Help selecting parts <£300

AS5 isn't the best TIM around, infact it needs 200hours to "cure", you're better off with MX4 or MX3. Although to be honest, you don't need any time, the retail coolers come with TIM pre-applied.

Also, as above, RAM?!
 
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Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
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Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
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AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £56.99
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BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
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GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3250318AS) £25.02


Total : £338.35

If you can afford a SSD, go for it :) Use it as OS / program drive, I know I'll never go back to mechanical, they make using Windows so smooth. You can wait a bit for it of course.

Maybe worth considering a Phenom II processor, although I'd still take a SSD over a quick processor given your usage.
 
OOps missed the Ram off ok here's the list.
Different people suggest different parts so which is the better options? and what are the reason don't know whats what so any help would be appriciated I'd like to order today.
SSD i'll wait a couple of months for the new technology.
Thanks,
Chris.

Motherboard options
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99 is this the one 95thrifles recommended

Processor every one seems to agree on
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £56.99

HDD every one agrees
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £43.99

PSu two options
OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £38.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98

Memory everyone agrees on
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
 
mobo, I merely recomended the 760G (yes right one) as its cheapest, so if it does everything you need of it then theres no point spending more, the other 2 are newer and better but as youre working on a relatively small budget just trying to save you money, theres not much between the other two, both good makes, the gigabyte has integrated gfx, if youre bothered about that, both PSUs are good, the BeQuiet marginally better, but its marginally more expensive too
 
Yeah the Asus 760G will do everything you need, put the savings towards an SSD at a later date. The MSI does have Sata 6G/s and USB 3.0, but no integrated gpu.
 
Ok Then this is it then?

Still got some space on my budget (~75)

AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £56.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £44.98
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
 
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