£450-600 Spec

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Hi

My brother wants to buy a computer, hes got up to 450-600.

What he needs:

  • Monitor
  • Motherboard
  • Graphics
  • Hard Drive
  • Memory
  • Case / PSU
  • DVD Writer Drive
  • Processor

He wants it for games..

What do you guys recommend? Thanks
 
CPU: Intel Conroe E4300 - £112
Mobo: Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 - £83
Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2x512MB 5300C3 - £105
GPU: Connect3D X1950 pro 256mb - £120
Monitor: OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" - £130
HD: 250Gb SATA (plenty of choice) - £50
Case: personal choice - £50
DVD-RW: (plenty of choice) £20
PSU: Tagan 420w - £53

Total: £723.

Little over budget, but that lot should last him a while ;)
 
What about this?

Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
Arctic Cooling T1 Pro Case (500W PSU)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail

£599.17 inc VAT

+ DVD Rom of choice
 
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I tried to spec a system for him too, gone over budget. I think it's quite hard to spec a gaming system for the required budget. Could get it nearer to £650 by getting a £30 Asus case and basic motherboard like a Asrock but its not going to clock as good as a higher priced board like a Gigabyte one for example!
 
mishima said:
I tried to spec a system for him too, gone over budget. I think it's quite hard to spec a gaming system for the required budget. Could get it nearer to £650 by getting a £30 Asus case and basic motherboard like a Asrock but its not going to clock as good as a higher priced board like a Gigabyte one for example!
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An ASRock would be able to read 2.5-6ghz though?
 
mishima said:
I tried to spec a system for him too, gone over budget. I think it's quite hard to spec a gaming system for the required budget. Could get it nearer to £650 by getting a £30 Asus case and basic motherboard like a Asrock but its not going to clock as good as a higher priced board like a Gigabyte one for example!
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Yea, thinking that myself.

Could knock about £50 off the spec I gave with having a case and psu combo.
 
Syk3 said:
What about this?

Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
Arctic Cooling T1 Pro Case (500W PSU)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail

£599.17 inc VAT

+ DVD Rom of choice
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Very close to what I was going to post. Has anyone tried out the Arctic Cooling case, I'm quite interested in that one.
 
bliss000 said:
Very close to what I was going to post. Has anyone tried out the Arctic Cooling case, I'm quite interested in that one.
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They are quite good. They come with a 500W PSU which is also good.

Ive heard they are decent for the price.
 
BloodWolf said:
My brother wants to buy a computer, hes got up to 450-600.
He wants it for games..
What do you guys recommend?
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An overdraft :p

Seriously though, for £600 you will need to cut some corners. Best I can do is this (choose a cpu cooler for £15):

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) £107.99
(£126.89) £107.99
(£126.89)
Abit KN9 nForce Ultra (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit KN9 nForce Ultra (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99
(£51.69) £43.99
(£51.69)
Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
OcUK Value Hanns-G HU196D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black OcUK Value Hanns-G HU196D 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £105.99
(£124.54) £105.99
(£124.54)
Maxtor Diamondmax 21 250GB STM3250820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Maxtor Diamondmax 21 250GB STM3250820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Sub Total : £484.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £87.13
Total : £585.00
 
Syk3 said:
They are quite good. They come with a 500W PSU which is also good.

Ive heard they are decent for the price.
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Iv been keeping my eye on it bigtime, wouldnt mind knowing what the PSU was like!!

Who did you hear off? Links! :D
 
peetee said:
Iv been keeping my eye on it bigtime, wouldnt mind knowing what the PSU was like!!

Who did you hear off? Links! :D
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The older versions came with a 350w Seagate PSU. I'm not sure which make this 500w jobby is :confused:
 
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