Spec me - Sub £400 PC, never to be used for games or OC

roakes · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:16

Hey all,

My mate is after a new PC (just the base unit, no screen etc.). He will never use it for gaming or OCing at all. Looking at sub £400 prices. Obviously needs to be as fast as possible for the price but at least 250gb hard drive.

Any ideas?

Thanks

roakes · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:39

Will need a case/dvdrw etc. too.

Put together a quick one myself, see what u think...

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT667D2) (MY-083-CS)
Asus M2NPV-MX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-149-AS)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)

Total 388.82 inc VAT

Plus a DVDRW

roakes · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:48

Sorry, yeah would prefer AM2 for at least a little future proofing

roakes · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:57

Just general use, web browsing, watching films etc. Nothing too CPU intensive but he's been given a budget of around £400 so may aswell use it