UPDATE - Second Draft (08/12/08)
Intel Core 2 Duo, E7300, 2.66 GHz
£91.97
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3, iP43 MotherBoard
£82.12
Sapphire HD4830 512MB Graphics Card
£107.87
4GB Corsair (2x2GB) TwinX XMS2, DDR2 RAM
£36.39
520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU
£71.17
500 GB Western Digital SATA 300, 7200 rpm Hard Disk
£44.25
Coolermaster RC-331 Elite Black/Silver Midi Tower Case
£29.35
22" LG Widescreen, 1680x1050 Monitor
£177.89
Logitech 2.1 Speaker System
£13.67
Total: £672.09
First Draft:
I've just come up with this spec and wanted to know what people think? (I fully expect I've not picked very popular CPU & GPUs!) :
AMD Phenom X4 9500 Agena Core, AM2+, 2.2GHz, HT 3600MHz, 2MB (4x512KB) L2 Cache, 2MB L3 Cache, OEM £85.04
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4, AMD 790X, SAM2+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £74.14
512MB Gigabyte HD 3870, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), GDDR3, 320 Cores, 2xDual Link DVI-I/HDTV, HDCP Ready £99.35
4GB Corsair (2x2GB) TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 £37.54
500 GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £45.41
550w Corsair VX Series PSU, ATX, PS/2, 5 year Warranty - see specs £62.89
Coolermaster RC-331 Elite Black/Silver Midi Tower Case w/o PSU £29.35
22" LG L226WTQ , Black , Widescreen, 2 ms, DVI/VGA, 1680x1050, 3000:1 £177.89
Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System Black 17W RMS £13.67
Total £642.70