£350 on a base unit

Jonners · 23 Jan 2011 at 17:59

The time has come to ditch my trusty prebuilt HP pc and move back in to the game of building my own pc's.

I have £350 to spend on a base unit.

How would you guys spend that much?

Thanks for your help

stulid · 23 Jan 2011 at 18:04

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.59
(£82.99) £99.59
(£82.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £289.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £59.97
Total : £359.84

but try and afford a GTX460

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11 £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £306.87
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 : £63.47
Total : £380.84

Jonners · 23 Jan 2011 at 18:54

Is the NV 460 better than the ATi equivalent?

Thanks so far

Greavesy · 23 Jan 2011 at 18:57

I would say so yes, but its not better than the 5850 which is 130 pounds.
What will you be using the system for? do you need an OS etc?
Have you got an old system if so what can you take across? ( optica/hard drives)

Jonners · 23 Jan 2011 at 18:59

I dont have a thing to carry over from my old system. OS would have to be an extra.

I just have £350 to spend on hardware

Greavesy · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:01

Whats it going to be used for? a little bit of everything?

stulid · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:07

well with £350 to spend on hardware, you won't beat the first spec, so add a OS and your done.

Greavesy · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:09

If op doesnt intend to game on the pc initially i would say to get a quad core now and when/if he wants to game to get a GPU later, Games like CoD are now putting athlon tri cores as the minimum spec arent they?

stulid · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:10

Jonners · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:16

Yes it'll be used for everything.

Greavesy · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:17

Phenom X3 8750 thats what the system requirement is for black ops, i know the athlon 3 is better but if CoD requires a tripple core i would say spend more to get athlon quad core.

stulid · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:19

Jaymond said:
Yes it'll be used for everything.

there you go then.