Simple and Cheap computer

wannabedamned

wannabedamned

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My uncle wants a computer, It is literally for a little bit of photoshop, internet browsing and not much else.

I was thinking of a system around a G530, I think that would be perfect. His only specification is a black case :D No window or anything, and no overclocking.

Can you guys spec me up something cheap? He has a DVD writer already, And we need no operating system. But we require everything else for the base unit.

£200-£250 would be a nice ball park.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX USB 3.0 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £28
2 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £1.39 (£2.78)
Total : £257.82 (includes shipping : £11.75).





YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX USB 3.0 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £28
2 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £1.39 (£2.78)
Total : £241.82 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Excellent, Was wondering about one of the cheap graphics cards, at the £30 mark. Are they much improvement over the Intel HD2000 offering? He wont be gaming as I say, so it may be a pointless purchase. I may stick with the HD2000, and save him some pennies.
 
wannabedamned said:
Excellent, Was wondering about one of the cheap graphics cards, at the £30 mark. Are they much improvement over the Intel HD2000 offering? He wont be gaming as I say, so it may be a pointless purchase. I may stick with the HD2000, and save him some pennies.
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I would go with a fm2 trinity apu for the build instead of adding a cheap card
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £261.94 (includes shipping : FREE).




Quad core CPU with inbuilt Radeon HD graphics, nice solid motherboard, very solid good quality Corsair RAM and PSU, Seagate 500GB HDD (I would never touch a Toshiba drive personally), BitFenic Merc because it is sleek, stylish, black, and of course cheap :D

Using Trinity over Intel will be cheaper price to performance wise because of the fact that no graphics card will be needed due to the strong IGP. When comparing this spec with the one above, this one has a quad core CPU, cheaper RAM which is of a very trusted and high quality make, a more solid PSU of a better make with more than enough power for this setup and more, a Seagate drive rather than the Toshiba, and a case which in my personal opinion looks nicer and is more 'solid'.

Is the DVD-RW drive he has a SATA drive? I don't believe that any current gen motherboards support IDE.
 
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Or this if he wants M-ATX.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £249.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



I don't know why people are going with a Toshiba over a Seagate. I wouldn't touch a Toshiba with a barge pole, and the CX430 is a far better PSU that the CoreXstream 500W and still provides more than enough power. I don't know why people seem to think that more watts = better as long as it is branded. OCZ are really nowhere near as good as Corsair for making PSU's. I may have an OCZ PSU myself (see sig), but that was a mistake on my part, and given the chance I would go back 14 months and spend £10 more on a Corsair instead.
 
While I personally am the same as other posters in this thread and think, well if I'm spending this I may as well put a bit more in and get that. And that. And that. All value for money however for what you stated it's use is, I doubt your unvle would notice ANY difference in his day to day use with sticking with your original thoughts.

MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [H61M-P31] £38.99
Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623G530] £32.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002)£43.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046)£36.98
Case to suit £30
GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit £25.99
TOTAL: £208.94

P.S I don;t usually contribute specs so not bothering with browser plugin, sorry :-)
 
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