Build me a PC for £1,000

enigma52

and with the demise of BIOS next year it surely makes sense to wait.

marrittm

not sure if there anything of interest on hear for you but i have bought few things from them in past and always been satisfied.
http://www.ginger6.com/gaming-computers-c-27.html?G6SID=sios5ecptamvtlebkf3svaiar2

timberflake

enigma52 wrote: »

and with the demise of BIOS next year it surely makes sense to wait.

What do you mean the demise of BIOS?

spakkker

See here http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/10/new_bios_replacement_could_offer_superior_start_up_times.html

hj678

£1000 on a rig not for gaming is well too high, IMHO

You say build a computer, I took this as meaning ordering all the parts and putting them together? Which is the cheapest way of doing it by far.

But if you are able to do that, why can't you find the parts yourself?

I think i've missed the point here

coxy17

If you are in a position to buy the parts and assemble the machine yourself there is no reason to spend more than £400 in my opinion. That £400 would also include a copy of Windows 7. You can take around £80 off the price if you already have an OS disc available.

From what you have said, there is no reason to buy an expensive processor. The socket 775 Intel (Core 2 and Core Quad) are more than capable of dealing with video encoding. The 'i' processors are newer and offer better capabilities but you need to ask yourself if you need them. I know I don't; and I do plenty of video encoding without any issues. Look at the Intel Pentium Dual Core range, they offer more than enough kick for what you are describing and come at a very good price.

Most motherboards come with G/Bit Ethernet as standard now. RAM is pretty reasonable and so are some of the low end Nvidia graphics cards. Again, there is no need to pay over the odds in this area for what you describe. That just leaves you with hard drives and a case. Cheap cases are often lacking in build quality and you need to make sure you have a sufficient PSU in there so maybe spend a little bit more. Hard drives are all similar, the only differences are the cache they have, speed they spin at and the noise level they make. Most of these attributes are the same within the relevant price ranges.

enigma52

timberflake wrote: »

What do you mean the demise of BIOS?

read this http://www.howtogeek.com/news/soon-bios-will-be-replaced-and-your-pc-will-boot-almost-instantly/1449/

coxy17

I just added all the components to a basket on a popular website to see what the pricing actually looks like. The total came in at £276.98 (not including software) and includes the following:

MSI motherboard with G/Bit Ethernet
3.2GHz dual core Intel processor (E6700)
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
250GB SATAII Seagate hard drive with 8MB cache at 7200RPM
Nvidia 8400GS 512MB graphics card
Samsung DVD re-writer x22
Case with 500W power supply

Like I said earlier, that's a basic system. It will be more than sufficient for Internet surfing, e-mails, office use and the occasional video encoding. Obviously you could pay more for a better processor and RAM. If you do that you may have to pay a bit more for a motherboard but either way, it's still should be less than £400.

serious_saver

I can't understand why you would want to spend £1000 on building a PC that isn't for gaming. Even if you were building one for gaming I think £1000 is a big budget. My OH built one 3 years ago for £1000. He wanted to make it the beefiest machine he could and we didn't skimp on parts, just did lots of background reading first. Some 'gaming' PC's with a similar spec are still on sale at about £700+ but I know that many of the parts he used have drastically dropped in price a lot.

I think that for what you are suggesting you could probably buy something perfectly good and cheap off the shelf. If you want to do it cheaper, I would suggest that you find a specific PC that you like and research its componants to see if you can do it cheaper.

timberflake

hj678 wrote: »

£1000 on a rig not for gaming is well too high, IMHO

You say build a computer, I took this as meaning ordering all the parts and putting them together? Which is the cheapest way of doing it by far.

But if you are able to do that, why can't you find the parts yourself?

I think i've missed the point here

Because everyone's opinion on where to spend the money will be different. Yes, I can order the parts and build the thing myself, but I wanted to get other peoples take on where they would spend the money.

So yes, you did miss the point.