Spec me for £400

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Hello, been a while since I put a machine together, but doing one for a family friend for xmas.

Can you please spec me a machine for £400, it's for a 13yr old so will be used for school work, but would like to be able to play the odd game.

I know its a lot to ask for with such a small budget.

Everything needed.

Cheers.
 
I think I'm having to suggest going pre-built I'm afraid, building up separates simply does not compare favourably at this price level. The cheapest TFT here takes up 1/4 of the budget, an OS takes up over an 1/8th so you have £250 for everything else.
 
I've been looking at some of the Dells, but even still buy time I add in a card for playing games takes it over the budget.

It's got me pulling my hair out... lol it's funny what being able to stretch the budget buy £50 can do but in this occasion its £400 max :( think I'm just gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for some offers on the run up to xmas.
 
Rats, I prepared this before you'd responded saying you need a full setup. I'll post it anyway for good measure.
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£400 simply wont be enough for a full system. The absolute cheapest I can come up with is about £460 and thats without an OS.
 
This is about as good as I can do. It's pretty darn good for the money, I think. It's got 2 GiB RAM, a respectable dual core processor, a beautiful monitor, a good DVD drive, and a reliable hard disk. It's certainly better quality than you'd get from a £400 OEM machine. The only thing it's missing is an OS. Perhaps you could purchase a used XP Home or Pro license?

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BillytheImpaler said:
This is about as good as I can do. It's pretty darn good for the money, I think. It's got 2 GiB RAM, a respectable dual core processor, a beautiful monitor, a good DVD drive, and a reliable hard disk. It's certainly better quality than you'd get from a £400 OEM machine. The only thing it's missing is an OS. Perhaps you could purchase a used XP Home or Pro license?

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it also didn't inlcude a case lol.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
This is about as good as I can do. It's pretty darn good for the money, I think. It's got 2 GiB RAM, a respectable dual core processor, a beautiful monitor, a good DVD drive, and a reliable hard disk. It's certainly better quality than you'd get from a £400 OEM machine. The only thing it's missing is an OS. Perhaps you could purchase a used XP Home or Pro license?

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you could drop a gig of ram, get a cheaper monitor, and a cheaper keyboard/mouse, all of which might just be able to get it into you're budget. and maybe leave you enough for an OS, you could try linux though, although if it's for gaming....
 
thanks for the effort guys much appreciated :) shall most probably go for this.

if i can convince them of the extra spend.

Cheers
 
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