Can I build a decent base for less than £150?

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I'm after a basic setup that can play games like Counter Strike Source and alike games. Do you guys think I can build the base for less than £150?

This is the best I could do which is a bit over my budget:

Motherboard
A decent one (any suggestions?) - £35

Processor
Intel Celeron E1400 2.0Ghz Dual-Core Processor (LGA775) - £34

Memory
Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel (VS2GBKIT533D2) - £23

Graphic Card
Asus GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB - £34

Hard Drive
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 320GB - £32

Decent Case & Optical Driver
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter -£19
Case - £20

Total - £197
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Any suggestions would be highly appreciated

Thanks
 
Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H Intel G41
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-218-GI

Intel Celeron E1400 2.0Ghz Dual-Core Processor (will overclock to 3Ghz)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-225-IN

OCZ StealthXStream 400w
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-OC

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-051-HI

Corsair Value Select 2GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-CS

Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-AS

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-038-OT

£220.10
£191.39 ex VAT

As cheep as your going to get!.

I dont know how the Intel X4500 graphics will run games (probly realy baddly)
 
£150 impossible new, second hand easy

£200 pile of SH***

£250 the spec below, Good branded parts, good performance & easly upgradable.


Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.8GHz (Socket AM3)

Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

OCZ Intel Titanium XMP 2GB (2x1GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black

Total £248.94

edit ohh go steal an opitcal or something lol
 
You could build a system that will run XP or Vista/7 with the features turned off.

Will it be any good? Probably not. Might be better off just getting a netbook. Everytime I see a Celeron being used I die a little inside.
 
Buy a 2nd hand rig, with a reasonable graphics card, something like a 6600GT or Radeon x800, something that really wont cut todays games, but is still fine for earlier DX8-9 stuff.

Cant see any way you can possibly shave another £50 off that build, and if you dont have a dedicated GFx card it really wont run CS:Source playably.

Eg: Some live adverts I found:

Full pc setup 1.8cpu 512 memory 40 gighd 128mg geforce 5500 gfx keyboard mouse monitors and speakers brilliant pc pretty fast bargain £35

Pc for Sale Full Setup, Athlon 2Ghz, 512mb Ram, 256mb Graphics, 100gb Harddrive, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse and Speakers. Windows xp, tv Card to watch tv. £80

^ Something like that, depends whats local. Add an OK AGP card off ebay, and your'e reasonably sorted.
 
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