Cheap computer for P67A-C45; budget: £300

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Hello, I want to build a computer but I already have a monitor, motherboard (P67A-C45) and a hard drive. My maximum budged for the rest is £300 but I would be happy to spend less. Can you help me please to choose good parts for minimum amount of money?
I should add that the main purpose of the computer will be for some basic 2D graphics editing (Corel Draw, Photoshop), emailing and web surfing. It may be also used for some gaming but it is not the priority.

Regards.
 
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Come up with the spec below:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G860 3.00GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6570 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £56.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K2/8X) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £299.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Edit: Are you building a second PC, As in your other thread you mention you have the 2500K cpu and ordered the Gigabyte motherboard.
 
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I had to wait a week to buy new computer, now just before I get all of components... I actually already have 1TB HDD so I have £48.97 saved of my £300 budget but maybe it would be a good idea to buy better processor or graphics card? Can you advice me how to spend remaining budget?

PS: yes I am building second PC, I have already installed the Gigabyte motherboard on my main PC. Do you have any advices how could I shuffle between components I have? if it is worth to do of course. My main computer was much more expensive but I was building it almost 2 years ago.
 
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Slightly overbudget, but a good build, with an i5 processor, MUCH more capable of doing graphic editing. graphics card is a pretty decent card for the cash.
Processor has a locked core however, so you cant overclock. if you'd be willing to fork out another £20 or so, Id grab a 2500k (over the 3570k, better more stable overclockers, not enough performance difference to justify getting the 3570k unless you just really want a newer piece of tech, they are both good btw, just the 2500k is cheaper)
with a 2500k youd be looking at £360 all in, this is 336. You could slim down the costs a bit by dropping the PSU and case and getting the OCUK imp, which is a budget case with a 500w PSU fitted. this should bring it in to the £300 mark. But again, I recommend getting good quality parts. there is a cheaper 7770 but the ghz edition is better.
good luck :)
 
 
Alternatively, here is a spec with the 2gb edition of the 7750, non ghz edition, this may be better for you because more VRAM may be better for the applications you use. And it includes a 2500k too :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £353.04 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
 
Hello, I have chosen the specification below and now after 1,5 year the power supply broke. I’m pretty sure it’s power supply because the computer doesn’t start and lights on motherboard are off. The overclockers don’t sell this product anymore so I don’t really know if the warranty still applies or not. On another website it says that it has 2 years limited warranty so maybe I’ll need to send the item to RMA but do you know if the original box is required? And also, could you please propose me another power supply to my specification because in fact I probably won’t be patient enough to wait about 30 days for replacement (or repair) of the item worth £40 while I need the PC to work.
Thank you.

RJC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7770 GHz TOP 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £91.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master K280 Midi Tower Case - Black (RC-K280-KKN1) £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £325.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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PS: I forgot to mention that the motherboard I was using with this setup is Asus P8H61-MX USB3 Motherboard.
 
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