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Wepohn

Wepohn

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Hi, basically my cousin has asked me to build him a computer with the money he's made from delivering papers. (Budget of £400 he might get a little more for an early christmas present)

This will be his first PC but he mainly wants to just play games.

At first I was thinking of something along the lines of

Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.5GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail

Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)

I'm not sure whether or not going with LGA775 is a good choice or not and i'm also not sure which graphics card to get.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £375.00
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £67.46
Total : £452.96

do not buy LGA775 Intel stuff new now, its old tech.
 
Hi there and welcome to the forums :)

The P5Q deluxe is a good board, but buying a LGA775, Core 2 Quad, DDR2 system at the tail end of 2010 is not the best move.

For building a gaming machine - you will want to decide on a solid graphics card that is within budget and work from there.

You mention a £400 budget, what does this need to include. Obviously you will need the core system (case, PSU, dvd drive, HDD, motherboard, CPU, RAM, graphics card), is there anything here that can be reused? Will you also be needing other stuff included in the £400 budget like a Windows license, monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse etc.?
 
A little over, does he require windows?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £350.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £63.10
Total : £423.68
 
Hi, thanks. Lots of replies so quickly :D

cmndr_andi, He already has a monitor, mouse, keyboard and the OS.

Would it be better to go with an ATI card with this budget?

Thanks.
 
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