£500 PC

HPTL7 · 4 Oct 2012 at 15:13

I am still looking to buy a computer for around £500
I already have a good graphic card , hard drive and keyboard, mouse.
what are the best components i can get with this money
No OS needed

dunn2010 · 4 Oct 2012 at 15:29

what will it be used for?

do you need an OS?

HPTL7 · 4 Oct 2012 at 17:42

dunn2010 said:
what will it be used for?

do you need an OS?

no os needed. also for gaming

Bacon? · 4 Oct 2012 at 17:59

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £548.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Slightly over.

HPTL7 · 4 Oct 2012 at 20:25

Bacon? said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £548.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Slightly over.

thanks, forgot to say i got graphic card. can you maybe do again w.o graphic card?

Bacon? · 4 Oct 2012 at 20:36

What card do you have?

HPTL7 · 4 Oct 2012 at 20:52

Bacon? said:
What card do you have?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-199-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=

Bacon? · 4 Oct 2012 at 21:17

Ok cool. Will you be wanting to SLI the card at a later date?

HPTL7 · 5 Oct 2012 at 07:34

Bacon? said:
Ok cool. Will you be wanting to SLI the card at a later date?

in a few years

dunn2010 · 5 Oct 2012 at 07:56

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.2
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £479.14 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I5 3570k Nuff said
PSU good and on sale so grabbing a bargain
Mboard will allow for SLI at later date
Zalaman case on sale again , good case with fan controller
cpu fan, on sale again will allow for a generous overclock
kingston ram on sale again, and is decent!
standard dvd rw