Cheap £300 rig what do you think?

[liamcrane]

Hi guys,

I am looking at buliding a new machine for my parents so i dont need anything to high spec. I have had a little look around and come up with the following setup below. Just wanted some advice on what i have chose and if there is perhaps a few changes i could make to improve it. Max budget of around £350. I would like to go for an AM2 setup so can use DDr2 ram as its cheaper but cant seem to find many decent cheap CPU's to go with it.

They don't need a monitor as they already have one and i have a spare 320gb sata II HD.

windows 7 64bit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-183-OC


AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-248-AM


Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-424-AS


OcUK Zeus Tower Case - Black (450W PSU)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OP


OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-LG

 

[Bubba]

You are seriously overspending there, if its just for your parents and for web browsing etc then buy the cheapest of cheap, celeron would be my choice for this sort of setup.

 

[fobose]

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
Asus P5G41T-M LX G41 (Socket 775) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK)
Coolermaster Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black

Total : £314.97 with free delivery.