Putting together a pc for my dad for xmas..

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Been a while since ive stuck a pc together and im a bit out of date of whats a good buy or not, my dad needs a new pc to replace his old one which is on its last legs.

Im trying to keep it as cheap as possible whilst still getting something that he can run newish games on (altho not going for high settings or anything)

was thinking of getting:

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 4670 PCS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £51.99 (£61.09)

Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £51.99
(£61.09)

Asrock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£30.99 £36.41

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM AMD £24.99 (£29.36)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £21.99 (£25.84)

Akasa AK-862 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £6.99 (£8.21)


Already have HD, OS, a monitor, mouse and keyboard.

Ive heard AMD have fallen realy behind intel since i last bought a chip but that cpu seemed a lot better value for games than a celeron to me.

Would this lot run alright together?
the price inc shipping is £233 for the lot, i could afford a bit more than that if needed but i dont want to spend much more and wasnt sure where would be best to spend extra if i did, im guessing the motherboard would be the choke point but im not sure the benefits of spending anymore on one for the cpu im buying

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
 
well it came with the case too :) I suppose i have got an old case i could put it instead of buying a new one tho..

thanks think i might do that
 
Abit IP43 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£70.49)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.20GHz (800FSB)
(£56.39)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK)
(£49.34)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
(£46.99)
Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/2G)
(£28.19)

Sub Total : £213.95
Shipping : £8.99
VAT : £39.01
Total : £261.95

im not an AMD person so have specced you a quick intel system, have missed out a case though, not sure what your budget is and if your want a standard case or stylish case... also is this pc going to be for gaming because there are cheaper graphics cards if it isnt
 
Thanks for that, Im realy trying to keep it under £250 if at all possible, I put a case in my list as he has an old one with atx psu, been looking at the psu on sale and they seem to be atx2.
Not sure whats changed but im guessing i need a new one, cheaper the better as long as the psu is good enough for the system.

It is for gaming, altho he mainly plays WOW which his old pc can still handle so im not too worried about that, but if it could run say COD5 in some playable capacity id be happy
 
For the budget that is a very good balanced spec, very similar to mine (4670 is alittle ahead of the 3850) and it plays everything I want it to. I wouldn't change anything, but beware for the wave of people shouting intel intel - but for 30 quid that CPU is a damn good price.
 
barebone

cpu

gfx as above

ram

If you prefer your own amd build at least go for the faster cpu with a heatsink 2.7ghz

£20 more on cpu but much better bang for your buck.

Also go for the ram I speced £13 more for twice as much !

Both builds with my upgraded parts come in at around £260 both will offer similar performance the only advantage the intel build is that its a much better Ocer but if your not planning to oc go for the AMD build as it offers much better upgradeabilty (not being barebone)
 
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I think your original spec pretty much nailed it given that his needs aren't terribly demanding. Might as well upgrade the RAM to 4GB though given how cheap it is and this will come in at almost exactly £250.
 
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