Need to build (or buy) simple PC with £150-£200

Marko_Slb · Mar 23, 2015

So a family member is looking for a PC for her daughters. It's mainly to do their work on and surf the web.

As stated above the budget she has given me is £150-200.

I've been looking around but no luck, so was hoping you lovely people could help me.

Thanks.

geofelt · Mar 23, 2015

I recently updated a used Lenovo R61 laptop like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LENOVO-THINK-PAD-R61-LAPTOP-Windows-7-Ultimate-/231512415331?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e7371c63
I added 2gb of ram and replaced the hard drive with a 120gb ssd.
It became a very useful pc for <$200 total.

logainofhades · Mar 23, 2015

Budget is super low. Not really an easy task, if you want Windows too. I cannot even do a Kabini setup, with Windows, for that price. I would look into used and refurb OEM's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor (£39.76 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£23.06 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£13.80 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £200.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-23 22:52 GMT+0000

KoopaCreeper · Mar 23, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Celeron G1820 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£28.31 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£33.72 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£23.06 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£13.80 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: be quiet! 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.64 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £173.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-23 23:06 GMT+0000

Cheapest I can do without Windows. To stay in budget, you can buy Windows 8.1 keys on Reddit legally for $20 (13.36 GBP). Then, you could download the OS itself and install it from a flash drive. If you do that, you won't need the optical drive. Alternatively, you could use a Linux distribution.

Aristotelian · Mar 23, 2015

If she can do her work on the web, I would suggest a Chromebox. Then you would eliminate the need for Windows. This one is £146.61.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Chromebox-cb1-020na-Desktop-Celeron/dp/B00MQNNVJQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1427155967&sr=1-2&keywords=chromebox

You could almost add a new monitor and stay within £200.

skylord_ · Apr 16, 2015

If you have not built this yet, or you are looking at this some time in the future, here is a good that can do that and a bit more.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jK84vK

Best of luck
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