Build quick, small computer (£350)

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Looking into building a new computer for my cousin, his current [email protected] doesn't really cut it. He has a budget of about £350 excluding a graphics card, he's having my old nVidia 7900gs :P
He needs everything, I was thinking maybe the AM2 bundle on OCUK?

Any thoughts?

He needs an operating system...

cheers
 
No, no monitor. He has keyboard and mouse, but if that can be fitted into the price then it would be good. His are a bit old and worn...
 
Think i remembered everything

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail
£79.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 32-Bit - OEM (66G-02082)
£66.99

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
£48.99

Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 (Socket AM2/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £36.79

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)
£34.99

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)
£28.99

OCZ Platinum Revision 2 XTC 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Series (OCZ2P800R22GK)
£19.99

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.99

Sub Total : £291.06
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £45.42
Total : £348.23
 
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*OVERCLOCKED* AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz @ 2.80GHz / Foxconn M61PMV nForce 430 Motherboard / Kingston HyperX 2GB DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Bundle £112.99
(£98.25) £112.99
(£98.25)
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3250318AS) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
Razer Diamondback 3G Flame Red 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail £26.99
(£23.47) £26.99
(£23.47)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
OCZ Alchemy Series Elixir 2 Keyboard (OALKBELX2UK)

£312.92
£272.10 ex VAT

Think I remembered everything :p

Decent case for the money, that power supply will be more than enough and reliable. Also got a mouse + keyboard in the budget. Mouse is awsome for its money and has a sweet LED, obviously theres diffirent colours if prefered, and keyboard will be ok, seems better than what hes got. Bit overpriced but he could fit an OS in if he went for a cheaper case, I could reccommend the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29 if you need to shave a few quid off.

Should be an okay gaming rig :)
 
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Windows 7 is only out until march 2010?

Dauthi, your spec looks good. I think he wants Vista though :\, or windows 7 i guess...

Ill find out :)
 
Okay, He will use Windows 7 then :)

So thats £350 for it. I was thinking a mini case would be good, he doesnt have much room and he will only have 1, maybe 2 HDDS and 1 DVD drive so...
 
with the extra money from not buying vista there's 3 ways to go i think no point getting a better CPU like the x3 720 if your pairing it with a 7900 gs.

1) Better motherboard/Ram or go AM3

2) heat sink and spacier case to make the most of the cpu when you OC it.

3) Get a new graphics card ala 4850 for £75.

If he is into gaming think 3) would be the bet investment.
 
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Windows 7 also opens up a possible intel build if you prefer it.

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£88.99

Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£67.99

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
£48.99

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)
£38.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)
£34.99

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)
£28.99

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£17.99

Sub Total : £284.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £44.40
Total : £340.43
 
That sounds good, but i think im going to do some kind of combination of mine and his PCs if i go intel. Id have the e7400 and titan cooler. He can have my e5200 and Arctic cooler. Then i should be able to get it closer to £300 :)

My PC:
E7400 (will OC it)
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3
Titan Fenrir CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX 8500+ 4GB
GTX 260 896mb
Antec 300
Corsair VX550
WD Black 500GB
Vista Home (32bit) + Windows 7 (64bit)


His PC:
E5200 @ 3.5ghz
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
Corsair 6400 2GB
7900GS (lol)
Coolmaster 335
OCZ Modstream 400w modular psu
WD Caviar Blue 320GB
Windows 7 (32 or 64bit???)

Thoughts?

 
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