ssd like you say you have would be more suited for the setup.

or you could just buy her a nuc/brix or something along those lines, maybe even those revo console size computers.

 

[Matd80]

Thanks to all who replied. I went with the i3 4170, asus h81-m mobo, 8gb ram, Samsung 850 ssd. Should be a nice upgrade for her. Came to about £250 with a new case, psu and dvd drive.

 

[ExoMale]

Thanks to all who replied. I went with the i3 4170, asus h81-m mobo, 8gb ram, Samsung 850 ssd. Should be a nice upgrade for her. Came to about £250 with a new case, psu and dvd drive.

good choice, you both should be very happy with the performance