£300/$500 Best Bang

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Sup forum,

I've been asked to build a PC by a friend of mine and frankly was wondering if you would do the hard work for me. Just kidding, although I would like some assistance choosing components based on best price/performance, given a budget. 

  • £300/$500
  • UK
  • No need of Mouse/Keyboard
  • PC is for casual home use e.g. browsing the internet, playing HD movies. (No GPU)
  • Air cooling 
  • No OS

The idea is to build a reliable machine with the possibility of upgrading in 18-24 months. Other than that, have at it. 

Thank's!

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JjRD

That's what I'd do for the price point and intended use... I doubt they'll do much multithreading for general use so the i3 will be fine.... SSD will make it snappy... good quality parts throughout...

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2JkOA

AMD option.  The Intel build DrunkenPanda suggested is great if you have programs that work better with single threaded programs.