Comparing with Newegg prices (since I have no idea what stores are good in the UK):

• AMD Athlon II X2 250 $62
  
• PowerColor Go! Green AX5450 1GBK3-SH Radeon HD 5450 1GB Low Profile $35
  
• Pareema 4GB DDR3 1333 $20
  
• Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $55
  
• ASRock A770DE+ AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard $54
  
• SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA $17
  
• Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter $10
  

Have no idea about the case + PSU, but without it, that's US$253 ≈ 164GBP.  Value not bad, especially if UK prices are higher and considering that this is pre-assembled.  Note that they don't supply info on various things - it would suck if the 1TB HDD was a Green drive for example.

But compare:

• AMD A6-3650 Llano Quad Core 2.6GHz HD6530D graphics $120
  
• G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 $40
  
• Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $55
  
• ASRock A55M-HVS FM1 AMD A55 $59
  
• SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA $17
  
• Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter $10
  

Total US$301 ≈ 195GBP
Double RAM, quad core CPU, slightly better graphics for +US$50.
I believe the onboard graphics teams up with a dedicated card so if you want better gaming performance, you can slot in a video card for a boost.

(This post was last modified: 04/10/2011 06:26 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)