A gaming machine for £550?

TJM · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:16

I bought my last rig from OCUK almost five years ago and it's really showing its age. The Radeon 9700 Pro has held up brilliantly, but I can just imagine it struggling with hectic games of TF2 on anything other than the absolute minimum settings. It's time for a new machine, but I have absolutely no idea what is happening with hardware these days. Dual cores? SATA? :confused:

Could someone spec me a computer (including a monitor, keyboard and mouse) for £550? It's going to be moved about a fair bit, so a smaller case is better.

One more thing. I don't need this computer until late September; will I get more bang for my buck by waiting? Ta.

bloodiedathame · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:19

Yes you will get more bang for buck by waiting.

Egon · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:27

Is it a complete system? Do you need everything?

PSU, Case etc?

TJM · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:30

Yup, I need the full caboodle (except for speakers).

Egon · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:38

Ok, here's a first attempt. Only thing is there's no sound card, so fine if you can live with on board. I'd change the PSU to an FSP sparkle, I put the OCUK huntkey in as the FSP's are OOS and since they are about the same price. To be honest £550 is a difficult ask for a full gaming system.

You can save more on keyboard and mouse but thats a nice mouse

Egon

Devlish · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:44

Theres going to be a price drop for intel chips in late July, see the CPU forum, would be worth waiting for more bang for your buck.

TJM · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:53

EgonSpengler said:
To be honest £550 is a difficult ask for a full gaming system.

Aye, but it can't be helped. Thanks for putting that together - it looks pretty decent for the money.

m1st3r m0nk3y · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:56

Change the Optiarc to Samsung, and the Microsoft to Creative Fatal1ty to save the odd tenner!