Budget build for web surfing/Facebook gaming - £150 strict budget

...PACMAN... · Mar 24, 2013

OK, nice and simple this one. Landlady needs a new PC and I said I would do it for her if she knocks £20 off next weeks rent

Requirements -

- Strict £150 Budget
- Build is for web surfing/extremely basic gaming (think Facebook games)
- No Hard drives, monitor, mouse, keyboard or OS needed in the build (already have these)
- UK only sites that I use are Ebuyer.com and Amazon.co.uk
- Ideally the best parts you can get for the limited budget

Looking forward to seeing what you guys can come up with, hopefully have a few different ones that I can choose from.

Cheers

WhiteLotus · Mar 24, 2013

Including case and PSU too?

...PACMAN... · Mar 24, 2013

Yes please

redeye · Mar 24, 2013

amd c60m1-i, stick of ddr3 ram, (c60m1-i is available on mini-itx.com a uk web site)

build a computer for my brother with that MB, (c60m1-i) for christmas with an ssd because I was low on funds and had the components available, and a win8 license around. i used a pico-psu power suppy because I wanted silence...
the MB with a SSD,and hdd "at sleep" will idle at about 11-15 watts, under win8. or about 26 watts using a SSD,HDD, and linux.

if you don't mind i bit of noise I used the "IN WIN BL631T" has a 300 watt bronze psu...

Geofrancis · Mar 31, 2013

You could buy a decent used laptop with windows 7 for that kind of cash.

Bo$$ · Mar 31, 2013

£150?! damn got it all for £90! you can add more as you see fit, this is a decent budget system

might want to look for a miTX case and PSU if you want

megaflegmi · Mar 31, 2013

MB+CPU+RAM:

Option 1: click - has only 4gb ram - 97.95

Option 2: click - has 8gb ram would go with that - 104.95

Both motherboards have PS2 ports for keyboard+mouse so old ones would works as well. Drawback can be they only have D-SUB for video, but ... most times that is not a problem

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Case: Zalman T1 Mini Case - seems lovely for your needs - 18.71

PSU: CiT 450W - don't know how good is that brand but the system has really small power requirements so this should suffice. - 23.20

All link are from amazon.co.uk. Hope this helps a bit.

System Name	Old but gold
Processor	3770k @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Gene V
Cooling	Hyper 212 Evo
Memory	16Gb 1600 DDR3@2400 Cl11
Video Card(s)	GTX 1080 FE
Storage	SanDisk Extreme 120Gb SSD (os) , SanDisk 480Gb (Games), WD Caviar Black 4 TB (Games and storage)
Display(s)	32" Samsung HDTV 1080P
Case	Some old Dell
Audio Device(s)	Onboard HDMI
Power Supply	EVGA G2 550w
Software	Windows 10 Pro 1903

System Name	Vintage
Processor	i7 - 3770K @ Stock
Cooling	Scythe Zipang II
Memory	2x4GB Crucial DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX970
Storage	M4 124GB SSD// WD Black 640GB// WD Black 1TB//Samsung F3 1.5TB
Display(s)	Samsung SM223BW 21.6"
Case	Generic
Power Supply	Corsair HX 520W
Software	Windows 7

System Name	Old but gold
Processor	3770k @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Gene V
Cooling	Hyper 212 Evo
Memory	16Gb 1600 DDR3@2400 Cl11
Video Card(s)	GTX 1080 FE
Storage	SanDisk Extreme 120Gb SSD (os) , SanDisk 480Gb (Games), WD Caviar Black 4 TB (Games and storage)
Display(s)	32" Samsung HDTV 1080P
Case	Some old Dell
Audio Device(s)	Onboard HDMI
Power Supply	EVGA G2 550w
Software	Windows 10 Pro 1903

System Name	YACS amd.
Processor	5800x, 5700g, i9-9900k
Motherboard	gigabyte x570 aorus gaming elite. or msi x570 gaming plus
Cooling	bykski GPU, CPU. syscooling p93x, or sc-67f in series, or aquacomputer cpu
Memory	corsair vengeance pro rgb, 3600 ddr4 16,16,16, 36, or gskill
Video Card(s)	xfx merc 310 7900xtx, or 6750xt watercooled. (alphacool)
Storage	kingston kc3000 2TB, amongst others. Fanxiang s770 2TB
Display(s)	benq ew3270u, or acer XB270hu, acer XB280hk, asus VG 278H,
Case	lian li LANCOOL III
Audio Device(s)	obs,
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti pro 1000w
Mouse	logitech g703
Keyboard	durogod keyboard. (cherry brown switches)
Software	win 11, win10pro.

System Name	Machine XV
Processor	Dual Xeon E5 2670 V3 Turbo unlocked
Motherboard	Kllisre X99 Dual
Cooling	120mm heatsink
Memory	64gb DDR4 ECC
Video Card(s)	RX 480 4Gb
Storage	1Tb NVME SSD
Display(s)	19" + 23" + 17"
Case	ATX
Audio Device(s)	XFi xtreme USB
Power Supply	800W
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Desktop \| Server
Processor	Intel i7 2700k @ 4.6GHZ \| AMD 5350 @ 2500MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P7Z77-V Pro \| Asus AM1I-A
Cooling	Corsair H60v2 \| Stock Air
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 2x8GB CL8 1600MHZ \| Corsair Vengence 2x4GB CL9 1600MHZ
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB \| PNY GTX 750Ti
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 250GB + 4TB WD Red \| 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung S27D390H + Asus VE276Q \| Headless
Case	Fractal Design R5 \| CM Elite 110
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1 w/Otone Stilo 5.1 and Creative Fatal1ty headset
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850 G2\| Corsair CX430M
Mouse	Razer Imperator 2012
Keyboard	Corsair K90
Software	Windows 7 SP1 X64 \| Ubuntu 16.04LTS

System Name	Pinnacle of Mediocrity
Processor	3570k at stock
Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Pro4-M
Cooling	Xigmatek 1283 with crossbow through 775 holes ...
Memory	2x Corsair CMZ8GX3MA1A160010 - 16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire VEGA 56 Nitro+
Storage	2Tb hitachi, 512gb ssd for OS
Display(s)	LG L246WH + LG W2234S
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 922
Audio Device(s)	USB audio
Power Supply	FSP Aurum AU-600
Software	Manjaro KDE

Budget build for web surfing/Facebook gaming - £150 strict budget

...PACMAN...

WhiteLotus

...PACMAN...

redeye

Geofrancis

Bo$$

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megaflegmi