Spec me a machine for around £350

[montana]

Hi

My mum is looking for a new PC for christmas. Doesnt use it for games so GFX card not too important but would like it to be as fast as possible. £300-350.

Any help would be great

Thanks
Andy

 

[stulid]

just a base unit? need a copy of windows?

 

[stulid]

Hows this? if you dont need a OS.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.74
(£9.99) £11.74
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £247.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £45.07
Total : £302.6

 

[RJC]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual-Channel (CMX4GX3M2A1333C8) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.98
(£27.22) £31.98
(£27.22)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.74
(£9.99) £11.74
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £216.53
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £39.64
Total : £266.17

 

[stulid]

If you need a OS.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
MSI 740GM-P25 AMD 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £34.99
(£29.78) £34.99
(£29.78)
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.74
(£9.99) £11.74
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £294.68
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £53.41
Total : £358.59

 

[montana]

Thanks Guys

No Dont need on OS.

Thanks
Andy

 

[montana]

could do with an average graphics card though for around £50?

 

[Randomface74]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-270-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

 

[montana]

stulid i bought your spec and it arrived today. however the RAM doesnt seem to fit the motherboard?!?!

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
MSI 740GM-P25 AMD 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £34.99
(£29.78) £34.99

Any idea why? Or what i can do now?

Thanks
Andy

 

[RJC]

In which respect, the board and memory are both DDR 3 and will (should) fit together.

 

[Randomface74]

There's a notch in the middle of the ram, make sure it matches the slot (it's not in the middle).

 

[montana]

The motherboard i recieved seems to say DDR2 on it...

The slots dont match up on the RAM!

 

[Randomface74]

square peg in a round hole - gutted. You'll have to send the mobo back, sounds like the description lied.

 

[RJC]

Could you possibly write down the full model number so we can check ocuk and MSI.

 

[stulid]

should be this motherboard - http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&prod_no=2051

Its definitely DDR3

 

[montana]

I ordered:
MSI 740GM-P25 AMD 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

I recieved:
MSI 740GTM-P25 AMD 740 (Socket AM3)

 

[stulid]

I ordered:
MSI 740GM-P25 AMD 740G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

I recieved:
MSI 740GTM-P25 AMD 740 (Socket AM3)

send it back, you have been given this? - http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=&prod_no=1851

Infact phone them explaining their monkeys in the warehouse have failed big time, and that you dont want to pay to send it back, and that you want the correct item before xmas, hopefully the courier will do the exchange of item.

 

[montana]

Yeah looks like it. Useless! I will have to get a refund and buy one locally since its for a christmas present.

Last time i use OCUK, this isnt the first time they have messed up.