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Budget board needed

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I need a board for a budget upgrade for a friend,everything else is bought apart from the board.


Their specs when its built will be:

CPU: E2160 1.8ghz (hopefully i will OC to around 3ghz)
Board: TBD
GFX: Geforce 8800gts 320mb
Ram: 2x1gb Corsair 6400
Monitor: 19" CRT

I know its not a hugely powerful beast but it should enable them to play new games at reasonable settings,as they've spent the last 5 yrs playing games on hardware that's at least 4 gens behind the current.

Budget is low unfortunately about £60 ish and the only 2 boards ive found that look reasonable are both MSI :)

P43 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148024

or

P31 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-095-MS


To be honest i would have preferred to get them a P35 but seems they are now rather expensive and well out of budget :(

which of the 2 would u suggest is better ? or any alternatives within the price range.

thanks
 
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kyle2020

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hmm, have you tried ebay? got my P5K super cheap on their, only cost £60!
 

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