Spec challenge, budget £300!

[phill]

Hi guys

I am upgrading my old desktop PC, used for Web, Email

Budget is £300.00 - I don't need OS, monitor, k/b or mouse.

Need case/Psu and SSD though!

I don't mind AMD or Intel..!

TIA

-- Phill

 

[Cookeh]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x MSI 880GM-E41 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.98
1 x AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £32.99
Total : £300.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[DJ_Martin]

This is about as good as I could get, if you can salvage an optical drive or HDD from your old computer than you might be able to stay in budget:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Xenon AMD Athlon X2 255 3.10GHz Bundle - Dual Core £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £331.19 (includes shipping : FREE).

I could have also gone for the slightly cheaper OCZ Agility SSD but there are some reliability issues apparently

EDIT: Beaten by Cookeh but as you can see, there isn't a lot of choice at this price range, for £300 and including an SSD, AMD is your only hope.

 

[Cookeh]

Thinking you could re-use current HDD and Optical drive??

 

[Cookeh]

Second attempt:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
1 x MSI 880GM-E41 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.98
1 x AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
1 x OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333LV4GK) £29.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £26.99
1 x OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £21.98
1 x LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £300.41 (includes shipping : £11.25).

PSU should be fine for this rig, as you won't even be drawing half of it's claimed wattage

 

[Reaper 392]

if you plan on adding a new graphics card, you will need to change the PSU. it will be fine for what you have, but i really wouldnt trust it for anything else


YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Vertex 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX120G) £124.99
1 x "Primo Elevation" AMD DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket AM2+/AM3) £59.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
1 x OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333LV4GK) £29.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £299.93 (includes shipping : free).


*edit*
ive just noticed you get free shipping when you link your shop account to your forum account, so its in budget
also, why are you guys all suggesting the newer sata 3 SSD's when he only has sata 2 available to him. they will be slowed down quite a lot so its probably better getting a bigger ut slower drive that was sata 2 to start with

 

[phill]

Thanks guys, superb!

Tell me do the SSD's come with 3.5" adapters to fit in to the case? thx

 

[DJ_Martin]

Just so you had a choice, if you do have a HDD and an optical drive spare, there is an Intel option that I found.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
1 x "Primo Ascension" Intel Core i3 H55 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1156) £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £81.59
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £32.99
Total : £304.55 (includes shipping : FREE).

A comparison between this and the AMD can be found here The i3 wins at almost everything

 

[Reaper 392]

Thanks guys, superb!

Tell me do the SSD's come with 3.5" adapters to fit in to the case? thx

usually. if it doesnt then just tape it to the case as a temporary measure and then order one of these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-059-AK&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72

*edit*
what do you have in your current PC?

 

[sk82jack]

Here's a Sandy Bridge alternative too


OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £79.99

Asus P8H61 Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £66.98

Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £54.98

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333LV4GK) £29.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £26.99

OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £21.98

LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Total : £311.41 (includes shipping : £11.25)



£297.91 w/ free delivery.


Haven't heard too much about these new CPUs so not sure how they compare to previous suggestions but I'm sure someone will know lol

Edit: Found a review

 

[stulid]

Here's a Sandy Bridge alternative too


OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £79.99

Asus P8H61 Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £66.98

Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £54.98

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333LV4GK) £29.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £26.99

OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £21.98

LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Total : £311.41 (includes shipping : £11.25)



£297.91 w/ free delivery.


Haven't heard too much about these new CPUs so not sure how they compare to previous suggestions but I'm sure someone will know lol

Edit: Found a review

No good.

Theres no video outputs on the board and the PSU is not to be trusted.