£500-£1000 PC setup

[SirBobson]

Hi,

My dad is interested in upgrading from his old laptop, which is pretty slow. He's thinking of a budget between £500-£1000 (I live in the UK) and wants it to last a while.

He'll mainly be using it for emails, web browsing and possibly a bit of basic video editing. The budget does include 1 monitor (something smaller than 23" as he finds my monitor too big), windows and probably around £60 for the yearly office subscription. Form factor isn't really an issue as the PC will be under his desk and he does want an optical drive.

All help is appreciated and sorry if I left anything out

Thanks

SirBobson

[ashypanda]

grab a intel NUC or gigabyte brix, and pretty much any 1080p 21.5-22" monitor, and stick the computer to the back of the computer. 

[mikat]

grab a intel NUC or gigabyte brix, and pretty much any 1080p 21.5-22" monitor, and stick the computer to the back of the computer. 

no. those things are too expensive for what they do.

[mikat]

Hi,

My dad is interested in upgrading from his old laptop, which is pretty slow. He's thinking of a budget between £500-£1000 (I live in the UK) and wants it to last a while.

He'll mainly be using it for emails, web browsing and possibly a bit of basic video editing. The budget does include 1 monitor (something smaller than 23" as he finds my monitor too big), windows and probably around £60 for the yearly office subscription. Form factor isn't really an issue as the PC will be under his desk and he does want an optical drive.

All help is appreciated and sorry if I left anything out

Thanks

SirBobson

i built this for my dad: (with another monitor)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: RAIJINTEK Metis (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case 

Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  (£51.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Asus VC239H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (£115.00 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £438.02

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 19:22 GMT+0000

 

but since not all parts are available:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£80.89 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.48 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.70 @ Amazon UK)

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£59.59 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£51.95 @ Amazon UK)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£11.96 @ CCL Computers)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£72.30 @ CCL Computers)

Monitor: AOC I2267FWH 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £667.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 19:32 GMT+0000

he uses his pc for work (photoshop and lightroom) and it works great, would recommend this any day of the week over anything pre built like a nuc.

edit: i just saw he wants an optical drive, lemme change things up

edit 2: fixed

edit 3: the monitor is 21.5" because that's the smallest 1080p monitor

[Overkilled]

MacBook air?

[ashypanda]

no. those things are too expensive for what they do.

they aren't that overpriced as intel CPUs with iris pro are expensive.

[mikat]

they aren't that overpriced as intel CPUs with iris pro are expensive.

but compared to build it yourself they are more expensive, and he doesn't care about size and he can upgrade now because he has a pci-e slot

[mikat]

MacBook air?

he said the pc will be under a desk so a laptop isn't required, and desktop has more bang for your buck

[SirBobson]

Thanks