€400 home pc for the parents

rolexeagle1

Hey guys.

I want to put together a home desktop for my folks. Budget is €400 for the core components CPU, MOBO, RAM, HDD, Case and PSU.

1. What is your budget? €400

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Home pc, MS office, photo storage, browsing, media playback

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No need

8. How can you pay? Debit/Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing? Today/Tomorrow

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Nope

This is what I have come up with:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zmqGt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zmqGt6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£78.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.46 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.05 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.13 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £290.78

€369 + what ever shipping will be to Ireland, usually not that bad with Amazon etc.

Anyway I was thinking the only thing I would possibly upgrade in the future would be the RAM to 8GB.

Any thoughts?

Serephucus

SSD SSD SSD SSD SSD...

If you want to keep the mass storage, at least get a 120GB one in there, if not, just scrap the 1TB drive and stick a 256 in.

TerrorFirmer

Also, buy from the same place, no point buying from several different places.

Also get a VS350 power supply, only about €30 and still more than enough.

Processor wise for those uses something like a €50 G3220 is still more than enough, and you can definitely get a much cheaper motherboard than that. My parents are still using a Core 2 from 2007 for those same uses and it's perfect.

Can't agree enough with the SSD suggestion. If they don't need a 1TB drive, I'd even go with a 256GB SSD.

rolexeagle1

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Also, buy from the same place, no point buying from several different places.

Also get a VS350 power supply, only about €30 and still more than enough.

Processor wise for those uses something like a €50 G3220 is still more than enough, and you can definitely get a much cheaper motherboard than that. My parents are still using a Core 2 from 2007 for those same uses and it's perfect.

Can't agree enough with the SSD suggestion. If they don't need a 1TB drive, I'd even go with a 256GB SSD.

I could go for the G3258 and a cheaper Z87 MOBO and squeeze in an SSD.

Or just get the asrock G3258 anniversary MOBO so I could OC it in the future for them.... Reduces privce by £20 so i could squeeze an SSD

rolexeagle1

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7XKWjX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7XKWjX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£48.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£70.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.05 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£45.13 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £318.12

How about this....

Serephucus

Twice the RAM and SSD space if you buy from one place like Terror suggested:



(Prices from Hardwareversand.de after Geizhals.de discount)