Spec Check (please!), £300 non-gaming

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Check Speck Please!

Hello,

A friend of mine is looking at buying a PC on a tight budget (£300), he’ not going to game but may do in the future (hence the 500w PSU), the PC will be used for Music/Video editing and general PC usage (internet etc.). I’ve put an initial spec below, anyone have any suggestions to make it better given the price and usage? (he already has a DVD drive and software)

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Product Name
Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

£81.99
(£69.78) £81.99
(£69.78)
Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR2 microATX Motherboard

£60.99
(£51.91) £60.99
(£51.91)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply

£54.99
(£46.80) £54.99
(£46.80)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

£40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-6400CL5 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2/2G)

£37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - All Black

£30.64
(£26.08) £30.64
(£26.08)

(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25

Total : £320.81




Cheers

 

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The components list looks fine IMHO.

The X2 550BE would be a better bet for games which only use two cores but applications which use more than two cores such as video editing the X4 620 is the best choice in its price range.