£500 gaming machine!

Gunni Parker · 15 Mar 2009 at 18:59

My mate said he wants me to spec him a gaming machine for £500. I said it cant be done, i have fiddled but cant get any lower than £600. He is not bothered in playing FPS. Just RTS and MMORPG'S! Yawn. Anyway yeah £500 anything goes, not including monitor. Obviously! :eek:

The only one thing iam sure to purchase for him is http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-113-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= you cant beat that for value.

Kennysevenfold · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:05

OS included.?

Kennysevenfold · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:12

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £113.84
(£98.99) £113.84
(£98.99)

XFX Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-485X-YDFC) £112.69
(£97.99) £112.69
(£97.99)

Antec 300 Gaming Case and Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular PSU £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)

Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £40.99
(£35.64) £40.99
(£35.64)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Samsung TS-H653F 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09
(£13.99) £16.09
(£13.99) Sub Total : £419.84 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £64.66 Total : £495.75

andyinoz · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:13

lol thats annoying i just did exactly the same thing

ah well here goes pretty pic..

neon.uk · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:16

Or you can go AMD, with the Tri core 720. It's up to you, i would go for the extra core on the AMD especially seeing as he plays MMOs and RTSs which are more likely to make use of the extra core in the future.

I had a spec lined up just as my PC screen went green

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Kennysevenfold · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:01

andyinoz said:
lol thats annoying i just did exactly the same thing

ah well here goes pretty pic..

cause we are cool like that :cool:

sketch145 · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:17

little bit over but its a good spec for the price, antec 300 deal seems to have ended?

siumatfung · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:19

hes a AMD quadcore spec the GFX arent top notch but he can easily upgrade later but the CPU should handle all his games easily

Alternatively you can swap the mobo for an abit IP35 and the CPU for an E8500

Remember to flash the BIOS before installing just incase you get incompatability issues

siumatfung · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:20

sketch145 said:
little bit over but its a good spec for the price, antec 300 deal seems to have ended?

that cpu is socket AM3 your mobo is AM2

TheRedZealot · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:23

AM3 CPU's are comaptible with AM2+ sockets as they have a DDR2 and 3 memory controller built in them.

siumatfung · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:27

go for sketch's works out the same if you get the antec 300 bundle instead

sketch145 · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:29

yep the CPU and Mobo are fine together, I checked before I specced

sketch145 · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:30

siumatfung said:
works out the same if you get the antec 300 bundle instead

If not a little cheaper, had trouble finding the offer though for some reason.

siumatfung · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:31

cases - antec - BAM!!!

sketch145 · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:31

^indeed^

coupe69 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:05

siumatfung said:
hes a AMD quadcore spec the GFX arent top notch but he can easily upgrade later but the CPU should handle all his games easily Alternatively you can swap the mobo for an abit IP35 and the CPU for an E8500

Remember to flash the BIOS before installing just incase you get incompatability issues

Or alternatively you could just drop the extra 4gb of ram you popped in your basket and get a reasonable video card

siumatfung · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:25

D'oh!!!! yes what he said^

dtokez · 16 Mar 2009 at 02:32

heres what i just built,
asus p5q pro - 115
e5200 now @ 3.6ghz - 60
4gb 1066hmz g.skill ram - 50
9800gt - 85
coolermaster elite case & 460w extreme power psu - 50
samsung lightscribe dvd writer - 20

= approx £380

had a hardrive and OS already. seems ok for a gaming rig, playing crisis on all high settings

widdyst · 16 Mar 2009 at 06:33

There you go brother

my 2 penneth worth

and another

and another LOL

Haha £500 gaming rigs are EASY

Ducky Spud · 16 Mar 2009 at 11:58

danrogers said:
heres what i just built,
asus p5q pro - 115
e5200 now @ 3.6ghz - 60
4gb 1066hmz g.skill ram - 50
9800gt - 85
coolermaster elite case & 460w extreme power psu - 50
samsung lightscribe dvd writer - 20

= approx £380

had a hardrive and OS already. seems ok for a gaming rig, playing crisis on all high settings

Wish Id seen that setup about 2 months ago! Looks pretty good for the money