£250 build specs, please?

[Confused]

Hi all,

Looking at a build for about £250, requiring:

Case
PSU
Motherboard
CPU
Hard Drive
Optical Drive

I've got already a GTX260 768mb graphics card and 3x2GB DDR-3 RAM which can go towards it, and an un-used copy of Windows.


I've just done a basket and come up with this, based on Intel kit, I'm not sure on what's good nowadays with AMD:

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £91.19
(£75.99) £91.19
(£75.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.38
(£67.82) £81.38
(£67.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
OcUK Galaxy III Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) OcUK Galaxy III Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £237.95
Shipping with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £47.59
Total : £285.54


There'll be some gaming at 1280x1024 or 1366x768 (just made use of the Steam sale for complete GTA collection for just £4.99), as well as usual stuff - Facebook games (which as we all know are all a major system hog!)

Cheers in advance!

 

[GTO656]

Definately go with the i3 2100 as CPU for ur budget and beats AMD, everything looks great besides the case and the PSU(unbranded=ka boom). Have a look at the Antec 300 or Zalman Z9, as for PSU Antec/XFX/Corsair are all brilliant.

 

[Confused]

Unfortunately, a separate PSU & case ups the price by quite a large amount, and it's already over the ~£250 budget!