£400 spec

A2Z · 13 Oct 2010 at 18:43

Hi guys im trying to build a reasonable computer for work and maybe playing some games. My budget is £400.

Can you tell me if these two options look ok and are the parts compatible? or do you have any other completely new ideas! Thanks

OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 760 - 4GB DDR3 1600MHz - Intel H55 Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply

or

"Primo Ignition" Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz DDR3 System
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card (HDMI Edition)

Gantoris · 13 Oct 2010 at 20:28

Both sound ok, but for such a low budget i would consider going the AMD route.

95thrifles · 13 Oct 2010 at 23:29

You're going to struggle with any gaming using those cards, want to be looking at at least 57xx or even 768mb 460, I'd do you a spec but I'm at work n posting from phone, as Gantoris said though for low budget look at an athlon system
Maybe someone else will kindly spec you up, if not I'll have a look tomorrow when I get up after night shift

Gantoris · 14 Oct 2010 at 00:36

Yeh get an amd bundle and use the money saved on a better gfx card.

ChilledLJ · 14 Oct 2010 at 01:27

I have been looking at something in this sort of budget or maybe even a little lower and found with say a AMD Athlon 640 cpu instead of intel then you can get a 5770, 4GB ram, branded PSU etc for well under £400

jak731 · 14 Oct 2010 at 01:32

This processor and this motherboard could land you with a cheap quadcore (the cpu was £75 the other day here :eek:

).

95thrifles · 14 Oct 2010 at 07:30

Decided to spec you before I go bed, as no one else has, lol

If you can afford to go slightly over this would be awesome, alternatively change the gfx card to a 5770 to come in under budget

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.98 (£114.88)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.36 (£64.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £64.61 (£54.99)
MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.98 (£42.54)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply £36.99 (£31.48)
Seagate Barracuda LP 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500412AS) £29.99 (£25.52)
OcUK Athena Tower Case - Black £19.99 (£17.01)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98 (£11.05)
Total: £425.89