Help with a £350 build

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Basically the tittle says it all need to build a computer with a budget of £350. Already have windows and a monitor. Now this build won't actually be built its just for a little project at uni, where we gotta "build" a computer with the budget given.

I already have some ideas but can't post the links because I'm on the iPad, but was definitely thinking amd processor as they are cheaper, 4gb ddr3, hd 6670 and maybe squeeze a tiny ssd for the os and the one game. Will have to budget this properly when I get home cause it seems I'm already going over with what I have in mind.

Anyways any help would be appreciated and thanks to the people who helped me build my pc back in the summer went over my £700 budget but that's cause I got a better graphic card :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Thermaltake Element Q mini-ITX HTPC Case - 220W Power Supply £56.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £53.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £52.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £303.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Not sure I should be doing your coursework for you but there you go ;) Money left over for keyboard, mouse etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Thermaltake Element Q mini-ITX HTPC Case - 220W Power Supply £56.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £351.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Went over ever so slightly, you could drop the RAM spec to bring it back on budget. Included peripherals and the Quadcore AMD APU. Don't pass your degree with honours........pass it with Hono instead lol
 
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Haha thanks those are some good builds, I'm currently toying and looking at some myself. Unfortunately this doesn't count towards any marks or grades, just a little task for our week off :(
 
thenameDS said:
Haha thanks those are some good builds, I'm currently toying and looking at some myself. Unfortunately this doesn't count towards any marks or grades, just a little task for our week off :(
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Pffffft tell your lecturer to do his own builds then. It's slave labour getting you guys to do his dirty work lol
 
honosuseri said:
Pffffft tell your lecturer to do his own builds then. It's slave labour getting you guys to do his dirty work lol
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Fire_fly said:
That's what undergrad students are for...
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Yea pretty much right there. Although I don't think he's going to be building this.

Still trying to find a way to squeeze in a graphic card, but this £350 budget is crap.. btw postage price doesn't matter as it actually isn't being bought or delivered.
 
In the Intel corner weighing in with a HD7750 and slightly overbudget, we present,

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7750 iCooler 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H775FN1G) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G640 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £52.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £353.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
thenameDS said:
Yea pretty much right there. Although I don't think he's going to be building this.

Still trying to find a way to squeeze in a graphic card, but this £350 budget is crap.. btw postage price doesn't matter as it actually isn't being bought or delivered.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7750 iCooler 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H775FN1G) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £346.91 (includes shipping : FREE).



Easy when you know how :P

Idleman said:
In the Intel corner weighing in with a HD7750 and slightly overbudget, we present
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Great minds often think alike lol
 
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This shouldn't run too badly. Got like a week to play around and look at suggested builds on here, hardest part will be deciding :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £54.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £44.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £370.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
Fire_fly said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte HD 7770 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & 20% MOH WarFighter PC Games £99.95
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61M-USB3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Motherboard £32
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £352.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Ah but what's missing if it's B grade? If you have to buy sata cables for example you are further over budget. Red hot crack at it though bru :D

thenameDS said:
This shouldn't run too badly. Got like a week to play around and look at suggested builds on here, hardest part will be deciding :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £54.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £44.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £370.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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7750 vs 440 Might wanna rethink the GPU dude ;)
 
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honosuseri said:
Ah but what's missing if it's B grade? If you have to buy sata cables for example you are further over budget. Red hot crack at it though bru :D
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Over budget... so are yours if you include the shipping.

Since this is a hypothetical build is really that important if the motherboard may or may not have SATA cables included, and there is enough in the budget to cover them.
 
thenameDS said:
This shouldn't run too badly. Got like a week to play around and look at suggested builds on here, hardest part will be deciding :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £54.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £44.99
1 x Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV8GX3M2A1333C9) £34.99
1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £370.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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I thought the budget was £350. :p
 
Fire_fly said:
Over budget... so are yours if you include the shipping.

Since this is a hypothetical build is really that important if the motherboard may or may not have SATA cables included, and there is enough in the budget to cover them.
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He said shipping doesn't count. B grade is blatantly cheating too ;)
 
honosuseri said:
7750 vs 440 Might wanna rethink the GPU dude ;)
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Wow that's a huge difference in the benchmarks!
Fire_fly said:
I would avoid BD, they're not very good.
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I don't think he will know that, I know for sure he's just looking for fastest and "best" on the budget given. Plus if he searches it up the reviews for it are pretty good too haha :D
Idleman said:
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I thought the budget was £350. :p
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Well shipping doesn't count so it's £360 plus I could always leave out the DVD Writer, i'm sure it would go unnoticed :p
 
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