Spec me a Budget PC

helooooo

helooooo

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Hello All,
Looking to get a budget PC for a family member who wants to play games.

The Budget £300

Best Graphics Card, CPU and RAM we can for this price. Tower Only nothing else needed.

Thanks to anyone that will/can spend the time to spec me one :)
 
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Kabaala said:
Welcome to the forum Helooooo :)
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Thank you :)

Tetras, any PC Games mate, oviously a £300 rig will struggle with some but we are going for the best we can on this budget.

Thanks for responding both, quick replies ;)
 
Oki doki, best I can do:

Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard
£35.95
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2 (MY-082-CS)
£64.99
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX)
£49.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£28.95
OcUK GeForce 7300 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£49.95
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.50
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£32.00
Subtotal £272.33
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £49.40
Total £331.68

Suggestions: AM2 instead of 939 as the memory is cheaper and you'd have more future upgrade options, though the Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 does have an AM2 daughterboard available, somewhere on this planet, apparently.

Upping the graphics to a 7600 GT would be nice, tho those 7300 GT DDR3s are rather nippy for their budget prices. On 939 the 3700+/4000+ San Diego cores are nice prices for what they are and the 4000+s in particular are clocking really well at the moment ;)
 
Slightly over budget here however it isnt too bad spec and will run most games, although its crying out for 1GB RAM.

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
OcUK Value 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-005-OK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-051-SE)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1600 XT ICEQ Turbo 256MB DDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1600XT-256ICEQT) (GX-051-HT)
NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE)

Total (Inc VAT) £332.26

Edit: Tetras spec is better :p
 
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Tetras said:
Oki doki, best I can do:

Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 (Socket 939 & Upgradable to AM2) AGP & PCI-Express Motherboard
£35.95
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2 (MY-082-CS)
£64.99
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX)
£49.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST3808110AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£28.95
OcUK GeForce 7300 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£49.95
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.50
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
£32.00
Subtotal £272.33
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £9.95
VAT £49.40
Total £331.68

Suggestions: AM2 instead of 939 as the memory is cheaper and you'd have more future upgrade options, though the Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 does have an AM2 daughterboard available, somewhere on this planet, apparently.

Upping the graphics to a 7600 GT would be nice, tho those 7300 GT DDR3s are rather nippy for their budget prices. On 939 the 3700+/4000+ San Diego cores are nice prices for what they are and the 4000+s in particular are clocking really well at the moment ;)
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Good spec, thanks. A little over and will that PSU be ok?
 
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