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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-Bit - OEM (GFC-00564) £79.98

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard Asus £54.98

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon £44.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6450 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-02-20G) £43.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 430W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUK) £39.98

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £34.99

Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black £29.99

Corsair Value 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Single (VS2GB1333D3) £15.98

Antec Tri-Cool 3-Speed 120mm Fan - Black £2.99

Sub Total : £289.90
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 20.00% VAT : £60.33
Total : £361.98

Original budget was £350.

Main use general web browsing,htpc (blu ray playback, on demand iplayer etc.)

Anything you would change?
 
I would go for the 64bit version of windows 7 and stretch to 4GB of memory.

Any chance of doing away with the graphics card for now and adding it later?

Could then upgrade the rest a little...
 
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From what i read 32 bit codes are much easier to use/ more work well than 64 bit stuff when using htpc.

Then with only 32 bit version i though meh 2gb will be enough as with 4gb only like 3.2gb will be usable anyways.

Any more feedback please?

if i get rid of 6450 what upgrade would you suggest excluding ram and os? Faster cpu, better mobo??
 
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