Could someone spec me a £550 PC?

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Hello, After much consideration, it looks to me that Pre-Built systems are a tad overpriced, So i was just going to bite the bullet and build one, with a friends help!

So i was hoping someone could Spec me a £550 PC? It needs to include the OS too please, Thanks.

I gave it a go myself, but i think i totally failed haha.

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 XXX Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £135.11
(£114.99) £135.11
(£114.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
(£68.99) £81.06
(£68.99)
Corsair Value Select 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C4 667MHz Dual Channel Kit £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £489.13
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 : £87.65
Total : £588.53

I'm sure someone could come up with a better one than that hehe, Thanks! :)
 
your ram won't work with the motherboard, GTX460 makes a 5770 a bad buy.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5
PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.98
(£122.54)
£143.98
(£122.54)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3)
DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03)
£86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel
(OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99)
£86.94
(£73.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99)
£82.24
(£69.99)
Be Quiet! Straight Power E7 600W Power
Supply £56.99
(£48.50)
£56.99
(£48.50)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II
16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52)
£29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97)
£26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA
ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91)
£13.99
(£11.91)
Sub
Total : £449.45
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 : £80.71
Total : £541.91

not included a copy of windows.
 
He needs an OS on top of that Stulid.


By the way, what are you going to be doing with it? (Sorry if I missed this in your post)

You might be able to save a lot of money if you don't need a dedicated GFX card.
 
made a few little alterations, now only £6 more than the op spec, and with windows

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5
PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.98
(£122.54)
£143.98
(£122.54)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99)
£82.24
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit -
OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
(£68.99)
£81.06
(£68.99)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket
AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82)
£74.99
(£63.82)
Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9
1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) £70.49
(£59.99)
£70.49
(£59.99)
Be Quiet! Straight Power E7 600W Power
Supply £56.99
(£48.50)
£56.99
(£48.50)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II
16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52)
£29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97)
£26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA
ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91)
£13.99
(£11.91)
Sub
Total : £494.23
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 : £88.55
Total : £594.53
 
Stulid's Build looks perfect for your price range. If you are planning on overclocking you will need to buy a CPU cooler, if not then the stock cooler would be fine.
 
£550 pound is a great deal of money . . he deserves better than a £27 pound old-hat non-thermally advantaged chassis? :confused:

More Watts? . . more Watts for what exactly? . . . stop scimping and give the guy a nice modular PSU! . . . your so fired! :p
 
/rollseyes

1. Read

2. Leave

3. ???

4. Profit

Although, either of the PSUs suggested are fine, tbh I'd recommend modular in a budget case just due to lack of space.
 
Redmint said:
Oh dear?
Click to expand...
Back to 2006? :p

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more watts for a future gpu upgrade, you can't predict the future, psu with more watts will last longer.
 
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