Spec me a £400 pc

Emjeadea

Emjeadea

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Hi peeps was looking for some help any chance you guys could squeeze the most outta £400 for my wife's new desktop, Graphics don't have to be to hot she only plays at best minecraft Cheers
 
need a keyboard but that can be off budget, got mouse got monitor and got a sata harddrive in laptop but really wannna use that a spare to be fair
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £20.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version B - with new Firmware) £15.98
1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524) £9.98
Total : £384.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Could squeeze a cheap dedicated GPU in there if you wanted to. If you could get a cheap (2nd hand) HDD that would really help - they're very expensive atm.

(edit: with keyboard)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £68.99
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £64.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £20.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version B - with new Firmware) £15.98
Total : £417.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

use discount code "CMdouble" (without quotes) to get £20 off
Total : £397.91

i really doubt you could do much better for less. i3 2100 + great case + modular PSU + reasonable graphics card for under £400
 
Emjeadea said:
is the i3 2100 better and quicker than the phenom II x6 1055t at a little extra cost
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With reapers build. You have the option to drop in an i5 or i7 later on down the line. AMD are dead in the water and any investment into an AMD board is a bit pointless as it leaves the upgrade path non existent.

The cable management on the Coolermaster 430 is quite literally non existent. So a modular PSU will really help out with that. Just makes sure your wife wants blue leds and a see through side panel? If she wants something more conservative.... Fractal do a nice case within your budget.
 
Buchanan0204 said:
With reapers build. You have the option to drop in an i5 or i7 later on down the line. AMD are dead in the water and any investment into an AMD board is a bit pointless as it leaves the upgrade path non existent.

The cable management on the Coolermaster 430 is quite literally non existent. So a modular PSU will really help out with that. Just makes sure your wife wants blue leds and a see through side panel? If she wants something more conservative.... Fractal do a nice case within your budget.
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ahh ok cheers for that ill prob stick with reapers build then or something very similar cheers again peeps
 
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