£450 spec required

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"I've got a budget of £400 (actually I haven't but I can't get anything
decent for much less). My current machine is 8 years ad I want my next PC to
last as long.

So I originally planned to get a nice AMB MoBo with DDR3/USB3/SATAIII
support and to upgrade everything else as necessary.

Thing is, the Llano AMD CPUs include a reasonable decent GPU so I could get
a decent CPU and not bother with a separate graphics card until a few years
time maybe.

So i guess 450 max including OS"

So he needs a CPU, MOBO, RAM, PSU, CASE, HD and DVD drive. Needs an OS required and would be happy with onboard FX and upgrade that later if need be.
I thought maybe a Llano spec build might a good solution but would be interested to see what you guys come up with.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £68.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6450 HM 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-04-20G) £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £20.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £470.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I don't know a lot about the Llanos but this sandybridge build will offer more upgrade options in the future.

Here's a comparison between Llano's flagship CPU the A8-3850 against the i3-2100 (the 2120 in the spec above has a extra 300MHz per core over the 2100),

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=399

The HD 6450 discrete card also won't be too far behind the 6550D in the A8-3850 Llano. It will be plenty enough for general use/HD playback.
 
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