Budget PC £300

teppic said:
I'd give them a call to swap out that 1333MHz RAM with 1600MHz. Shouldn't cost any more really.
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I had originally left it too late to ring them, so just thought I would have to live with it, but then the order was supposed to be delivered today so I went onto my account to find my tracking number but my status still said in warehouse.

I give OCUK a call and they explained that the case I had chosen was out of stock so the order had not been dispatched the case is not due in for another week so I have swapped it for the original motherboard that I wanted (but was out of stock when I placed the order) and gone back to micro ATX. I also upgraded the memory

these are the replacement parts:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Blue £32.99
Total : £130.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Personally I would go with a cheaper Cooler Master case / PSU combo, cheaper processor / mobo and try to squeeze in a 120-128GB SSD.

The speed will be noticeably faster for her needs, in my opinion.

I'll see if I can Spec something to include one.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x Asus F2A55-M LE AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £37.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £325.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



You have been a member over a year and over 100 posts, so should be £313.34, as you should be able to get free P&P.
 
The processor is slower than most have listed, but I do think the SSD will more than make up that considering what she is likely to use it for. Also could upgrade the CPU later down the line quite easily.

If she's happy to pay a little more, you could get a quad core CPU for not too much more and would make the build spot on in my opinion.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x Asus F2A55-M LE AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £355.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



This is what I would go for if she had a little more to spend.

£343.34 with free delivery and in my opinion would last her a long while.
 
P.S. If she is strict about the £300 (just re-read your opening post), then this would be my choice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD5300OKHJBOX) £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £29.98
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £309.42 (includes shipping : £10.50).



£298.92 with Free P&P :D
 
Potty27 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x Asus F2A55-M LE AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £355.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



This is what I would go for if she had a little more to spend.

£343.34 with free delivery and in my opinion would last her a long while.
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Thanks for your input, but both your specs are over budget and the order has already been placed.
 
Potty27 said:
The last spec was under budget, but good luck with the build, I'm sure it will be a big improvement.
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Yeah we must have posted at the same time lol.

Yes Im sure it will be a huge improvement but that doesn't take much looking at her old system lol
 
You / she can always add in a SSD at a later date for further big improvement, SSD prices are likely to fall soon I hope anyway!

I'm hoping to get a 120GB SSD for my wife's comp, but waiting for them to drop back down the the £50 mark, like there were last year... lol
 
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Potty27 said:
You / she can always add in a SSD at a later date for further big improvement, SSD prices are likely to fall soon I hope anyway!

I'm hoping to get a 120GB SSD for my wife's comp, but waiting for them to drop back down the the £50 mark, like there were last year... lol
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I have a spare 60gb SSD from when I replaced my own with a 250gb so I might pop that in for her as a boot drive.
 
b34st said:
Yes I have definitely warmed to the intel build I have swapped the case because she like the coolermaster case and kept the faster dvd writer in the build but im not sure if this is necessary as that motherboard only has 1 6gb/s port any thoughts?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x MSI B75MA-P45 Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Purple £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £310.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Nice graphic card you got there.
 
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