PC for £250?

Gray · 14 Jun 2010 at 09:49

Anyone fancy speccing me a really cheap PC? Is it even doable? Only brand new bits, no monitor, keyboard or mouse required. Needs to run Windows 7 and will only be used for really basic stuff, i.e, surfing, e-mail, Office apps etc.

Cheers!

crisbduck · 14 Jun 2010 at 09:52

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=
I'm cool I know

Creelers · 14 Jun 2010 at 10:00

But thats without an OS. It would be £350 with Windows 7.

But really that would be his best bet.

Gray · 14 Jun 2010 at 10:25

You mean... not.. build... it... myself??!!!

That's crazy talk! It's cheating! I can't buy a PC that someone else has built! Argh!

Redmint · 14 Jun 2010 at 11:24

£250 self build with all new parts is tricky, impossible if it needs to include a copy of windows 7. I'd be looking at 2nd hand parts tbh.

edscdk · 14 Jun 2010 at 11:26

use ubuntu and open office...?

Gray · 14 Jun 2010 at 11:44

I've already got a copy of Windows 7 for it...

whatalegend123 · 14 Jun 2010 at 11:45

crisbduck said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=
I'm cool I know

for 250 he doesnt need 4gb of ram and i wouldnt trust those cheap psu's

i would look on the bay if you try to build a system similar to mine you can probably get it for around 250,

you can pick up my cpu for about £5 on ebay

try and source an old case from somewhere but you can still get one for cheap

danewesley · 14 Jun 2010 at 12:14

hey theres a q6600, p5q pro, 9800gt, antec 900 tower full system going on the mm for £300 atm

JamesTuc · 14 Jun 2010 at 12:43

Where/what is mm? Is it a overclockers market place, because I can't find it

Redmint · 14 Jun 2010 at 12:49

It is a market place yes, but you can only access it once you've been a member for 3 months and have 250 posts or more.

buy_my_cookies · 14 Jun 2010 at 12:50

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infernox · 14 Jun 2010 at 12:51

£250 for a basic computer is do able but hard just have a look around

JamesTuc · 14 Jun 2010 at 13:32

Ok, thanks a lot.

As for the £250 computer, why not get a low spec laptop?

If all you use it for is internet, email and office then it'll be powerful enough and probably far more convenient than having a desktop.

Gray · 14 Jun 2010 at 13:58

A laptop for £250? Where from? Laptops generally start at around £300 where I've looked in the past. And plus the PC is for my girlfriend's mum, I've no idea is she even wants a laptop. I thought someone would just list a few cheap parts and say "that's what I'd get."

I bet somebody would if my budget was a lot more!

Someone must fancy a challenge?!

infernox · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:00

you can get a decent laptop on the bay or mm for £250 surely would be better in general for that price range

Guest2 · 14 Jun 2010 at 14:14

Isnt the Samsung NC10 about £250 now? I know it was £299 new, but that was around a year ago

Great little thing, very good battery life, fast enough for net use, email, office apps etc

Cookeh · 14 Jun 2010 at 15:03

AMD Sempron (~£30)
Cheap and cheerful 785G socket mobo (~£70)
2GB DDR2 (~£50)
Corsair400W PSU (~£40) - could probs get a smaller PSU in a case/psu combo if you look around.
Asus TA-861 Case OR Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower (~£24-27)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB HDD (~£32)

Total Cost: £246 Max

I can get some links for you later if you want.

scruffeh · 14 Jun 2010 at 15:08

I'd go for second hand parts with a new case. Best of both worlds, and you'll get a much better specced machine

Gray · 14 Jun 2010 at 15:31

Guest2 said:
Isnt the Samsung NC10 about £250 now? I know it was £299 new, but that was around a year ago

Great little thing, very good battery life, fast enough for net use, email, office apps etc

It's lovely, my gf has one, but it's a netbook not a laptop - very small screen, a bit too small for her mum to see comfortable - in her 60's!