£500 gaming spec

[bramski]

I'm looking to build a £500 gaming rig for a friend, he doesn't need a monitor and I'd like a dual core that is capable of a good overclock.

Cheers

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Pre-Order Price ONLY*** £124.98
(£106.37) £124.98
(£106.37)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.74
(£89.99) £105.74
(£89.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.98
(£22.11) £25.98
(£22.11)
Samsung SH-S223L 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM with LightScribe SATA Optical Drive - Retail Box Black £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £398.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £71.59
Total : £480.66

If you need a copy of windows etc etc, then let us know.

 

[bramski]

Thanks for the quick reply, the reviews on that Phenom II look excellent, I'll probably go with this build for him. My only question is regarding the PSU, will that be powerful enough to run the 5850?

 

[stulid]

from Anandtech, thats with a overclocked i7 setup.

the PSU included with that case only has one pci-e connector, the card should come with a molex to 6pin pci-e adaptor in the box.

 

[danceforfreedom]

MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£106.37) £124.98
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
(£89.35) £104.99
Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3
(£85.10) £99.99
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) -
(£57.99) £68.14
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)
(£53.61) £62.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel
(£34.99) £41.11
Samsung SH-S223L 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM with LightScribe SATA Optical Drive - Retail
(£10.99) £12.91
Sub Total : £438.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £78.56
Total : £527.46

I would go with above build even though its £30 over budget!

You get the Asus Crosshair III Republic of Gamers mobo, which is a bloody good overclocking mobo and you get a SSD drive, makes everything a lot faster. Theres a high chance you could unlock the 2 cores on the dual Phenom making it a quad too.

Only downside is the lack of storage with the SSD, but with all the windows n what not files on it will make it like a different experience, and then another could be added later, or a 500gb for £25 making the whole build £550, but with the SSD and Crosshair well worth the extra 50.