£500 budget gaming pc

brandooon · 6 May 2010 at 09:44

hi, new here, but wondering if someone could spec me a £500 gaming pc?

i already have the keyboard, mouse, monitor and OS..

don't mind if its intel or AMD but would like to see both

thanks

johnny sublime · 6 May 2010 at 09:51

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-259-OK&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

brandooon · 6 May 2010 at 14:11

i'm looking for a custom build sorry, not a pre built..

any other suggestions?

eddyc · 6 May 2010 at 14:18

Stolen one of CAT's suggestions from a previous thread:

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 545 3.00GHz ~ £70

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=6&subcat=1328

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo ~ £75

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=1481

This has a split 8+2 phase VRM with cooling.

4GB 1600MHZ low latency DDR3 ~ £80

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=8&subcat=1517

Corsair CX400W ~ £38

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-017-CS

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB ~ £45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-081-SA

SATA DVD rewriter ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=10&subcat=951

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=10&subcat=951

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 ~ £70

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...tid=56&subcat=

Total around £410

If you are overclocking then you will need an after-market cooler maybe a coolermaster tx3 or similar for the dual core.

Marine-RX179 · 6 May 2010 at 16:14

eddyc said:
Stolen one of CAT's suggestions from a previous thread:

4GB 1600MHZ low latency DDR3 ~ £80

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 ~ £70

The cheap rams are gone, and the XFX 4850 512M is back to £80. Would be better off getting the HIS 4850 1GB for the same price:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-007-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 6 May 2010 at 20:13