£400 - Spec me a full machine

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Need:

Monitor
Case/PSU
Mobo
Memory
CPU
Graphics Card

I have a spare HDD, and KB/Mouse

So far i'm thinking:

Cheap case/PSU for about £40
ASUS P5b
OCZ 2gb pc6400
Intel E2160 C2D
Radeon HD3850
 
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you can do it if:

a) you're willing to take a punt on B-Grade
b) you already have a copy of Windows
c) you're willing to take a risk on the 380w psu being able to power the 3850 (which personally i think it should be able to do)




OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £20.49
(£24.08) £20.49
(£24.08)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)

LiteON DH-20A1S-18C 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)

**B Grade** OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)

**B Grade** Antec NSK 4480 Mini Tower Case (Silver) - 380W Eart (CA-095-AN) £39.10
(£45.94) £39.10
(£45.94)

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £73.99
(£86.94) £73.99
(£86.94)

Total : £401.24

ah, just spotted you already have the HD. Ignore that then and stick the cash on a beter motherboard or case/psu combo.
 
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