£300 quid budget MAX, base unit... ideas?

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Hi guys, a friend needs a PC building. I don't know the in's and out's of the latest technologies anymore (long past that) but I can bang the thing together for him no bother.

Just after a rough spec of what people would stick together for a top whack of 300 quid on the base unit.

2 or 4 gig of RAM is ok, 4 would be better.

320 gig HD or higher if budget allows.

Onboard VGA, sound etc fine for now.

ATX case, motherboard.

Intel or AMD options welcome.

Thanks all :)
 
I was looking at 7750 CPU's, typical cheap 30 quid Gigabyte AM2/3 motherboards etc, DDR2 RAM.

Or a cheap Intel board (Gigabyte again), 5300 CPU etc.

Forgot to mention what it's gonna be for.

Very basic Photoshop editing, web browsing, general office kinda use. Just wants it to feel snappy so will be using XP (we've got the OS already) as he's got a Vista laptop at the moment which he's selling and replacing with a new machine. Monitor has already been chosen by him.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)
Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£65.21) £74.99
(£65.21)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
OcUK Value 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module (AD31333002GMU) £26.99
(£23.47) £26.99
(£23.47)
LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Akasa Genesis AK-5004 Midi Tower Case - Black £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Coolermaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £13.98
(£12.16) £13.98
(£12.16)
Sub Total : £271.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 15%
 
He's selling his old machine which is a laptop, he's been offered good money which is why he wants to replace with a better spec'd PC for the same price, so no old components we can use :(

Another option is dual core CPU, more ram, bigger HD, video card...

Any plus points do you think chaps? He won't be doing anything hugely taxing with it.
 
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