Spec me a PC for £350

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Hi All,

My brother wants me to build him a PC, and I've been out the game for a while - so I don't really know what is decent anymore and I'm feeling a little confused by the amount of choice I have...

He has £350 to spend - he likes to play games so a decentish graphics card is a must.

He already has a case, a monitor, and a DVD drive so just needs a PSU, Mobo, CPU, Memory and graphics card.

I would appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance. :)

Woody.

EDIT - needs and OS and hard drive also... am I expecting too much for the budget? :|
 
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Corsair TX 650W £70
5850 Extreme (buy em while they last!) £100
Kingston HyperX 4GB RAM £30
880GM-UD2H £70
Phenom II X4 840 £78

£348, a badass graphics card, powerful CPU and a sturdy motherboard, together with a very reliable PSU. Can't do better than that.
 
wudsta said:
Hi All,
EDIT - needs and OS and hard drive also... am I expecting too much for the budget? :|
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You're about £100 short for a OS and hard drive, to get a gaming system.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply £50.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
Total : £350.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).




with OS and hard drive


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply £50.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
Total : £452.92 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
He's right. If you're a student, or your brother is, you can obtain a student license for Windows 7 very cheaply- possibly even free, depending on MSDNAA agreements with where you study. If not, Windows 7 and a hard drive together is going to set you back a minimum of £100.

With that in mind, you're better off going second hand as paradigm says- you might be able to get a socket 775 system with a Core 2 Quad, a 4850 or 8800GT, hard drive and Windows within your price range, but it's gonna be a pinch.
 
its £25 over, but it was the best i could do while including an OS:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £40.99
1 x MSI GF615M-P33 GeForce 6150SE (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £29.99
Total : £377.93 (includes shipping : £10.50).


graphics card is on a today only deal

annoyingly, if you get the 25 or so more posts you need to get free postage, the today only deal will probably have finished :(
 
Is the more expensive rig worth the extra in terms of performance? I ordered the card, seen as though its only on offer today - just need to decide whether its worth my bro saving an extra £100 for the extra power.
 
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