Budget System - £200 / £250

[jarvo]

Hi all,

Im just putting together a budget build for my sister for web browsing light office work. It needs to come in below £250

What do you think of the spec below?


CPU
2.4GHz CeleronDCore G530 s1155
£31.84
Scan

Motherboard
MSI H61M-P25 uATX Motherboard
£30.90
Scan

Ram
Crucial 4gb Ddr3 1600 Mt/s (pc3-12800) Cl11 Unbuffered Udimm 240pin
£13.00
Ebuyer

Hard Drive
500GB SEAGATE ST500DM002 SATA3
£40.79
Scan

DVD Rom
SH-222BB/BEBE 22x SATA DVDRW
£11.96
Scan

Case
CIT 2036 Black Case 450w Psu
£19.19
Scan

Monitor
Benq GL2055 20" LED DVI Monitor
£73.94
Ebuyer

Wireless
TP-Link TL-WN727N Wireless-N150 USB Adapter
£5.99
Ebuyer

Keyboard & Mouse
Xenta Black Wired Keyboard with Black Optical Scroll Mouse Bundle
£5.99
Ebuyer

Total
£233.60

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What OS are you using??

Also,CiT don't really make great PSUs too.

[jarvo]

Os wise i havent decided, i have an unused xp licence here but obviously its getting a bit long in the tooth. Im might pop some flavour of linux on there, im using peppermintos and it seems pretty stable.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

TBH,I would try and increase the budget to around £270 to £280 so you can get a reasonable quality PSU. The cheapo ones are more likely to cause problems in the long run and are very inefficient.

Edit!!

A cheap laptop would probably be fine too I suspect.

[c12038]

Right here we go :-

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-7...vi-d-micro-atx - £29.71 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-(...-9-9-9-24-150v - £16.96 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-s...mhz-45w-retail - £29.03 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb...cache-85ms-ncq - £41.98 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ezcoo...-with-500w-psu - £21.58 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/samsu...sata-black-oem - £11.96 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/logit...-pc-mac-retail - £4.73 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/geniu...le-compact-usb - £6.24 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/dynam...ss-usb-adaptor - £5.99 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/19-vi...d-m-10001-vesa - £63.83 Inc VAT


Total £232.01 for full dual core system

I know its only an AMD but for the usage its good enough for it needs and under budget

[vettieboo]

I'd probably go with something similar to the above spec but would recommend swapping the case/PSU combo for this:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/artix...r-case-w-o-psu - £11.98 Inc VAT (cheapest you can get with the PSU expense)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/350w-...et-fan-atx-psu - £34.02 Inc VAT (80+ certified and in stock)

I'd probably go cheaper on the monitor OR peripherals (like your keyboard/mouse combo!) to do that, but it might be about £2-3 over your budget depending. I would personally rather go a bit over and have a better PSU than not, but it's your call.
http://www.ebuyer.com/350577-lg-e194...itor-e1942c-bn - £59.99 Inc VAT.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The build uses parts from Scan and Ebuyer. Using free postage from both retailers,means the build should come to around £264. The case uses a bottom mounted PSU and the PSU is reasonable quality. The A4-5300 also has a decent IGP,which will be useful for media playback and both UI and software acceleration in the future.