Help with spec please

[Cambofrog]

Hi guys, I'm to wanting spec a new tower build with a maximum £500 budget.

Components required:
Case
Mobo
CPU (pref i5)
RAM (8 gig)
PSU
Graphics card
HDD (1 TB)
DVDRW

The PC is for general use. I don't game mutch, but some light gaming would be nice.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I wont be overclocking.

 

[swiftmetal]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £59.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x MSI HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2PV Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ONE Midi Tower Case - Black £31.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £482.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Not 100% sure of the ram but this should be an ok spec to do "light" gaming and I did incorperate a haswell i5 cpu but it is the low end but your budget is tight.

Good Luck

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is what i'd do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £101.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £55.99
1 x MSI B85M-P33 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £490.93 (includes shipping : FREE).



Small mATX case.

Modular PSU (yes it is powerful enough. )

GTX 650ti (a lot better than the 6670)

Under budget (you get free postge)

 

[Cambofrog]

Thanks for the replies guys, I really appreciate it.

I am going to put Doomedspeed spec into my basket for now. I like the savings on the other components in favour of the better GPU and the style of case is more to my preference.

I'm not going to checkout just yet, so any further suggestions are welcome.

Any suggestions on how I could spend that extra £10?

P.S. This will be my first purchase from OcUk, should I be worried?

Thanks again.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Thanks for the replies guys, I really appreciate it.

I am going to put Doomedspeed spec into my basket for now. I like the savings on the other components in favour of the better GPU and the style of case is more to my preference.

Thats good.

the only thing Im not sure on the case, not heard much about it, looks pretty basic and should be fine though it may need some more fans. COnsidering its a lot cheaper than most of the other mATX cases it's well worth a try as it may be a bargain.

Any suggestions on how I could spend that extra £10?

P.S. This will be my first purchase from OcUk, should I be worried?

Thanks again.

Fans:

YOUR BASKET
2 x BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £11.98 (includes shipping : FREE).



Yes you should be worried, they are addictive, they will take all your money and in return give you boxes of strange electronically goods.. Creepy stuff!

 

[Cambofrog]

Thanks again Doomedspeed, I think I will take a chance on the case you specced, plus the extra fans.

I was looking at a bitfenix case I liked earlier but it was full atx, bottom mounted PSU, 1 single 120mm fan as standard and £33, plus no mesh front to show off my led fans.. It had more USB ports but I doubt I will need more than 2.

I've got your original spec in my basket now, plus the fans.

Thanks again.