New build for family member.

trawetSluaP · Mar 31, 2014

Hi,

My partner's Mum has asked me to look into building a PC for her with a budget of £300-£400.

This is what I've looked at so far:-
CPU: i3-4130 - £79.98
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - £56.22
RAM: Vengeance 1600 4GB - £32.88
PSU: 430W Corsair CXM Builder - £37.72
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE - £11.98
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - £41.94
Case: Corsair 200R Carbide - £47.04

Total - £307

Now I'm no expert at building PC's. I built my own PC to the highest spec within my budget so picking parts for a basic PC is completely new to me. I would be very grateful of opinions, suggestions and recommendations on this build.

I have the option of throwing in my CPU, the i5-4670K as I'm upgrading but I see this as a bit overkill.

Suztera · Mar 31, 2014

If it is for general browsing, no gaming. Then it will be fine. Perhaps you could do a micro atx size case to make it smaller.

sparkyman215 · Mar 31, 2014

All those parts look great! I personally had the corsair 430w, it performed well, and the modular design was a plus. My only question is the hard drive, why not choose the WD Blue 1TB? It's slightly cheaper (only $5, but hey), but that just might be my personal preference. Anyways, that's a good build for a regular user.

RazerZ · Mar 31, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.00 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.97 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.72 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £247.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-31 22:34 BST+0100)

The best run for your money.

trawetSluaP · Mar 31, 2014

I chose the Barracuda HDD as it's what I've got and I tend to stay with what I know. Hence why I chose the Corsair PSU.

I chose the 200R as size isn't an issue and it comes with 2 fans as standard.

Turb0Yoda · Apr 15, 2014

Another thing. Unless this PC won't be upgraded and will stay with 4 gig's forever, use 32 bit windows unless their job needs a 64 bit computer. I have 4 gig's of RAM and my computer is slow, but I have a pentium, which is the main reason why.

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