Budget build help £300

liamcrane

liamcrane

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Merry xmas everyone,

Im wondering if anyone can help me out, my parents are looking for a new machine and i cant bring myself to take them to pc world or anywhere like that cos imo you just get ripped off and the crap they put on there machines these days well i dont even wanna go there.

Im thinking of building them one instead but would just like some advice, they will no be doing anything stress full on it at all just web surfing etc.

I have been looking at the athlon dual core cpus and at £40 they look pretty good. Im guessing a board with on board graphics would do the trick as they will have no need for a gpu at all. They already have a monitor but other than that i will need everything including windows 7.

really hope you can help

many thanks & merry xmas
 
AMD Athlon II X2 @ £43
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-248-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H £70
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-278-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

4GB DDR3 1333MHz £40

Antec Earthwatts Green EA-380D @ £40 (at most) or
OCZ StealthXStream II 500W £42 This Week Only
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

CoolerMaster Elite 430/300 series @ £30 or something else cheap and good looking

Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB £32
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940
^More capacity or more speed:
Samsung Spinpoint F4 320GB £31
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-101-SA

Windows 7 64bit Home Premium OEM £70

Any SATA DVDRW OEM £15

Total: £327
 
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instead of guessing at some random prices here's a spec.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 -
Bit - OEM (GFC -00599 )
£ 82 .24
(£ 69 .99 )
£82 .24
( £69 .99 )
Asus M4A 78 LT - M 760 G ( Socket AM 3 )
DDR 3 Motherboard
£ 48 .99
(£ 41 .69 )
£48 .99
( £41 .69 )
Corsair XMS 3 4GB ( 2x 2GB) DDR 3
PC 3- 12800C 9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
( CMX4 GX 3M2A 1600C 9)
£ 46 .99
(£ 39 .99 )
£46 .99
( £39 .99 )
AMD Athlon II X 2 Dual Core 250 3 .00 GHz
( Socket AM 3) - Retail
£ 42 .99
(£ 36 .59 )
£42 .99
( £36 .59 )
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case -
Black
£ 37 .99
(£ 32 .33 )
£37 .99
( £32 .33 )
Western Digital RE 2 500 GB SATA -II 16 MB
Cache - OEM (WD5000 YS )
£ 24 .99
(£ 21 .27 )
£24 .99
( £21 .27 )
Samsung SH- S223 C / RSMS 22 x DVD ±RW
SATA ReWriter ( Black/ Silver/ Biege ) -
Retail
£ 15 .26
(£ 12 .99 )
£15 .26
( £12 .99 )
Sub Total : £ 254 .85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK
Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
( This can be changed during checkout )
Shipping : £10 .00
VAT is being charged at 17 .50 % VAT : £46 .35
Total : £ 311 .20
 
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
(£69.99) £82.24
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) -
(£57.99) £68.14
OcUK Memphis Tower Case - Black (500W PSU)
(£37.44) £43.99
Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
(£34.03) £39.99
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS)
(£21.27) £24.99
OCZ Gold 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single Channel Module (OCZ3G1333LV2G)
(£16.16) £18.99
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA
(£9.99) £11.74
Sub Total : £246.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £44.95
Total : £301.82

You can knock off the £10 shipping if you order today = £290 and take away 5% = £275.

You get a phenom II with extra cache over the althons... would last a while for any websurfing, every day parenty type of programs and if you wanted you could take off the 2x1gb sticks of memory and add OCZ Gold 2x2gb Sticks for an extra £20 making a total of £295!

Would be a little puppy for the price, a 3.2ghz Phenom II with 4gb of DDR3... the mobo you would get would let you overclock the cpu aswell as its a black edition with unlocked multiplier all you would need to do is up the multiplier. Could have your self a 4ghz (ish) dual core Cpu with level 3 cache, 4gb of ram in a nice little setup. Would out do most £500+ systems from the high street!
 
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Thanks so much for that mate!! I cant stand going to the high street and getting ripped off with a £500+ when you can buy a more powerfull one cheaper and have the pleasure of building it yourself :D

Like the choice of case to buddy, with a 500w PSU thats a steal, Really cant decide on the cpu tho the athlon is cheaper and would suit there needs i guess, i do love the PII cpu's and it looks like the x2 could be unlocked and OC nicely but my parents wont be overclocking lol

Stulid- Thanks so much for your input i will look at wat everyone has suggested and take a punt

Aretenon- Thanks as well mate for your advice really appreciate it

Thanks everyone
 
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Final check before i buy, is there anything anyone would reccomend changing? the budget was £300 but im happy with the final price in general, would just like an opinion

Many thanks everyone for helping me out


Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
£82.24

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
£48.99

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£42.99

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK)
£39.99


Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS)
£24.99

Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733)
£11.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£11.74

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) [RC-430-KWP500]
£62.99

Total £325.91
 
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very good, if you wanted to save a little more money, coolermaster elite430 and 500w psu is a good price.
 
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