Ello guys Can you tell me what kinds of things to look for when on a budget of £300? I'm clueless at this end of the market, I'm more used to £750+ builds... It's only for 'normal' usage, so web browsing and the like. Thanks Oh, and our uni is part of MSDNAA so don't worry about windows
Assuming iGPU is fine, this is all on Scan's Today Only page this weekend: i3 2100 + Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3 = £137 4GB 1333MHz RAM = £20 1TB F3 = £37 DVD/RW = £13 Antec 100 £38 500W Silverstone Strider SST-ST50F-ES = £32 (I have one myself, dead silent) Total = £277-ish If you go a couple of quid over budget, you could also get a Gelid Tranquilo CPU cooler for a super silent build although you may need an extra fan for the case.
Perhaps try something like this chum edit: sorry just realised I missed out a optical drive and HD, so £37 for an f3 and £12/13 for a dvd drive brings the total to £309 oh and you could always get rid of the tranquillo which would bring you in under budget
I'd go with Fingers' I3 build myself (Although I'd go for the 430 builder series) unless there was any, ANY chance of gaming then it'd be a complete rethink.
One of the pentium Sandy Bridges (G850 think is the highest, £70 for 2x 2.9Ghz Sandy cores and a 850Mhx GPU), in a H61 board, 4GB RAM, Corsair CX430 PSU and a Samsung F4 HDD. Easily in budget if they dont need a discrete GPU. Any case, a DVD drive and any cables, fans required. Sorted.
What about a mini-ITX option? (all Scan's Today Only right now unless stated) Asus P8H61-I = £61.19 i3 2100 = £85.19 Silverstone SG05B Mini ITX with 300W 80Plus PSU = £69.59 4GB Corsair 1333MHz RAM = £20.10 Samsung Spinpoint M7 320GB 2.5" Hard Drive = £29.72 (not Today Only) Samsung SN-208BB/BEBE Notebook, SATA, Black DVD/RW = £17.22 (not Today Only) Total = £283.01 Small, quiet and powerful with an upgrade path to a quad core SB CPU if needed in future.
If its a budget PC you could get a MATx board and case, Fingers specs where pretty much what I was looking at on ebuyer
Can reccomend the Fractal Core 1000 if you're looking to go uATX. Only space for 2 HDs and 1 SSD mind so if he wants a lot of storage...
You haven't purchased on the Today Only page, the SG05 is only £69.59 on there... Edit: you can't save baskets with Today Only items in them, here is a screen shot of my suggested build (with a different hard drive due to the Samsung M7 being out of stock as well as the needed notebook DVD/RW power & data adapter): Add another £2.15 for a 5v step down voltage resistor to quieten the fron fan in the Silverstone case.
Ah yes indeed it is, I'm pretty sure whenever I give people an idea of what sort of build they could do with there money on these forum's I always leave out either a dvd drive or hard drive, not good Anyway how are you chum? Haven't spoken to you for quite a while
Pete, Scan's current (Monday) Super Saver Today Only deal is worth looking at: - Silverstone Precision PS05B, All Black (in & out), Mid Tower Case, w/o PSU - Best Seller - 500W PSU, Silverstone Tech. Strider SST-ST50F-ES, 80% Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3 - Intel Core i3 2100, S1155, Sdy Bridge, 3.1GHz, 5GT/s, GPU 850Mhz, 3MB Cache, Core R 31x, 65W, Retail - Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3, Intel H61, S 1155, DDR3, SATA II - 3Gb/s, PCIe (x16), VGA On Board, Micro ATX - 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ - 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3 Classic, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V £263.99 Just add a DVD/RW drive for £13 and you are laughing.
