eyetea Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Hi all, My Dad is retiring in March and wants to treat himself to a new PC, anyone fancy "building" one for me? His budget is around £350-375 and ideally he'd like the following: - i5 - 4GB Ram - 1TB HDD (He said he'd like a small SSD just for the OS and maybe a few programs, not vital but if it can be squeezed in then brill) - Wireless adapter - Should be fine with on board graphics J
elsiegee40 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 before building, why not see what @ICTDirect_Dave has to offer? 2
featured_spectre Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @ICTDirect_Dave would be your man. He can spec that no issue. Also...in b4 you're told to have £1000 by sunnyknight 3
fairm010 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Sell your car, re mortgage the house, flog a Kidney! MOARRRR POWAHHHHH!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 hehe! Yup I can help here! How about a HP 8200 Elite small form factor? Quad core i5 2400 3.1GHz 4GB RAM (10600) 120GB SSD 1TB HDD DVDRW Windows 7 Professional Installed £342 Inc Vat. Or if you wanted to go slightly newer: HP 8300 Elite Quad core i5 3470 3.2GHz 4GB RAM (12800) 120GB SSD 1TB HDD DVDRW Windows 7 Professional/Windows 8.1 Professional installed £408 Inc Vat 1
featured_spectre Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 that first machine is a bargain...Even I would be tempted at that! 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 that first machine is a bargain...Even I would be tempted at that! I've got more than one
localzuk Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 I spotted this on eBuyer earlier: Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 73 Tower Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 73 Tower i5-4440s 4GB RAM 500GB HD DVD Writer Win 7/8 £339.99 initial, £264.99 after cashback.
matt40k Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 There is a reason why it comes with cashback @localzuk
eyetea Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 hehe! Yup I can help here! How about a HP 8200 Elite small form factor? Quad core i5 2400 3.1GHz 4GB RAM (10600) 120GB SSD 1TB HDD DVDRW Windows 7 Professional Installed £342 Inc Vat. Or if you wanted to go slightly newer: HP 8300 Elite Quad core i5 3470 3.2GHz 4GB RAM (12800) 120GB SSD 1TB HDD DVDRW Windows 7 Professional/Windows 8.1 Professional installed £408 Inc Vat I'll send him an email across! Cheers Dave! (And everyone else!)
LosOjos Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) How about a nice compact mATX? Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - 38.99 Core i5 3.1GHz - 145.54 Crucial4GB RAM (1 stick, leaves room for upgrades) - 27.76 430W Corsair PSU - 36.18 Cooler Master mATX Case - 34.00 Seagate 1TB SSHD - 61.76 Edimax N150 Wifi Dongle - 7.49 Total: £351.72 (from eBuyer) No monitor, keyboard, mouse or OS there - did you need those working in to the cost? EDIT: or, yeah, a much better offer on a pre-built! Ah well, I won't pretend I don't enjoy theoretical PC building EDIT2: just noticed there's no exhaust fan in the case. You can get away without, but I'd sooner have one personally. Be Quiet make good silent fans for under a tenner, but any 80mm fan will do. Generally the more you pay the better (quieter, longer lasting), but I'd be reluctant to spend any more than £10 on an 80mm fan. This one would do you nicely: http://www.ebuyer.com/387610-be-quiet-shadow-wings-sw1-80mm-mid-speed-case-fan-bl051 Edited February 4, 2015 by LosOjos 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Two? I'm tempted. Got a couple of hundred of the chassis so should be no problem
eyetea Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 How about a nice compact mATX? Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - 38.99 Core i5 3.1GHz - 145.54 Crucial4GB RAM (1 stick, leaves room for upgrades) - 27.76 430W Corsair PSU - 36.18 Cooler Master mATX Case - 34.00 Seagate 1TB SSHD - 61.76 Edimax N150 Wifi Dongle - 7.49 Total: £351.72 (from eBuyer) No monitor, keyboard, mouse or OS there - did you need those working in to the cost? EDIT: or, yeah, a much better offer on a pre-built! Ah well, I won't pretend I don't enjoy theoretical PC building Monitor / OS are sorted - he wants a wireless mouse / keyboard but I trust him enough to do that
SHimmer45 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 like the look of the HP elite, add an extra stick of ram for dual channel memory and maybe an SSD down the road and your laughing. we have got a room with similar HP's and they have been great
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 We're nice and fit 2 x 2GB to give you your 4GB and dual channel out of the box, leaving two more slots for later upgrades 1
SHimmer45 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 We're nice and fit 2 x 2GB to give you your 4GB and dual channel out of the box, leaving two more slots for later upgrades this is good, alot of other suppliers you have to ask for it and pay a few extra ££ for the privilege
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