Spec me gaming machine £600

Murney

Murney

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Hi,

Can someone spec me the above please, AMD or Intel not fussed.
I know it's not the best of budget but I don't mind OCing it either.

TOWER only with NO OS.
 
cheaper ddr3 is out of stock at the mo so could wait for that to come back in to get under £600.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £147.99 (£128.69)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £91.99 (£79.99)

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £76.99 (£66.95)

Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply £67.99 (£59.12)

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3G16004GK) £56.98 (£49.55)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £45.99
(£39.99)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £44.99 (£39.12)

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £33.99 (£29.56)

Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99 (£16.51)

Sub Total : £509.48
Shipping : £12.50
VAT : £78.30
Total : £600.28
 
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I'd go with mp260767's spec, good PC for the money there.

BIGBC, you can't put an AM2+ CPU in an AM3 mobo, so either stick in the tri core in mp260767's spec or the more expensive quad mentioned above.
 
Could stretch another couple of quid for better psu, would I be able to add another gfx card at a later date with it ?

Also what are the CPU's like to OC ?
 
black edition means its an unlocked multiplier so it should be easy to overclock by changing the multiplier :)
 
If your going to do any serious OC'ing.

Id take BIGBC's spec, change the procesor to the AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition which is on special and saving a good £15, get a slightly stronger PSU (650W min I'd recommended for OC'ing these chips) and get a Sunbeam aftercooler which retail at about 30£. You'll be good to clock that chip to 3.6 to 3.7 with that mobo
 
pcAnywhere said:
Erm. Isn't that a AM2+ CPU in a AM3 mobo.

Swap CPU for:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

and pay an extra £10 quid or so
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Yep, missed that, I thought it was the 955 originally and not the 940.

Good job you've got sharp eyes. ;)
 
ro55o said:
BIGBC, you can't put an AM2+ CPU in an AM3 mobo, so either stick in the tri core in mp260767's spec or the more expensive quad mentioned above.
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Oh woops, thought they were backwards compatible.
Cheers for that, saved me making a pricey mistake lol.

EDIT: can you put an AM3 CPU in a AM2+ mobo ? or have i got things really mixed up here.
 
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looking over it I put the 940 in by mistake, 955 isnt much more.
Still didnt know about the AM2+/AM3 conflict.
 
BIGBC said:
Oh woops, thought they were backwards compatible.
Cheers for that, saved me making a pricey mistake lol.

EDIT: can you put an AM3 CPU in a AM2+ mobo ? or have i got things really mixed up here.
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yes the CPUs are backwards compatible with the mobo's not vice versa, AM3 has one less pin than AM2+ so the 3 CPU will go in the 2 slot, but a 2 CPU has too many pinds for a 3 slot
 
95thrifles said:
yes the CPUs are backwards compatible with the mobo's not vice versa, AM3 has one less pin than AM2+ so the 3 CPU will go in the 2 slot, but a 2 CPU has too many pinds for a 3 slot
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Oh right, cheers for clearing that up for me.
 
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