Time for a new system

Drunkenmassacre · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:37

My mums machine has finally given up the ghost, so I've spec'd this up:

If you have any ideas as to what could be made better, feel free to suggest it. Its a basic home computer, with a max budget of 400. We can salvage the optical drive, but thats about it, everything else is dead or dying.
Thanks guys

fowler002 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:46

I know you said £400 budget but

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
Total : £473.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

use the code CMDOUBLE to knock it down to £453

cm case + psu offer details

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18347004

plus you get free delivery as you have over 100 posts and have been on here for over 12months so knock another £11.75 off so that's £441.25

are you sure the optical drive is sata?

the ram is weekend only price and 'only 200' at that price(191 remaining) so grab the ram if you need time to decide on the rest.

the price of the hard disks is really hampering the value for budget otherwise this would be well within budget.

GTO656 · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:46

I5 is the way to go

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Hyburnate · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:48

Is this for you or your mum? If its your mum, Llano would do her perfectly.

Drunkenmassacre · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:54

yes the system is for mum, and yes the optical is sata. It also has to be as updateable as possible as the last system was store bought... eugh!

Reaper 392 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:02

does your mum do any gaming other than browser stuff?

if she doesnt then this will be just what your after:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £22.99
Total : £424.91 using offer code CMdouble (includes shipping: FREE).

gives the option to upgrade all the way to an i7 2700k and the ivybridge equivalent, has SATA 6Gb/s and USB3 and all the Z68 goodies.
if you will be doing some light gaming (proper games, not flash stuff) then i would suggest getting this graphics card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2077

if you want to put a big graphics card (~£100+) in that PC in the near future i would suggest the 600W version of the PSU

fowler, you forgot the OS

fowler002 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:07

sorry just realised forgot the os(are you sure you don't have win 7? you can reuse it off the old pc if it has win 7)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Total : £425.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

upgrade the cpu to an i5/i7(sandy or ivy) in the future.

edit: reaper you posted just as I was typing. the kingston ram is on offer so may as well get that for £7 more as its 8gb
if you notice your spec is basically the same as mine bar the ram

Reaper 392 said:
fowler, you forgot the OS

in my initial spec that had the i2500k yes but if you look at this post you'll notice its in it

Reaper 392 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:16

fowler002 said:
edit: reaper you posted just as I was typing. the kingston ram is on offer so may as well get that for £7 more as its 8gb
if you notice your spec is basically the same as mine bar the ram

yeah, probably worth going for the 8GB kit + the 2120 since they are quite a bit better than the next lowest priced things.

fowler002 · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:20

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Total : £431.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

with the 2120 instead