- Apr 5, 2014
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Hello everyone,
My mum is currently considering getting a new PC and has asked me to consider building her one as it's better value and I built my own a few months ago.
As a preliminary budget, she asked for something up to a maximum of £500. If it is slightly more then it would be okay as price drops should take it below that mark.
Here is one i made up in about 10 minutes:
[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RPvV23) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RPvV23/by_merchant/)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34330) | £87.59 @ Aria PC
**Motherboard** | [MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87g41pcmate) | £47.84 @ Scan.co.uk
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f317000cl11d8gbxl) | £58.79 @ Ebuyer
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £35.94 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx750tioc2gd5) | £109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk
**Case** | [Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r) | £44.99 @ Amazon UK
**Power Supply** | [EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10430kr) | £29.32 @ Scan.co.uk
**Optical Drive** | [Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbrsbs) | £12.64 @ CCL Computers
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | £69.65 @ CCL Computers
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £496.31
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 17:01 BST+0100 |
She would be using it for a mix of gaming and other tasks which is why i thought that a 750ti would be perfect due to its low power requirements too.
Feel free to post any other ideas that are about £500 as that is the maximum she will go for.
Thanks everyone!
My mum is currently considering getting a new PC and has asked me to consider building her one as it's better value and I built my own a few months ago.
As a preliminary budget, she asked for something up to a maximum of £500. If it is slightly more then it would be okay as price drops should take it below that mark.
Here is one i made up in about 10 minutes:
[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RPvV23) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RPvV23/by_merchant/)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34330) | £87.59 @ Aria PC
**Motherboard** | [MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87g41pcmate) | £47.84 @ Scan.co.uk
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f317000cl11d8gbxl) | £58.79 @ Ebuyer
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £35.94 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx750tioc2gd5) | £109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk
**Case** | [Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r) | £44.99 @ Amazon UK
**Power Supply** | [EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10430kr) | £29.32 @ Scan.co.uk
**Optical Drive** | [Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbrsbs) | £12.64 @ CCL Computers
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | £69.65 @ CCL Computers
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £496.31
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 17:01 BST+0100 |
She would be using it for a mix of gaming and other tasks which is why i thought that a 750ti would be perfect due to its low power requirements too.
Feel free to post any other ideas that are about £500 as that is the maximum she will go for.
Thanks everyone!
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