budget spec :)

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hello :)

my mum needs a new pc, and has asked me to build one for her. it needs to be very cheap, £250 - £300 ish (closer to £250 would be great).

is it possible to build with this budget?

EDIT: sorry forgot to mention, she will be using it for word processing and internet browsing, and also using publisher with quite big files >800MB

cheers

ali
 
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Do you have anything already? Peripherals? Do you need operating system / office?

Might want to have a look at this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-239-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

Or maybe:

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To save a bit of cash it might make more sense to go with 2GB of RAM and then upgrade later if possible (use a single 2GB stick). Also if you can find a cheaper miniITX compatible case that would save a bit more.
 
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OCZ Titanium 4GB (2x2GB) Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 Dual Channel (OCZ2T800C44GK) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £251.00

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Redmint - That one looks like a good bet. Although hellarda are you likely to want to upgrade at any stage? If you are it might be worth spending the extra on DDR3 RAM and a full AM3 motherboard. Then you can drop a triple or quad core in at any stage if she decides she needs a bit more oomph.
 
nah she wouldnt need to upgrade (and i want the 4gb of DDR2 cos then i can nab 2gb for myself :D, she will never no haha )

thanks for the help
 
IMO redmint's spec is similar to what i built a couple weeks ago however i would go with the AM3 and DDR3 for upgradability and drop the case down to the cheap asus one and drop the cpu to the 240 from the 245 as 100mhz is by no means worth the extra cost. Just overclock it they do 3.2 on stock volts no problem.

I believe it came to £288 when i built one with that spec
 
Redmint said:
OCZ Titanium 4GB (2x2GB) Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 Dual Channel (OCZ2T800C44GK) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £251.00

FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £43.93
Total : £294.93
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+1, good budget build, will do the nicely
 
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