£300 build advice please

VortexA1 · 29 Jan 2010 at 19:02

I would love to have a spec made up.
Ideally £300 max.

Os needed will be win7.

Everything else needed Incl mouse/keyboard except monitor.

Not required for gaming. Just emails,Internet browsing and microsoft office work.

Thanks in advance.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 29 Jan 2010 at 19:13

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 29 Jan 2010 at 19:20

Alternate build:

**B Grade** Asus Vintage V3-P5945GC Barebones System ~ £56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-368-AS&groupid=595&catid=676&subcat=

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 ~ £55

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-273-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

2GB 667MHZ DDR2 RAM ~ £42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB ~ £29

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-084-SA

SATA DVD rewriter ~ £16

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit ~ £82

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS

The total comes to around £280 excluding postage.

The motherboard in the barebones supports E8000 series 45NM dual cores so in theory the E5300 should be supported too:

http://asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=saVK25KrLNkJz73C

You maybe able to include a new keyboard and mouse in the £300 budget.

VortexA1 · 30 Jan 2010 at 03:01

Ok thanks for that input.
Will give it some thought