Best build for £500?

[Silenced]

Whoah whoah, Kenny's is a DDR2 Motherboard with DDR3 RAM, watch it

Ooo, thanks for pointing that out.

Also, Kenny, my friend really wants quad core. Are there any cheap mobo's that can support Phenom II x4?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

This.?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £169.99
(£147.82) £169.99
(£147.82)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) £51.74
(£44.99) £51.74
(£44.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £21.84
(£18.99) £21.84
(£18.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £447.18 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £68.95 Total : £516.03

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Or the intel version...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM + FarCry 2 Bundle £139.99
(£121.73) £139.99
(£121.73)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)

Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £33.99
(£29.56) £33.99
(£29.56)

Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £21.84
(£18.99) £21.84
(£18.99)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £19.54
(£16.99) £19.54
(£16.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £430.91 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £66.51 Total : £496.42

 

[widdyst]

How about a nice quad core

 

[widdyst]

lol Kenny I did almost exactly the same at the same time

 

[mjones1]

SNIP

This looks like a very good bang for buck system for the intel route.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

This looks like a very good bang for buck system for the intel route.

But for £20 less i have the better cpu cooler and graphics card

 

[mjones1]

But a lot of people would rather go intel + the case is way better.

 

[Silenced]

So many different things, and on a laptop screen, really hard to see them all, I'll be able to make a choice soon, when I'm on my original PC. Oh wait, I could just plug in my screen into my laptop and my wireless mouse and keyboard. Sounds like a plan!

 

[Kennysevenfold]

But a lot of people would rather go intel + the case is way better.

and mine was intel and the case is simply a matter of preference

 

[widdyst]

I think the better graphics card statment is arguable

 

[mjones1]

*Backs Down*

 

[Silenced]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM + FarCry 2 Bundle System

I'm liking the look of this, and I'm sure my friend will too, I think this is will probably be the best for him. Although he wanted AMD, I have no clue why though, nothing wrong with Intel

 

[Cristian]

but I'd still pick the 4850 instead of the gtx 250

 

[Silenced]

but I'd still pick the 4850 instead of the gtx 250

Ok, I'll tell my friend to swap them. He should be able to buy it soon as he is selling his iPod Touch for more money soon.