£550 gaming build

darklighthim · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:11

So a friend of mine asked me about building a gaming system and he wanted to spend £550 so i'm hoping to get some feedback on what to go for and if the system i priced up is ok.

He doesn't need a monitor nor does he need windows but he does need a wireless keyboard and mouse.

I did the following system spec minus a keyboard and mouse as a rough guide to show what he could get but not sure if i could get better whilst sticking to the budget,

King Damager · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:14

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

That PSU... Generally better.

Also..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-GL

kd

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:15

Go with this memory below, but the price will go up first thing tomorrow, but still be slightly cheaper.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-GL

And this PSU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:16

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £61.26
(£51.05) £61.26
(£51.05)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £31.98
(£26.65) £31.98
(£26.65)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £439.47
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 20.00% VAT : £90.14
Total : £540.86

much better in every single way.

Crossfire motherboard.

quad core cpu.

better gpu.

better psu.

better case.

better HDD.

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:19

The Foxconn board seems good value.

Greavesy · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:27

Definately should be looking for a quad core, so as always +1 to stulid builds

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:29

Even my choice of optical drive is better, as it will actually burn disks too.!!!!

darklighthim · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:52

Cheers for the suggestions so far.

saintdefender · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:01

I think the ripsaw is a good choice and should keep them, I know people who own them rip jawsand they OC like beast and I think are the best ram you can actually buy : / G-Skill know their ram!