I need to build a low power system but it still needs to be fairly powerful, its not going to be overclocked. so far i have come up with 2 options....
1.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e AM2 Dual Core 2.5GHz, 512KB x 2 Cache, Retail
Asus M3N78-AM, NV GF 8200, S AM2+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/533/667, SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX, VGA
2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)
or
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Intel Pentium Dual-Core, E2200, Socket 775, Allendale Core, 2x2.20 GHz, 1MB Cache, Retail
Asus P5N73-AM, NF610i, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800(OC), SATA II, SATA RAID, uATX, VGA
2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)
both cost £130 with postage from scan