Budget PC build advice

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foxycoxy

foxycoxy

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I was looking to build a new PC with a budget of £300 (already got a monitor, OS, keyboard and mouse). I want to build it around the AMD Phenom II X2 555 and could use some advice. The PC doesn't need to be super powerful but I'd like it to be able to run After Effects. I won't be doing much gaming on it either. If you could recommend some components I would be very grateful. :)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555
GFX: (I only want to spend about £50 on this) I was looking at the Radeon HD 5670 but the it sounds a bit troublesome which put me off.
RAM: 2GB 1333MHz (would this be enough for After effects or would I need 4GB?)
MOBO: One with ACC to unlock the CPU
HDD: a cheap 500GB one
I don't know anything about the PSU and cooler, but I would like them to support the unlocked CPU and give me room to overclock.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £252.60
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 17.50% VAT : £45.96
Total : £308.56

onboard gpu built into the motherboard.

comparison betwwen the 630 quad core cpu and the phenom 555 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=120
 
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