£500 PC Build budget, help please

[NokkonWud]

I have £500 for a new PC build, I'm completely out of touch with what the parts are, what goes with what etc.. It's been a while, lets just say.

In the budget I need:
CPU, Memory, Motherboard, GPU and PSU.

Ideally it would be 4gb RAM or possibly even more if it stretches into the budget, but it really needs to be a 4gb minimum. I don't expect miracles, but a graphics card capable of running PC games released this year would be nice too, I have a 7800GTX and it's pretty much useless for anything in the last couple of years.

Thank you.

 

[Sycho]

This would be very good or an i5 build with same card/psu.

 

[stulid]

This would be very good or an i5 build with same card/psu.

this is as good as it gets.

one thing I would change us the psu to a Antec new truepower 550w, its made by seasonic, and its bigger 650w version is a award winner.

 

[Sycho]

Yeah that Antec psu is extremely good and should still handle crossfire 5770s easily in the future if you wish to get.

 

[adrichardson81]

Or maybe a 650w Corsair. I'd also chuck in a Samsung F3. If you've got an older hdd, you really won't believe the difference.

Alternatively, an Intel build:

 

[stulid]

the corsair is over priced!

not modular.

 

[NokkonWud]

What is the performance difference between an Intel i5 and the AMD Phenom II? Is there anything in it, is one more suited to something more than the other?

Thank you to those that have helped so far, very kind of you to do so.

 

[stulid]

the i5 750 is a little faster.

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=109

that gigabyte board is no good for crossfire if you ever wanted it.

www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...rboard&ProductID=3311&ProductName=GA-P55-USB3

it only runs the second slot at 4X speed.

 

[Fallen god]

I would go with the amd build just incase u want to xfire, also changed the psu as recommend above.

 

[Raikiri]

This has 8GB of ram and everything is in stock, however if games are more important I would drop to 4GB and get a 5830 (5850 preferably, but prices have gone a bit silly).

 

[Marine-RX179]

This has 8GB of ram and everything is in stock, however if games are more important I would drop to 4GB and get a 5830 (5850 preferably, but prices have gone a bit silly).

No. Sycho's build is better because that motherboard can Crossfire at 8x/8x, also for just gaming, it doesn't require more than 4GB ram. Getting another 4GB of ram would just be a waste of money with no performance gain.

 

[Raikiri]

No. Sycho's build is better because that motherboard can Crossfire at 8x/8x, also for just gaming, it doesn't require more than 4GB ram. Getting another 4GB of ram would just be a waste of money with no performance gain.

Ideally it would be 4gb RAM or possibly even more if it stretches into the budget, but it really needs to be a 4gb minimum. I don't expect miracles, but a graphics card capable of running PC games released this year would be nice too, I have a 7800GTX and it's pretty much useless for anything in the last couple of years.

Thank you.

Who says it's just for gaming? I really wish people would read things.

 

[Vogon]

Drop the geil, I had issues with it on a similar system despite it being fine in memtest. Pay a few quid extra and go for the gskill:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517


Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.98

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £125.98

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL) £99.99

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply

£501.94

 

[Marine-RX179]

Who says it's just for gaming? I really wish people would read things.

Only people such as the ones that do heavy editing works with large files (Graphic and Audio editing etc) would require that much ram, and the OP haven't mention anything about require doing that kind of specialist/technical works on it. Try looking around the forum, and you find that almost everyone with reasonable knowledge would say 4GB is more than enough for gaming and general usuage. The OP is asked for more ram if possible yes, but he doesn't know he does not need more than 4GB of ram.

 

[stulid]

sychos build is the one to buy.

but with the Antec psu.

4gb of ram is plenty.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Drop the geil, I had issues with it on a similar system despite it being fine in memtest. Pay a few quid extra and go for the gskill:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

That is the C9 version...the C8 version is for the same price:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-042-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

 

[Raikiri]

Only people such as the ones that do heavy editing works with large files (Graphic and Audio editing etc) would require that much ram, and the OP haven't mention anything about require doing that kind of specialist/technical works on it. Try looking around the forum, and you find that almost everyone with reasonable knowledge would say 4GB is more than enough for gaming and general usuage. The OP is asked for more ram if possible yes, but he doesn't know he does not need more than 4GB of ram.

Such as graphic design and rendering?

http://nokkonwud.deviantart.com/art/Boro-2105-28278918

 

[Vogon]

That is the C9 version...the C8 version is for the same price:

Yep, but the C9 is what Gskill state as most compatible for AMD systems on their webby

 

[stulid]

amd cpus memory controllers love low timings.

 

[NokkonWud]

Big thank you to all involved in this thread, your advice was all taken on board and the parts were purchased as per your recommendations.