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Uncle Petey

Uncle Petey

Uncle Petey

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Not like that, you filthy buggers! :eek:

The screen on my mum's laptop just died and she's been thinking about getting a proper PC anyway, so I need a low end spec for web and 1080p video if you'd be so kind :)
While she could just connect a monitor to the laptop, it's not really doing it's job properly these days anyway.

Budget: £500 MAX. Ideally less.

Peripherals needed:

1080p monitor
Keyboard (basic Ocuk one will be fine)
OS (have Win7 on the laptop, but it's OEM)

Stuff I have spare that can be re-used:

Alpenfohn K2
8gb DDR3 1333mhz (2x4gb)
60Gb Agility3 (currently in her laptop)
DVD/RW
Bitfenix Shinobi
Plenty of fans

While the Shinobi is fine, I/she wouldn't mind going for a SFF build.
Could also do with more HDD storage and wifi would be useful.

Thanks guys :)
 
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Uncle Petey said:
Not like that, you filthy buggers! :eek:

The screen on my mum's laptop just died and she's been thinking about getting a proper PC anyway, so I need a low end spec for web and 1080p video if you'd be so kind :)
While she could just connect a monitor to the laptop, it's not really doing it's job properly these days anyway.

Budget: £500 MAX. Ideally less.

Peripherals needed:

1080p monitor
Keyboard (basic Ocuk one will be fine)
OS (have Win7 on the laptop, but it's OEM)

Stuff I have spare that can be re-used:

Alpenfohn K2
8gb DDR3 1333mhz (2x4gb)
60Gb Agility3 (currently in her laptop)
DVD/RW
Bitfenix Shinobi
Plenty of fans

While the Shinobi is fine, I/she wouldn't mind going for a SFF build.
Could also do with more HDD storage and wifi would be useful.

Thanks guys :)
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theres a noob build made by me
you can re use everything, and save cash£££, especially the ssd, but kept every file on the hdd, only the windows and programs on ssd,
the cpu got a good graphics card, so theres no needed of gpu, for give and idea is good that can play battlefield 3 in ultra settings
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Thanks, I was thinking AMD apu. Perhaps trinity or something.
It's just that my knowledge is more in the enthusiast/upper end of the market, so I have no idea what's going on at this price point :o.

I'll be wanting to stick with win7 and you'll get crucified for recommending those PSU's here :D

Btw, you can post a basket more easily by following these instructions :)
 
 
 
Idleman said:
I assume your mum wont be doing any gaming. If not, just use the ram you have, will still be good enough for general use and video play back.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2260HM 22" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Silverstone Grandia GD05 Desktop HTPC Case - Black (SST-GD05B USB3.0) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £486.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Could save a bit by re-using the shinobi case, unless you want a new SFF case.

Ethermaster said:
My take for a solution to your mother's laptop problem :)

Reuse the OS from the Laptop to save monies :)
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Won't it be locked to the motherboard and hardware of the laptop since its a OEM copy?
 
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Thanks guys.
Yeah, she won't be gaming :D

Might be looking at a mini ITX build to go with a Prodigy perhaps. Saving cash and reusing the shinobi is an alternative though.

And yes, I have the oem win7 disk, but it'll be tied to the laptop hardware :(
 
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Uncle Petey said:
Thanks guys.
Yeah, she won't be gaming :D

Might be looking at a mini ITX build to go with a Prodigy perhaps. Saving cash and reusing the shinobi is an alternative though.

And yes, I have the oem win7 disk, but it'll be tied to the laptop hardware :(
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I think sticking with the Shinobi would make sense, would enable you to get a decent monitor and an OS, with still enough for a decent every day system.
 
 
Ethermaster said:
Ok with an OS :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2260HM 22" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x Foxconn H67M Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £443.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Just be aware that Foxconn mobo does`nt have the latest bios for IB Cpus. But if Pete has a SB chip lying around, it wont be a problem.
 
Idleman said:
Just be aware that Foxconn mobo does`nt have the latest bios for IB Cpus. But if Pete has a SB chip lying around, it wont be a problem.
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I know :) I just needed a cheap motherboard for the spec but saying that just noticed the epic deal on the Z68AP-D3 .............

oh sod it

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2260HM 22" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £446.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).



But as Uncle Pete has a sandybridge laying about just go with the 3220
 
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