£250 budget, Advice needed.

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my brother in law wants a pc for browsing the net, and maybe a few non intensive games. something like an 8600GT ( i had one and it was ok for what i needed back then)


He already has monitor, Keyboard and mouse so all he needs is a tower an components, I'm not really sure where to start. I already have a copy of windows 7 unused so i said he could have that for free.

I like AMD so maybe a dual core from AMD, Graphics card needs to be able to handle 720p as he might want to put it on his tv an watch something now an again.

Is this possible with a £250 budget ?

Thanks.
 
Im not sure if it can be done for £250, unless you get 2nd hand parts iv spec somthing for £300, but not sure how perfect it is......Someone will prob do a better spec


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard Asus M4A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 667Mhz Value Select Memory Module (VS2GB667D2) Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 667Mhz Value Select Memory Module (VS2GB667D2) £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 1024MB DDR2 TV-Out (PCI-Express) - Retail XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 1024MB DDR2 TV-Out (PCI-Express) - Retail £41.99
(£35.74) £41.99
(£35.74)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £31.98
(£27.22) £31.98
(£27.22)
OCUK Gangster Case - Red OCUK Gangster Case - Red £28.99
(£24.67) £28.99
(£24.67)
Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Rewriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Rewriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.31) £17.99
(£15.31)
Sub Total : £252.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £45.88
Total : £308.07
 
I've been trying to make low end specs, and £300 is about as low as you can get it without using old parts.

You could just about manage £250-270 if you use the cheapest motherboard with integrated grapics and the cheapest component on everything.
 
Here is my attempt at £280:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1882/budgetspec.png

Checking out OcUK's value bundles may be worth a try too on this budget. If you can salvage a second hand optical drive and hard drive, you will just hit the budget. It is difficult however. I would go with a NetTop based on an Atom, but if the person does still plan to play a few games at 720p, they will be limited by the cpu at that resolution and Atom is not quite as keen to deliver in those cases.

You can also risk it by going for a case/PSU combo to cut cost further. Getting a good PSU unit this way is a lottery, though.
 
Athlon II X3 - £55
ASUS M4N68T-M - £40
Corsair 2GB DDR3 - £45
Antec Earthwatts Green 380W - £35
Sunbeam 3D Storm - £20
Seagate 7200.12 320GB - £35
DVD Writer - £15

£245
 
I would probably get something along the lines of the following:

AMD Athlon II X3 425 ~ £54

ASROCK M3A770DE ~ £54

OCZ 2X1GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ~ £52

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB ~ £31

Sunbeam 3D Storm ~ £21

OCZ 400W Stealth XStream PSU ~ £30

LiteOn IHAS124-19 ~ £14

The total comes to around £256.
 
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