Budget Build

[Tomtom565]

Someone came to me, and asked what I could do with their existing desktop which currently consists of a P4 with 256mb of ram, with a cheep n' cheerful 500w PSU and case. It will be running windows 7, but what I'm torn about is either to go with one of AMD's APU units or run with Intel's integrated graphics on 1155 Pentium series.

So, what I've looked at so far is either...

Asus E35M1-M, with the E-350 APU

or

Intel Pentium G860 with an MSI H61MA-E35

Both will be paired with a 500gb seagate drive, and 4 or 6gb's of Corsair ram (1333)

Both come to under £200 which is the goal, but has anyone have any suggestions? The PC will be used for office, flash and basic games such as minecraft etc, and should last for about 2/3 years (big ask I know, but they aren't great computer users so it should last that long for them)

Cheers, Tom

 

[Reily234]

If you want to do any kind of gaming just go with the amd apu, the processor might be slow but you'll atleast be able to play some mc.

 

[Tomtom565]

I thought as much, even with the 350's low clock speed its still pretty snappy. Alright, Cheers

 

[howies]

just to add, the APU's will benefit from faster ram, so id go for some 1866mhz ram if it were me.