£500 build

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:09

Hi all,

My mate wants a new computer, just the base unit. He has a monitor, keyboard and mouse for £500.

What would be best, AMD/Intel? How much RAM, what hard disk, case etc would be best suited to such a priced PC?

If anyone could spec me up a PC for £500 I would be very greatful.

Thanks

SfnX · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:39

this is a gamers £500 build
its quite a difficult price point to make a decent system but heres what i prepd:

HOWEVER i have not included a hard drive, also youll need an OS as well.

Also i have not sorted a 620 quad core simply because it gets bad results for a quad core in my pov.

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:56

Cheers mate

I will be needing an OS with it as its for a business, cant do it dodgy.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-180-OK&tool=5

Ive been looking at that, what do you reckon to it? with Windows 7 64bit it comes to just under £500.

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:57

Looking at £120 for OS + HDD I would say.

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 16:06

He cant use anything from his old baseunit as its a p4 1400!

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:13

zovirax · 13 Nov 2009 at 21:02

how does this look guys?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)
OcUK Value ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £79.98
(£69.55) £79.98
(£69.55)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 Low Latancy Dual Channel (PVS24G6400LLK) £71.99
(£62.60) £71.99
(£62.60)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - OEM £19.99
(£17.38) £19.99
(£17.38)
Akasa Genesis AK-5004 Midi Tower Case - Black £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Sub Total : £376.42
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 15% VAT : £57.96
Total : £444.38

Orcvader · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:24

I would say this is a more balanced system for £500, don't want to strain the power supply aswell.

zovirax · 14 Nov 2009 at 16:51

thanks a lot mate, much apprechiated.