1st build help

[jay0906]

Hi first of all I’d like to introduce myself, most people call me Jay  I’m 17 from London. I’ve recently been reading up on building your own pc and I find the idea quite interesting. I’m still a beginner but I wish to go for my 1st build but the budget is really tight since its from my own savings I’ve got a £400 budget. The main use for this pc will be for gaming – I know it’s not enough for a high spec gaming pc but I’m hoping I’d be able to build a medium spec gaming pc.

I do not require a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard or operating system. I just need the tower with all the hardware and fans etc ready for use and possible over clocking.

Im not too fused whether it be AMD or Intel, Nvidia or ATi. The main thing I for me I guess is the GPU. And with this budget itd be helpful if everything is the best bang for buck

Thanks for your time in advance Jay .

 

[Redmint]

Hi Jay, welcome to the forums. Out of the components currently in stock on OCuk, I would suggest the following for a budget gaming PC:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £33.70
(£28.08) £33.70
(£28.08)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)

Sub Total : £333.83
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 20.00% VAT : £69.12
Total : £414.70

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied Assasins Creed Game*** £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI H55M-ED55 H55 Express Chipset (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
(£56.66) £67.99
(£56.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.73
(£5.61) £6.73
(£5.61)
Sub Total : £382.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £78.30
Total : £469.82

if you can you push for another £70 then this will do you for everything, same set up as me and i can play all the games out there on max setting.

OR

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied Assasins Creed Game*** £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.98
(£98.32) £117.98
(£98.32)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £79.64
(£66.37) £79.64
(£66.37)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.73
(£5.61) £6.73
(£5.61)
Sub Total : £365.06
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £74.91
Total : £449.47

ops i forgot about that you need a case and psu..

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £37.97
(£31.64) £37.97
(£31.64)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £344.35
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 20.00% VAT : £70.97
Total : £425.82

 

[Redmint]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)

Ahh nice, didn't realise that card was back on pre-order at the lower price. If you don't mind waiting a bit for the case+psu combo and that graphics card to be in stock then Stulid's build is also what I'd suggest.

 

[jay0906]

Just had a quick google session over stulid's suggestion seems all good, and no im in no rush just felt like its time to try out my 1st build. The only problem i see is the VAT 20% is abit harsh :/

But thank you guys for the help

 

[stulid]

I would like to alter the above spec too, so the only thing to wait for is friday when the 5850 arrive in stock, also Wednesday the special offers are updated.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £37.97
(£31.64) £37.97
(£31.64)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £352.39
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 20.00% VAT : £72.83
Total : £436.97

 

[jay0906]

Thanks for the help, well im in no rush so ideas are still welcome. Also I read somewhere on the forum theres a code to avoid VAT I think just wondering if thats still working or any other ways to lower it?

 

[Throrik]

Thanks for the help, well im in no rush so ideas are still welcome. Also I read somewhere on the forum theres a code to avoid VAT I think just wondering if thats still working or any other ways to lower it?

That promotion has ended unfortunately, as much as we would all love not to have to pay 20% VAT here.