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gary_56

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hi

ive been looking at college courses to teach me how to build computer systems but it costs far to much for me to enter into these. so i have decided to do it myself

i only have a £100 budget tho

it is possible to build a pc for this amount if so any suggestions would be highly appriated

thanks
 
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It would probably look something like this then:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 2650 1.45Ghz Dual-Core Processor (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard (£23.20 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£11.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital AV-25 320GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£11.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @...
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I think £100 is too low, it depends for what u are using it, If is a internet mashine is ok, but dont expect much from £100. and please don buy courses to learn how to build a pc, on youtube you can find lots of good videos how to build a pc.
 
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Geekwad

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It would be very tough to find all the necessary component, even used, for that price. For a starter system though, you could look into something like the Raspberry Pi 3, Pine 64 or ODROID-C2.....any of which would get you a basic computer, and quite powerful considering all in (say minus a monitor) could easily be had for under £100.

Many of those, among others:

http://www.internetgeeks.org/tech/top-5-raspberry-pi-alternatives-in-2016/

can be found in kits and great instructions, so you don't have to assemble all the parts yourself.
 
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gary_56

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this build would just be for internet use onlu really it is just to get some experience into building i dont expect to get alot its just relly to build my experience up in system building
 
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Look into 2nd hand shops. If it is only for the learning experience, buy something dirt cheap, assemble it. I can get a old pentium dual core for 5 bucks where i live. So it is possible to make a complete computer, you have to hit the 2nd hand market. It is possible to build a pc for 100, without the monitor.

Try computer repairing shops.
 
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It would probably look something like this then:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 2650 1.45Ghz Dual-Core Processor (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard (£23.20 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£11.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital AV-25 320GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£11.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Raidmax XT 400W ATX Power Supply (£17.99 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Linux Distro (Your Choice) (£1.00)
Total: £102.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

This uses integrated graphics, but you could add a very small dedicated card later to get experience in installing one.
 
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gary_56

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that is brilliant :) doesnt look like it could install a brilliant graphics card but its cheap enough to buy the parts and install all myself to get the hang of building my own. this looks like it would run windows 7 am i right?
 
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Oh sure, it would.....but I would recommend a much lighter operation system:

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

https://getfedora.org/workstation/

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

Much less resource intensive, and so will be a snappier system overall without Windows.

And the one thing.....the first thing, I'd upgrade on this system would be the hard drive:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qf98TW/a-data-internal-hard-drive-asp550ss3120gmc

For £100, of course there are some compromises in equipment selection, but adding a SSD would be night and day different in how this system performs. And a GPU too to take pressure off of system RAM.....something as simple as this would do just fine:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/9tDwrH/xfx-video-card-hd545xzch2
 
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