Spec me a modest PC package for less then £450

jammir · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:34

must be included in budget (inc delivery)

19" widescreen monitor
colour printer
basic speakers
basic keyboard and mouse
500gb hdd
E4400
2gb ram
Vista basic

and everything else to get it up and running. can this be done?

this might be a bit of a hard task

stickroad · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:37

Will you be overclocking?

jammir · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:56

jammir · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:57

and i dont think there will be any upgrading in the near future or at least 3-4 years

Hessian · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:00

That is going to be VERY hard, just the screen and other peripherals will take up a big chunk!

stickroad · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:00

One last question, what will you be using the system for?

jammir · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:03

web, office, movies and music and some not so demanding games and if need be i have a pci-e x800 and agp 9800pro around already i can chuck in this is for a 15 year old girl btw

stickroad · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:16

Sorry ignore.

Monkey Puzzle · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:17

and everything else to get it up and running.

What do you mean by this - what else do you need other than the things you've mentioned?

mattyj1085 · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:25

Theres no way you can get a full system with monitor, speakers, printer, keyboard and mouse for £450 youre lookin at more like £550 minimun

mattyj1085 · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:33

This would be the cheapest option and you'd still have to use the x800 you already have

Monkey Puzzle · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) £44.99 (£52.86)

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £73.99 (£86.94)

Logitech S100 10W RMS Speakers Black - OEM Logitech S100 10W RMS Speakers Black - OEM £5.49 (£6.45)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £52.99 (£62.26)

Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM £4.49 (£5.28)

Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM Logitech Deluxe Keyboard (Black) - OEM £5.99 (£7.04)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66G-00660) £47.99 (£56.39)

Canon Pixma iP1300 Printer £18.99 (£22.31)

Hyundai ImageQuest N91W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.99 (£117.49)

Sub Total : £354.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £64.03
Total : £429.89

Doesn't include any other bits you may need

Topitoff · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Can't do it with a E4400, but using one of your gfxs the following will be a few pounds over budget:
Antec case NSK6500 inc. psu; basic kb/mouse; Asrock 4core dualvsta; E2160; 2gb crucial PC5300 C5; 500gb seagate SATAII hdd; Nec DVD-RW 5170;Fugitsu scaleo L19W-2 19" widescreen tft; logitech S100 speakers; Vista basic oem; Nero 7 esentials oem; PowerDVD oem.

Or something fairly similar.

OOppps mised the printer

Canon Pixma iP1300 Printer

This puts it about £30 over :mad:

allllec · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:39

Look at AMD if you wanna save that much money. not only are the cpu's a tad cheaper the motherboards tend to be a lil bit cheaper aswell..

i just went amd dual core for £111

thats a gig of ram, 3600 x2 (65nm energy efficient version) and some gigabyte motherboard all new

Monkey Puzzle · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:43

When also including .....

Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU

Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard

Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Total : £532.08 including VAT and delivery

jammir · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:53

thx for all the different setups i knew it was gonna be hard to get it near that budget but it is for a family friend and i really want to get the best i can for the money but im sure they can pull out another 50 notes

luminous · 10 Jul 2007 at 00:43

Why not go pre-configured?,seen some good prices around that spec,below 450 and you won`t have to do `tech` support at least for the first year

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joshlane · 10 Jul 2007 at 12:22

i have to agree with luminous,

i have built a few PC's for people on a budget and i end up having to pop round every now and then a sort out a problem that was nothing to do with the hardware i put together and the software i installed.

it was ok at first, while they found their feet but it just became ongoing.

TheVoice · 10 Jul 2007 at 12:25

A manufacturer like Dell would be worth a look. You'll be getting more for your money than if you build yourself, at that price bracket.

toosepin · 10 Jul 2007 at 12:48

Go Dell. I hate to say it but my mate managed to score a C2D system (e6300) for about £380 and that included a 19" monitor, 2 gigs of RAM and a 300GB HDD.