Spec me a budget PC

Leeum · 26 Aug 2008 at 01:13

Hi there,

A colleague has asked me to put together a PC for him - mainly for web surfing, sorting through his photos etc. I'm a bit out of the loop as far as hardware goes so I figured this would be the place to ask for advice.

His budget is around the £450 mark - that must include a "nice telly" aka monitor (his words not mine

). Putting it together isn't a problem, so if someone could list me some components to suit the aforementioned price that would be champion.

Cheers

C64 · 26 Aug 2008 at 01:18

something like this

AndyOcUK · 26 Aug 2008 at 09:00

Leeum said:
......mainly for web surfing, sorting through his photos etc. His budget is around the £450 mark - that must include a "nice telly" aka monitor (his words not mine ).

C64 said:
something like this

If its only for web and paint shop pro, I'd say Vista 64, 4Gb of RAM and a discreet GFX card are overkill.

Onboard NV7100, 2Gb Ram and XP would seriously bring the cost down.

jamief · 26 Aug 2008 at 12:42

AndyOcUK said:
If its only for web and paint shop pro, I'd say Vista 64, 4Gb of RAM and a discreet GFX card are overkill.

Onboard NV7100, 2Gb Ram and XP would seriously bring the cost down.

He has a budget thought, might as well get the best you can within that, no? Future proofing a system in this way brings down the TCO as upgrades won't be needed as soon

sibeer · 26 Aug 2008 at 15:12

AndyOcUK said:
If its only for web and paint shop pro, I'd say Vista 64, 4Gb of RAM and a discreet GFX card are overkill.

Onboard NV7100, 2Gb Ram and XP would seriously bring the cost down.

XP is roughly the same cost as Vista and with current prices 4GB RAM is hardly breaking the bank. I agree about the onboard GPU though, no point in a seperate card unless you are gaming as they use far more power and clearly have a cost involved.