Mate has £400 to spend....

[Mad_Jay]

On a whole new pc.

He is gonna need everything to get himself going, including a monitor. Things i have which im gonna pass onto him is a case, keyboard, mouse and OS. But everything else is needed.

I know this is a small budget, so its gonna be a AMD jobbie. But its gonna be for college work but says he wants to play some games to.

Could you show us whats the best he could get please? I have a rough idea but i wanna see whats else out there.



There might be abit of give, perhaps £20 each way.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Something like this might do, it won't be hugely fast but there is a bit of potential for overclocking.

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) (Deal Product) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
MSI K9N Neo V3 nForce 560 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Samsung SH-S202HBEBN 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel with Blue LED Fan £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £20.99
(£24.66) £20.99
(£24.66)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AC2 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £327.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £59.30
Total : £398.16