Sub £200 build for browsing

[El_Mayo]

Hi guys, nothing exciting to see here. Just trying to put the cheapest computer together for browsing the web for a friend.

He already has a case, DVD writer, Windows 7 and SD card reader from an old build so I'm going with these bits. Literally no preferences as far as AMD/Intel goes. I'm perfectly happy to go with the below, but just wanted to see if anyone knew anywhere I could make some savings/performance gains without affecting the price too much

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor (£33.59 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£33.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£14.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£42.66 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £169.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-29 23:35 BST+0100

 

[trog100]

if i wanted a PC just for browsing and general purpose tasks i would buy a used Dell ex-office machine.. ebay is loaded with them..

buy one with win 7 and do a quick upgrade to win 10 while its still free..

you can get a quad core.. 8 gig memory machine ready to go for less than your parts list..

trog

 

[Nosada]

I think performance gains will be hard to get, but I'd suggest either an AMD or Intel SOC to push prices even further down.

If any gaming is requested: AMD A4-5000 board
If no gaming is requested: Intel Celeron N3050 board

Both are more than sufficient for browsing. The AMD solution uses more power and will have a slight lead in gaming, but don't expect any miracles.

 

[Recon-UK]

Browsing? anything low end from the last five years paired with a nice SSD will be overkill.

 

[Frick]

if i wanted a PC just for browsing and general purpose tasks i would buy a used Dell ex-office machine.. ebay is loaded with them..

This. Where I live you can usually get nice HP Elite SFF systems with i3's/i5's for about €140 or so. Plop a SSD in it and you're flying. And at least the HP Elite systems are actually quite nice. Reasonbly silent, robust, easy to maintain...

 

[RCoon]

http://www.misco.co.uk/product/2658...B-DVD-Windows-7-Pro-2-Year-Warranty-Refurb-PC

2 year warranty, just throw in an SSD. IJT Direct also have masses of refurbed HPs.

 

[djrabes]

Why not go with something like this? https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/gg-titanium-computers-236

I bought a similar one a few months ago for my parents for £43! chucked 2 more GB of DDR2 in it and away we go!

 

[little cat]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£48.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£28.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.97 @ BT Shop)
Total: £204.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:54 BST+0100

 

[xLegendary]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£48.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£28.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.97 @ BT Shop)
Total: £204.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:54 BST+0100

This one might have better performance, not sure about the heat tho..