New PC for £500? suggestions?

Mikey P · 21 Oct 2009 at 13:29

Hi Guys,

I'm after a whole new computer pretty much replace my old one which is well over due, so old I can play Crysis on low! or Bf2 on medium etc

I'm after parts in a total cost of £500 and hopefully it'll last for a good 3 or 4 years. Quad Core is sounding good for starters. Anyone got any thoughts? Once Royal Mail has had it's strike i'll be looking at buying. Does the new year effect prices on latest Graphics cards?

Cheers

asoxedri · 21 Oct 2009 at 13:32

Mikey P said:
Does the new year effect prices on latest Graphics cards?

Cheers

i would probably say it will. yes.

what parts do you exactly need?

Screen?
Operating system?
or just all base?
mouse & keyboard?

Mikey P · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:14

Sorry been busy to get on here.

Basically everything again as my old one is just about alive. New motherboard, ram, graphic's, case, HDD etc etc

Kennysevenfold · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:33

Mikey P said:
Sorry been busy to get on here.

Basically everything again as my old one is just about alive. New motherboard, ram, graphic's, case, HDD etc etc

Monitor?
Os?

laffs83 · 26 Oct 2009 at 19:31

I would say get an SSD to run your OS and other important bits from. I recently bought one and worth every penny.

bigsharn · 26 Oct 2009 at 20:31

You can build a good i5 rig for £500

i5 750
Gigabyte P55M UD2
HD5770
Samsung F3 1Tb
Corsair VX450
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) i5 Kit
Antec 300
comes to around £450

Nutbusta · 26 Oct 2009 at 21:28

laffs83 said:
I would say get an SSD to run your OS and other important bits from. I recently bought one and worth every penny.

On a budget of £500 for a complete gaming system?

Disregard ^^^

laffs83 · 27 Oct 2009 at 07:10

ok you might need to increase budget slightly

Mikey P · 27 Nov 2009 at 23:54

Hi all,

Sorry not been on for awhile, looking to buy in new year.

Is it worth waiting to see what Nvidia release before i buy the graphic's card?

Mikey P · 27 Nov 2009 at 23:58

Kennysevenfold said:
Monitor?
Os?

Hiya,

Still got both.

Stupot_ · 28 Nov 2009 at 00:31

bigsharn said:
You can build a good i5 rig for £500

i5 750
Gigabyte P55M UD2
HD5770
Samsung F3 1Tb
Corsair VX450
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) i5 Kit
Antec 300
comes to around £450

err. how?! more like £600

but if the OP can stretch to 6-700 ish then you're into the realms of i5 which is really worth saving for.

TheTard · 28 Nov 2009 at 01:45

Mikey P said:
Hi all,

Sorry not been on for awhile, looking to buy in new year.

Is it worth waiting to see what Nvidia release before i buy the graphic's card?

You could wait, but i dont think they will release anything that is spectacular, i'd just go for something like a 5850, great card, low price. but postpone the build til you have lots of money to get a decent i5 build or something

widdyst · 28 Nov 2009 at 09:06

Absolutely no point in doing a spec me thread now when you dont want to buy until the new year !