super cheap upgrade €100-150

tadcan

Just need to upgrade a basic PC, no frills.
1. What is your budget?
€100-150
2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Web, documents, music

3. Do you need a copy of Windows?
No, using ubuntu

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?
Yes. Just need Mobo, CPU, Fan, Ram

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
No

8.How can you pay?
credit card

9. When are you purchasing?
Next few months

Am familiar with Intel, would consider AMD as well. I'm told they do good budget ranges.
Parts from Hardwareversand.de
On Budget
ASRock G31M-GS R2.0, Sockel 775, mATX €40.79
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3400 "Box", LGA775 €34.26
2x2GB Corsair XMS3 PC3-10667U CL9 €26.90
Alpenföhn Panorama fan €18.28
€120.23


Over budget.
ASUS P8H61-M LE REV 3.0, Sockel 1155, mATX, DDR3 €55.07
Intel Pentium G620 Box, LGA1155 €52.71
4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9 €16.38
Alpenföhn Triglav - 120mm €31.98
€156.14

Serephucus

Item|Price
Total build cost: €129.20 (inc delivery Free!)
Intel Celeron G530 2.4GHz LGA1155 2MB|€42.66
ASRock S1155 Intel H61M DDR3 mATX|€49.19
Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Non-ECC CL9 DIMM|€18.75
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 CPU Cooler|€18.60


Better processor than your over-budget build.
Same-ish motherboard.
Same-ish memory.
Better cooler.

All for €25 less!

partyatmygaff

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50850&agid=1292
MSI 760GM-P23 (FX), Sockel AM3+, mATX, PCIe

~€40

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=37142&agid=1242
AMD Athlon II X4 645 Box AM3

~€94

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=38042&agid=1192
4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9


~€15


About €149 overall. There's no need for a fan as it's a boxed CPU. Bear in mind there's a €20 delivery charge. If you're lucky, there may be someone making an order with Hardwareversand around the time you're buying and they might put your order in with theirs.

tadcan

Cheers. The PSU is 350W, would it be better to get a new one.

partyatmygaff

No need. Unless you have a graphics card 350W is plenty.

Serephucus

I should point out though that the G530 will obliterate the 645 in single-threaded stuff which, if you're using it for internet and music, it will all be.

And yeah, 350 is more than enough if you're not using anything above a mid-range GPU.

partyatmygaff

For multi-tasking though it'd be noticeably better.

Then again, in a year or two you could always upgrade to a better Intel CPU with that motherboard.

Serephucus

True, but there's only so much multi-tasking you can do with an browsing-focused machine.

tadcan

Serephucus, I'll probably use your build. Its probably not going to be upgraded for a few years. The current machine has a few issues, the PSU is a possibility. If that turns out to be the case what's a good replacement.

Kiss Quiet 560W €24.75

Serephucus

Well Dabs is down, so I can't link you, but a very good PSU is the CX430 from Corsair - €40. As regards the case, the Xigmatek Asgard for €32.

To save a bit of money, you could buy one of Dabs' uber-cheap cases for €20, but do not use the bundled PSU - like you're current one - unless you like smelling burnt solder.

tadcan

The money has Finally come through. Will be looking to see if there is a better build for sale at the moment. Any advice?

tadcan

Since the price has gone up in dabs, I wondered slightly better parts be bought for the same price. The money has arrived for realsies this time! Will put an order through in the next day or two, if anyone wants to share a shipment.

MoBo = 50.13

CPU = 39.38

Ram = 25.27

cooler = 16.36

Total 131.14 excluding P+P

tadcan

I made this, but having one small problem. The fan needs a nudge to get started on a cold boot. It looks like its installed as per the picture in the manual. Once it starts it keeps going. There is a 400w power supply. The power is plugged into the cpu socket. Any ideas.