£500 - 650 pc spec please (details in post)

Gavrok · 9 Feb 2006 at 15:38

Hi all, First I'm really sorry for making a typical pc spec post, but I'm really looking for what people have to say etc and I trust peoples opinions from here. I have basic knowledge of *** inside of my comp, I wont eb looking to overclock at all!

Anyway, I'm looking for a solid gaming machine but also will be using the machine for photoshop/3d/web design as well. I really want a machine thats going to be able to play the latest games at a high level and last me a coupel of years. I have a budget of around £500 - £650 so any help would be great thanks.

So just to list tit

Solid gaming machine
Run latest games at a high level
web design work

budget of £500 - £650

Thanks in advance for any help.

P.S a nice tower would be sweet too!

volt9291 · 9 Feb 2006 at 16:16

Do you need everything? (case,psu,ctr/tft,keybord,mouse,mobo,ect.)
Gaming machine for £650 prob wont runn games on max settings! I would say maybe £800 for a mid range system.

Gavrok · 9 Feb 2006 at 16:29

just a case, mouse, keybaord monitor all ready have. Just a decent machine then please if possible. Thats gonan be able to run the latest games at a decent level then

semi-pro waster · 9 Feb 2006 at 16:44

Welcome to the forums. I don't know if this counts as a decent case to you but it is quite a good solid case and PSU. There is still some space in the budget to upgrade the size of the hard disk if you will need more space. You could go for the Powercolor X800 GTO16 and save around £30 over the X850XT because it is basically the same card but slightly underclocked.

MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
£51.95 £51.95
CA-001-AR Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
£45.95 £45.95
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£137.95 £137.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£94.95 £94.95
CD-028-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-028-NE)
£28.70 £28.70
HD-095-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD)
£33.95 £33.95
GX-037-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-PC)
£134.95 £134.95
Subtotal £528.40
VAT £92.47
Total £620.87

volt9291 · 9 Feb 2006 at 16:53

GX-056-XF XFX GeForce 6800 GS Extreme XXX Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-056-XF)
£129.95 £129.95
BU-048-OK AMD Athlon 64 3500 Retail / Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi / 1GB GeIL Value PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-048-OK)
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
CP-119-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM) 1
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) 1
£248.85 £248.85
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£64.25 £64.25
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.50 £65.50
CD-033-LG LG GSA-4167BAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-LG)
£25.00 £25.00
Subtotal £533.55
VAT £93.38
Total £626.93

Neb · 9 Feb 2006 at 17:18

CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£104.95 £104.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
GX-069-LT Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT)
£179.95 £179.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD)
£33.95 £33.95
CD-025-SO Sony CRX320E 52x32x52x16 CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black) - OEM (CD-025-SO)
£18.50 £18.50
CA-015-TT Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black (CA-015-TT)
£42.50 £42.50
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
Subtotal £559.70
VAT £97.95
Total £657.65