Spec me some potential builds budget less than £400

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For my dad, he is after a cheap pc excluding case.

From my basic spec I have managed to piece together what I would think of as a fairly decent attempt:

Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £89.99 inc VAT

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£79.99 inc VAT

Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply
£52.99 inc VAT

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£51.99 inc VAT

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-8500C5C)
£49.99 inc VAT

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS)
£34.99 inc VAT

Total: £371.45 incl VAT & Delivery

It's going to be connected to a 40" Samsung LCD TV, and will be used as a basic media pc to watch videos, music and browse the internet.

Please put a spec together for as far below £400 as possible whilst making it as close to bang for buck as possible at this price range. Any amendments would be would be greatly appreciated!!

spikey57
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £49.98
(£43.46) £49.98
(£43.46)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Asus GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 XTC 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Series (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Zalman CNPS9500A-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/LGA775) £12.98
(£11.29) £12.98
(£11.29)
Sub Total : £269.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £42.18
Total : £323.40

Change the hard drive accordingly, otherwise i couldn't fault it. Or if you wanted AMD...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P AMD 790X (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82.00
(£71.30) £82.00
(£71.30)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Asus GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (WD1600AAJS) £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Zalman CNPS9500A-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/LGA775) £12.98
(£11.29) £12.98
(£11.29)
Sub Total : £317.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £49.36
Total : £378.42

Might not even need a graphics card with that last one. I messed up the memory for the first one as well, but you can change that too :p
 
Wow...that was quicker than I thought...do you guys keep these things saved for situations like this?? :D

Thanks so much!!
 
I think this would be the best hybrid of them all really:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £52.99
(£46.08) £52.99
(£46.08)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Asus GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Coolermaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £13.98
(£12.16) £13.98
(£12.16)
Sub Total : £332.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.71
Total : £396.41
 
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