spec me please

Paul2506 · 14 Feb 2017 at 14:58

hi could anyone help me with a build... it's for an elderly man who just wants to use it for internet use and publisher only.. budget £200.. any help would be very much appreciated

Danny75 · 14 Feb 2017 at 15:25

Does he need anything else included apart from the case and hardware inside it? Windows? Monitor?

Paul2506 · 14 Feb 2017 at 15:27

Danny75 said:
Does he need anything else included apart from the case and hardware inside it? Windows? Monitor?

no m8 he already has mouse/keyboard/monitor and windows 7

Danny75 · 14 Feb 2017 at 16:27

Paul2506 said:
no m8 he already has mouse/keyboard/monitor and windows 7

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD A4-7300 3.80GHz (Socket FM2+) w/ Radeon HD 8470D Graphics Dual Core Processor (AD7300OKHLBOX)= £36.95
1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
1 x Kolink KL-SFX250 250W 80 Plus Bronze Efficient SFX Power Supply= £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury White 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Single Channel Module (HX318C10FW/4= £29.99
1 x Aerocool CS-1102 Midi Tower Case - Black= £21.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/1= £47.99

Total: £222.96
(includes shipping: £11.10)

The SFX size PSU is simply because it's the cheapest with a 3 year warranty.

To be honest, there are pre-built Lenovo's for around the same cost, which even include Windows and a DVD drive (lacking in this spec) and 8GB RAM, even if no SSD.

If you start a thread in the private Customer Service forum, and ask if OcUK can assemble B-Grade/spare parts laying around they'd like to get rid of, and provide you with the minimum spec required and 3 year warranty, who knows. Might be worth a try and mutually beneficial (unless they feel it's just not worth their time or something). It may even be possible to get that 120GB SSD new, and the rest of the stuff B-Grade/spare. As long as it's all covered with the minimum 3 year warranty which typically comes with any OcUK pre-built/custom build, it shouldn't really matter. Title it something like: "Can OcUK build me a B-Grade PC for £200?", and tell them what it's for and what you already have/don't need.

sergiup · 16 Feb 2017 at 13:56

The suggestion above is a great one; alternatively, there are plenty of refurbished PC suppliers around and you can pick up used 3-5 year old PCs that will do this job absolutely fine.

(apologies for mentioning non-ocuk as a supplier, but it's really quite a niche case)