The cheapest PC in Mini ITX Cases

[time_cop]

Dear All

Can someone give me an idea for the cheapest "home-internet browsing" PC in Mini ITX Case using parts from overclockers stock?
The PC needs to work on windows xp or win7 just for internet browsing and watching movies, max 2GB RAM.
I’m looking to make is by myself, not interested in barebones PC.

PS. I’m not looking for “old” motherboards, processors, etc. – I would like to make it from current overclockers stock items.

Thank you for your ideas in advance.

Regards
Lucas

 

[welshdapper]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Akasa Crypto Vesa Mini-ITX Case with 80W PSU - Black £59.99
1 x Crucial V4 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £41.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £37.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1600C1101) £16.99
Total : £238.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[ScottiB]

personally I wouldn't use FM2 in that case, it would get very hot. For what you need you may as well use Celeron.

 

[time_cop]

What you thing about that one?:

Your basket

Gigabyte GA-E350N AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Gigabyte GA-E350N AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £47.99

Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95

Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £17.99

TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) £14.99

Submit Sub Total : £135.75
Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £29.15
Total : £174.90



Regards
Lucas

 

[ScottiB]

The FM1 is VERY old hat now. A little extra will go a long way to improving on that.

I'd go with this instead:
Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard
Sub Total : £85.82

 

[time_cop]

What you thing about that one?:

Your basket

Gigabyte GA-E350N AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Gigabyte GA-E350N AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £47.99

Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95

Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £17.99

TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) £14.99

Submit Sub Total : £135.75
Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £29.15
Total : £174.90



Regards
Lucas

I have been looking the cheapest possible setup from current overclockers stock, and I think this is that one.
If someone finds something cheaper - please share.

 

[ScottiB]

I have been looking the cheapest possible setup from current overclockers stock, and I think this is that one.
If someone finds something cheaper - please share.

OK, well, you can't say we didn't advise you go for faster. The E350 was one of, if not the, the first platform that claimed to do be able to handle HD playback smoothly but it didn't take long to find the following quote online

E350 is not a good choice. It chokes on 1080i.

 

[decto]

I'd go something like this.

E350 isn't great for a windows PC, I have a E350 based laptop and it's slow even internet browsing.

Pentium will be storming though a s1155 celeron G530 or better make a great web pc for half the price except the OC have stopped shipping them.

Note the motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E slot, PCI only , not that it's any use in the case listed. CPU will run very cool but you may need a low profile cooler if you install a DVD



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x In-Win BM639 Mini ITX Case with 160W PSU - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte H61N-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £44.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £31.99
Total : £238.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[kefan77]

you can get Ivy Bridge for that money

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-445-IN

 

[teppic]

If you want a regular mini-ITX case instead of the tiniest ones, the APUs are the best bet for performance/low price.

 

[T345]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) £14.99
Total : £181.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).


Smallish case

 

[oceaness]

I'd go something like this.

E350 isn't great for a windows PC, I have a E350 based laptop and it's slow even internet browsing.

Pentium will be storming though a s1155 celeron G530 or better make a great web pc for half the price except the OC have stopped shipping them.

Note the motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E slot, PCI only , not that it's any use in the case listed. CPU will run very cool but you may need a low profile cooler if you install a DVD

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x In-Win BM639 Mini ITX Case with 160W PSU - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte H61N-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £44.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £31.99
Total : £238.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

you can get Ivy Bridge for that money

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-445-IN

For not much more you can go Haswell. Whilst you could run Windows 7 or 8 with only 2GB of memory if you open to many windows you could start paging excessively, and that can bring the most powerful system grinding to a halt.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x In-Win BM639 Mini ITX Case with 160W PSU - Black £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £31.99
Total : £257.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).