Low Budget Help

[xRowan]

Change the Ram to Corsair xms3 and maybe cut back on the motherboard and you would have a very nice PC

 

[xRowan]

For a bit more you can add a 460 and/or better mobo, but you can keep going all day, try n stick to your original budget, the build above should be sufficient for most things still

HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £63.44
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.98
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA - 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD±R) /12x (DVD±R DL) 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM) - Internal - Black £11.97
Sub Total : £335.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £60.60
Total : £406.89

+1 Very nice.

 

[DSS22]

Ok thats really helpful, looking at what a difference it makes I think I might save up for a short while. Also, will stuff get cheaper after Christmas or is it better to buy now?

 

[95thrifles]

VAT goes up in Jan, extra 2.5%

 

[Cookeh]

VAT goes up in Jan, extra 2.5%

Which really isn't going to affect things too much because of January sales

 

[FoxEye]

For £430 you could get a better motherboard, a quad core and a gtx 460 which is great.

For £500 he could get something even better! But why stop there? For £600 he could -- no wait, for £1000 he could get...

OP, have you considered 2nd hand? With a total system budget as low as yours, buying new isn't necessarily the best bet.