£300 to build new pc.

[ChosterF]

I was just wondering, would it be possible to get a mediocre gaming pc (maybe runs diablo 3/starcraft 2 on low smoothly, or League of Legends on high) for £300-350?

I already have a spare CPU and PSU so that shaves about £60 off the total price.

I was thinking the prices would be along the lines of:
nvidia 440gt (£60)
motherboard (£60)
4gb ram (£40)
Case (£40)
500GB Hard drive (£50)
Optical drive (£30)
+
AMD Athlon 64 2.8Ghz dual core
Storm 600W, 24A along 12v rail
(anything else im missing except thermal paste?)

I'm aware that the CPU is AM2, but are there any AM3 backward compatible boards? or do i have to buy a new CPU entirely?

If possible, can someone give any recommended models for any of the listed objects (preferably from scan.co.uk)

Thanks in advance.

 

[mercer95]

i would ditch the cpu, that means you can use DDR3 that is cheaper, i will have a look and try and put a good build together for £300.

 

[Robi_g]

4GB for £40 is way overpriced, you could get 8Gb for that
as is the optical drive, you should be looking at £12
600W looks like too much for this build, 500 is a nice ammount
ebuyer and novatech are where I buy from

 

[mercer95]

i was about to say the same thing but i hear DDR2 costs more.

 

[mercer95]

 

[mercer95]

not a 100% that it is all compatable and you should be able to get a couple of things cheaper if you look around.

 

[13thmonkey]

Am2 can be used on an am3 board. don't ditch the cpu, ddr2 on its own will cost less than ddr3 + a cpu (as you already have the cpu) /

 

[mercer95]

im sorry but you are wrong, AM2 cpu's have only ddr2 memory controllers, the AM3 socket boards use ddr3.

 

[13thmonkey]

OK, I thought the whole point of the AM sockets was that they were compatible, except when they aren't I suppose, was aware of the wattage issues, obvious not the IMC issues. Can't the amd IMC's work DDR2 and DDR3?

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey