Beginner's build.

[UWotimus]

Hey, i'm new around here so bear with me...

 

I recently got a custom build rig because I did not feel confident with building. :rolleyes:  However, I am very keen to give it a try, my worry is that I will pick the wrong components or make a mistake whilst building. What is the cheapest possible functioning build I could do? I am not worried about specs, it just need to be able to comfortably run an OS. (I will most likely use Linux so windows will not need to be factored into the cost)

 

Thanks!

[TheRandomness]

So we can literally pick the cheapest stuff and put it together to run an OS. Kay.

[daniellearmouth]

What's your budget and what is it going to be used for?

 

I don't know Linux all that well, so what are your intentions?

[daniellearmouth]

Hey, i'm new around here so bear with me...

 

I recently got a custom build rig because I did not feel confident with building. :rolleyes:  However, I am very keen to give it a try, my worry is that I will pick the wrong components or make a mistake whilst building. What is the cheapest possible functioning build I could do? I am not worried about specs, it just need to be able to comfortably run an OS. (I will most likely use Linux so windows will not need to be factored into the cost)

 

Thanks!

 

Just a quick note too - remember to follow threads that you create. That way, you'll be notified of a response immediately.

[Snooli]

So we can literally pick the cheapest stuff and put it together to run an OS. Kay.

I know you are looking at an APU but if it is supposed to be an educational build, it should have a dGPU.

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£50.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.65 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R5 230 1GB Core Edition Video Card  (£27.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £291.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 21:53 GMT+0000

 

Yeah I may have overspecced some parts.. But that's cause you can reuse them in the future. You can move the RAM, HDD, mobo, case and PSU over to a new build without any problems. You could also learn how to overclock with that pentium c:

[chitoZ]

all i can say is when it comes to modding its sure is expensive as hell . better buy a case then water cooled your system but if you really like to go modding just prepare the TIME,MONEY,EFFORT and HARD HARD WORK . but its just for me i dont know with you but it sure is hard when still your in the level one stage -.- many mistakes and etc but its part of the modding experience hehe

[UWotimus]

Thank you all for your responses. That was a good point about having a dedicated gpu. Learning to overclock sounds cool aswell. I found a copy of windows 7 lying around so I can ditch the linux plan. I am planning on tinkering around with it and possible using parts in future builds.