PC on a Budget

[Twinblade]

Afternoon all.

I have been asked to build my brothers PC for his Christmas Present from my parents, but have been limited to a budget of £350 to do so. Obviously with this budget the usual hardware I would go for is way out of question, so looking for advice on more budget items.

I do not need a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse or OS thankfully. In addition, the case already obtained is an Aspire X-Infinity.

In addition, there are going to be some games played on the machine, but nothing high spec. We are talking Age of Empires maximum here.

What would you guys recommend? and thanks in advance.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Something like this might be suitable, I don't know if you need a PSU but I've left a bit of space in the budget to put towards it.

Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Abit AN-M2 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sub Total : £252.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £45.83
Total : £307.72

 

[ChrisD.]

Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Sub Total : £295.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £53.36
Total : £358.25

Anything missed?

 

[Vir]

I'd go for the milanochris one, but if you do, bare in mind you'd have to overclock it to get nice performance. 3Ghz is easily achievable on this cpu.

If you don't wanna overclock I'd go for the AMD one in the first reply.