Which of these budget PC's

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Sisters PC is messing up, and is getting on a bit anyway so time for a new one.
So mainly for internet, MS office, music, and watching videos.

Have a monitor, OS.

I've come up with the following. Ram, HDD, DVD will be the same on both so need to list those-

Asus Vintage V3-M2V890 Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2) £52.99 (£62.26)
OEM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £20.99 (£24.66)
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £4.99 (£5.86)

£92

OR
Asus Vintage V3-P5945GC Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775) 55.99 (£65.79)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £37.99 (£44.64)

£110

OR any other recommendations.
 
Ok it seems the AMD version of the barebones doesn't have sataII. Only sata150.

thats making me sway towars the Intel. but then the intel barebones only has a 250W power supply which makes me wonder if it will hack even a basic graphics card or other PCI cards in the near future if need be.

Are there any alternatives of a mobo and case combo at around the £65-70 mark?

I've found a coolermaster case with a 460W PSU for £45. And i know there are motherboards that start at £25. So any ideas?
 
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