Budjet PC £500 (Build Advice)

Blewitt101

Blewitt101

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Hello
I am looking for some advice for components to build a PC with a budjet of £500 so i decided to come to the experts.

Here are some criteria that i want to build to fit:

Quiet running

Plays Games at high graffics setting and resolution (on 1440 x 900 or 1680x 1050)

Will last atleast 3 years

Is able to have graffics card upgrades in the future

(i do not really want to overclock)


I will be useing the PC for 3D moddeling and Hard core gaming.

Things i need: All components and Case, I am not to fused about the case so a cheap one will do. (i do not need a monitor)


If you need anymore info please just ask. Thank you for reading and i hope you can help me!! :)
 
at that resolution a 5770 is a little weak, so went for a 5830, i presume you have a copy of windows.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £163.99
(£139.57) £163.99
(£139.57)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Sub Total : £451.01
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 17.50% VAT : £80.98
Total : £543.74

The motherboard does crossfire so graphics u[grades will be as easy as buying a second card and poping it in
 
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5770 isn't that bad at 1680x 1050...

I've put a bit more emphasis on this being quiet:

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If you go with the 5830 that Stulid suggested, this: OCZ 500W ModXStream is really the cheapest PSU you should use as the Corsair CX400W only has 1 PCIE connector.
 
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5770 isnt strong enough at 1680X1050.

it was all in last months custom pc, as to which card to have at which resolution.
 
Redmint said:
Difficult to fit a £164 card in a £500 budget for a 'quiet' PC though.
Click to expand...

I did it, with a crossfire capable motherboard too, none of this M-ATX rubbish.

the psu is quiet and the case is cool and quiet, just the stock amd cooler is a bit load sometimes, a few weeks later buy a cooler, no biggie
 
stulid said:
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99

The motherboard does crossfire so graphics upgrades will be as easy as buying a second card and poping it in
Click to expand...

No, you didn't. The PSU doesn't have enough connectors for one 5830, let alone 2.
 
Would you really run crossfire 5830s using 3 molex adaptors? I wouldn't risk that in my system.

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