£300 build

Rik1254

Rik1254

Rik1254

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Its limiting I know, but you lot are pretty good.

I did have a spec for £300, but with the new HDD prices (which IMHO arent fair until the companies have to pay higher to get stock it, right now theyre profiting on a disaster), I need a new spec.

My cousin has very little income, so an upgrade probably wont happen...so a 1155 socket isnt possible, nor is second hand.
He's going to use it for video editing and mild gaming (might get away with on board).

I was thinking AMD X4 (cheap quad for editing), but now maybe a llano would be best? An i3 might be possible, but see above.


Try and spec a £40max case incase he doesnt like the specced case.

Thanks you :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus F1A75 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £72.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £47.99
1 x AMD Llano A4-3400 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3400OJGXBOX) £52.99
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £46.99
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £25.99
1 x OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £24.98
Total : £359.87 (includes shipping : £17.10).




Probably as good as your gunna get. Probably missing something
 
You could get something like this


YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Silencio RC-550 Case and GX 650W Power Supply with Hyper-TX3 Cooler Bundle £109.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £39.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £300.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



But TBH I'd try to stretch the budget by about £50 and get the I3 instead (pity there is no 2305 CPU with the better graphics)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Silencio RC-550 Case and GX 650W Power Supply with Hyper-TX3 Cooler Bundle £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £39.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £342.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




Oh and if you check out your local rainforest you could probably get a bigger Hard drive for the same price.
Didn't spec for Windows cause wasn't sure if you have it already.
 
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Thats actually pretty good...can take the win7 off, he preferes ubuntu.

Thanks :)


EDIT: Just sent some emails and an extra £50 might be possible....its too bad they dont want second hand, cheap RAM and HDD :(
 
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Im sure I can find a way :p

Problem is, I specced them a build a few weeks ago and prices have changed...only the PSU I specced actually got cheaper :(
My aunties the type that will take your word....if its £300, its £300. I told her that my CPU and mobo cost £300 and she almost hit the floor (my cousin wants the speed of my computer).
 
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