- Dec 31, 2010
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Hi guys,
My grandma has been pretty unlucky with computers and I want to build her something good and reliable. I have a pretty good idea what I'm doing with the parts but I'm still open to suggestions.
- She is only going to use it to go on Facebook and do some online shopping. The most intensive thing I can ever imagine her doing on the PC is playing candy crush.
- Budget is fairly flexible and could maybe go up to £250-300 with good reason but I don't see any reason to go above £200 for the tower itself (OS/monitor/keyboard are a separate budget.) Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Something that looks high quality and just feels quick for booting and basic tasks is the priority. She will feel like she got better value for money that way, she isn't going to care about a 500Mhz difference in CPU speed or something.
Here's what I've got so far:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CqrnBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CqrnBm/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Celeron G1820 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£25.78 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£20.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£29.26 @ CCL Computers)
Case: RAIJINTEK Metis (Blue) Mini ITX Tower Case (£36.58 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £190.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 20:42 BST+0100
My thinking is that any dual core with 4GB of RAM is easily going to handle her basic tasks so just went for the cheapest CPU and RAM. I put more of the money towards a SSD so the system feels faster and a nice case/small mobo so the system looks nice/high quality. I've really fallen in love with this case recently, amazing value at £36.58.
Any ideas to improve on that?
My grandma has been pretty unlucky with computers and I want to build her something good and reliable. I have a pretty good idea what I'm doing with the parts but I'm still open to suggestions.
- She is only going to use it to go on Facebook and do some online shopping. The most intensive thing I can ever imagine her doing on the PC is playing candy crush.
- Budget is fairly flexible and could maybe go up to £250-300 with good reason but I don't see any reason to go above £200 for the tower itself (OS/monitor/keyboard are a separate budget.) Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Something that looks high quality and just feels quick for booting and basic tasks is the priority. She will feel like she got better value for money that way, she isn't going to care about a 500Mhz difference in CPU speed or something.
Here's what I've got so far:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CqrnBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CqrnBm/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Celeron G1820 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£25.78 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£20.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£29.26 @ CCL Computers)
Case: RAIJINTEK Metis (Blue) Mini ITX Tower Case (£36.58 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £190.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 20:42 BST+0100
My thinking is that any dual core with 4GB of RAM is easily going to handle her basic tasks so just went for the cheapest CPU and RAM. I put more of the money towards a SSD so the system feels faster and a nice case/small mobo so the system looks nice/high quality. I've really fallen in love with this case recently, amazing value at £36.58.
Any ideas to improve on that?
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