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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next week BUDGET RANGE: 450-500 Pounds

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Movies, Internet, Multiple Programs, Basic student use.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Need Every thing, Replacing my laptop

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.dabs.com, www.ebuyer.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK

PARTS PREFERENCES: Core i5. no other pref. though I would like somthing like a 20" inch monitor

OVERCLOCKING: Not for the moment, may choose to put a graf card and sound card later next year.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: I am not sure how the resolution would affect me, I am not much of a gamer, as I run short of time to, But again I might think of putting a Graph card sometime next year.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I would like it to look real subtle. Just a plain black layout would be perfect.

I know its arguable, that it would be a better idea to buy a pc of the shelf in my case, but I might think of putting in a graf card next year, running low on money at the moment and my laptops completly blown. I would like my PC to be future proof, hence the Core i5 preference.

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I don't think it's possible with £500. The base unit alone will cost almost 500, and on top of that you'll need an OS, monitor and keyboard + mouse.

An AMD Athlon II X4 with onboard graphics will do all that and it will just about fit into your £500 budget with all other peripherals included I think.

Well....


I might be missing stuff but I have come up with something...

Processor - Intel Core i5 - 150 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i5-750-quad-cor...

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA - P55M - UD2 - 81 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-s1156-intel-p55-d...

Memory - Crucial 1X2GB - 35 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/crucial-2gbkit--1gbx2--bal...

Hard drive - Seagate Barracude 500GB - 35 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/seagate-barracuda-7200-12-...

Optical Drive - Sony 24x DVDRW

http://www.dabs.com/products/best-value-sony-24x-intern...

Monitor - ViewSonic 20" - 92 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/viewsonic-20--va2013w-5ms-...

Case + PSU - Best Value 1107 + 500 W - 24 pounds

http://www.dabs.com/products/best-value-1107-black-micr...

Key Board and mouse will probably cost abt 30 od more... So this equates to about 460

Your missing a graphics card and an OS. That's probably another £110.

That case + PSU is absolute rubbish. The PSU is definitely not something you should cheap out on.

For a Core i5 build, you really should be getting 4GB RAM.

If you can save up another £100, it may be possible.
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Hmmm... wat if I keep the 2gb ram for now change the case+psu that would propb up the price to about 500.

After like a month or sumthing when cash flows again, ill upgrade to 4gb. I initially had planned to make a better one, but bought a guitar instead as my laptop was working well, but now im in a desperate situation of getting a new comp.

I dont care about gaming or anything so Graphic card is a no issue. thou I think thr is no video out put on board so I can pply get a crappy graphic card.

Can you suggest me a decent graphic card, case and psu.

Alright, this is just to give you an idea of what you should be looking to buy.

CPU: http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i5-750-quad-cor...

Motherboard: http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-s1156-intel-p55-d...

Graphics Card: No onboard graphics so you do need one http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-ati-radeon-4650-hd-650...

PSU: You need to stick with the good brands (i.e. Corsair, Antec, OCZ) http://www.dabs.com/products/corsair-memory-power-serie...

DVD Drive: http://www.dabs.com/products/best-value-sony-24x-intern...

Monitor: Higher resolution and comes with speakers for £5 more http://www.dabs.com/products/best-value-22--h-570wdb-wi...

OS: http://www.dabs.com/products/microsoft-win-7-home-premi...

Memory: https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3/...

Hard Drive: Faster drive https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/...

Case: https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+T...

Total = £629.90

That still doesn't include keyboard + mouse. If you lower the RAM to 2GB you'd probably save £20-30 so still you'd be over-budget by quite a bit.

well can you tell me one thing... how big of a performace drop is it going from 4GB to 2GB... As I said Im a bit cash strapped atm, and will upgrade to 4 a bit later. but as long as this would work for now I would be happy
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