£500 budget

ktan49 · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:36

Can someone spec me up a £500 intel gaming rig, will be used to play most Source games and crysis.

Thanks :-)

Minato · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:45

what resolution you gaming at mate?

RJC · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:47

Unsure on what cpu to use, went with the E7400, Have you thought about AMD.

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 Glaciator+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £110.99
(£96.51) £110.99
(£96.51)

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £93.99
(£81.73) £93.99
(£81.73)

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £88.99
(£77.38) £88.99
(£77.38)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £71.98
(£62.59) £71.98
(£62.59)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)

Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £436.43 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £67.23 Total : £515.41

siumatfung · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:48

PURE GAMING!

ktan49 · 3 Jul 2009 at 22:52

that first set is brill, although i will swap the ati card for a 275gtx.

thanks a lot ;-)

PanchoVilla · 3 Jul 2009 at 23:54

siumatfung,

Good spec, I was set on the same except got advice to go with the phenom 550. No idea which cpu is better/cost effective.

When the e5000 is overclocked, is it better then the amd 550?

Am I right in assuming they both have dual cores?

siumatfung · 3 Jul 2009 at 23:58

the amd is a bit vague atm heard ppl getting it to 3.9ghz and unlocking cores but the e5200 is proven and tested that it is a great chip and for value

skippy2421 · 4 Jul 2009 at 00:10

My contribution, i know you said intel but the other two seem to of got in there first with about the best intel you are gonna get. Figured i'd put this for some comparison

ktan49 · 4 Jul 2009 at 02:38

Right I had a mess about and this is what I could come up with

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail -£149 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&tool=3

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card -£145
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-124-XF&tool=3

Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard -£98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-335-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1377

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply -£55
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-031-OC

Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU) -£67
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-175-CM&tool=3

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £62
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-151-OC&tool=5

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) -£36
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-130-WD&tool=3

LG GH22NS30 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM -£19
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

TOTAL = £629 (est)

I know it has gone above my £500 limit, but it seems like a good deal, can someone tell me if I got it right and that all parts are compatible.

thanks

RJC · 4 Jul 2009 at 08:45

You have chosen triple channel ram which which will work but you would only use 2 sticks for dual channel.
Change the HD to the Samsung F1.

BIGBC · 4 Jul 2009 at 11:33

ktan49 said:
TOTAL = £629 (est)

I know it has gone above my £500 limit, but it seems like a good deal, can someone tell me if I got it right and that all parts are compatible.

thanks

That £600 will push ur Intel spec further too =]

That board overclocks well and the CPU + cooler combination will work well =]

cmndr_andi · 4 Jul 2009 at 12:10

BIGBC said:
That £600 will push ur Intel spec further too =]

That board overclocks well and the CPU + cooler combination will work well =]

I agree that the megahalems cooler is brilliant - but for this kind of money you could go for a simple Arctic cooling freezer 7 and get a q6700. Also, that Nvidia board is not great - something like this P35 board clocks better and runs cooler. Also, the p35 support crossfire - so this card would perform similarly and save a few bob.

Alternatively- go with the spec skippy suggested and use this PSU and the above graphics card.

BIGBC · 4 Jul 2009 at 14:32

I really like this mobo, had no issues at all and its running cool even in this weather.
No harm in getting a better cooler than needed, will help overclock.
Surely the E7500 would be better for gaming than a Q6700, and duals are easier to overclock than quads anyway.