New PC for less than 350 pound

[jawor121]

Hey,

I've decided to get rid of my laptop, got an iPad and now I need a PC to use at home . The plan is to have one monitor on my desk- probably a 22' lcd connected via DVI and also connect it to my 32' TV via HDMI. The purpose of this PC is mainly films, internet etc. generally no games. I looked at the FM1 platform and it looks pretty encouraging, especially the integrated graphic card that beats all others. So far I've worked this out;

CPU: AMD 3400 or 3500
Motherboard: no idea?
Memory: I'd probably only need 4gb, but maybe as one stick just in case, Corsair XMS3 4GB or Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB
HDD: not sure, is there any point in SATA3?plus an SSD in the future
PSU: Got my old chieftec 350w, will that be enough?

I'm open to all suggestion even changing it to Intel if it's better, thanks.

 

[mp260767]

not really much to the system so the cheiftec should be fine, might look to upgrade it in the future to something more energy efficient/quieter.

not sure if you need a blue ray player, might be better going with the retail version if you don't have any blue ray playing software.

AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98 (£83.32)

MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £65.99 (£54.99)

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99 (£44.99)

Silverstone Precision PS03B Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98 (£33.32)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98 (£25.82)

Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98 (£19.98)

Sub Total : £262.42
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £54.83
Total : £329.00

 

[jawor121]

A friend of mine recommended me this Gigabyte, i know it costs more than MSI but maybe it's better to invest in a good quality mobo?Also I don't need a case, plus i don't need a blu-ray either,instead of these two i'm thinking about buying an SSD for Win7?

 

[olivier renault]

I would pick up a i3 really.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 600W '80 Plus' Power Supply £56.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £356.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



PSU is OTT, but can be changed to a cheaper Lepa / Corsair CX if you REALLY don't want gaming. Else the Lepa should be good for a 6870 or something like that.

Motherboard is too. Probably a H67 with the right video connectors. Dunno if you can dual-screen on IGP.

EDIT : Apparently you can.