£500 tower

rodders · 22 Jun 2009 at 20:19

Hi all,

Can anyone spare some time to spec a £500 tower, G/card I already have, a 4870x2, so everything but that for the tower. Cheers

I have made a spec, but its probably rubbish, so thought I would get you ideas too. Dont think its going to stretch for an i7.

unknownsock · 22 Jun 2009 at 20:29

Tbh i wouldnt bother unless your gonna get an i7.
Or wait till the end of the year for high end i5's or i7's
Just my 2c

RJC · 22 Jun 2009 at 20:34

How does this look:

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£93.90) £107.99
(£93.90)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £73.99
(£64.34) £73.99
(£64.34)

Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) £46.99
(£40.86) £46.99
(£40.86)

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £412.98 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £63.71 Total : £488.44

95thrifles · 22 Jun 2009 at 20:48

yep id go with RJCs spec, though depending on your current set up what sock says may hold true too, Id only say add a decent aftermarket cooler if youre gonna clock

rodders · 23 Jun 2009 at 17:08

Cant wait, its for my mates son. He promised him a PC for his birthday thats very soon, but hes a bit short of cash now.

He was going to build a top notch PC and give his son his, but he cant afford that, hence the £500 build.

That spec looks nice. Not farmiliar on the latest AMD's, but looks good