AMD alternative for £500

coxmattycox · 25 Jun 2010 at 22:02

Hi all,

A mate of mine has asked me to build a system of him with a budget of £500.

He needs - Decent ish graphics card, sound card (unless onboard is decent enough these days), 4GB ram, CPU, Case, PSU and motherboard.

I have specced up an I3 system.

ATI HD 5770 1024MB
i3 530 2.93ghz
4GB 1600 mhz ram.
Gigabyte P55m-UD2 MOBO.
Antec basiq plus 550W PSU
Antec 300 case.

This comes to about £505. I think if he went the AMD route, he could probably get more for his money - quad core? but the issue is I have no idea what AMD CPU's/motherboards to go for.

It will be used for basic graphics work for his dad (doesen't use high tech programs I believe tho) and basic word proccessing/internet.

Thanks for all your input

Matt

stulid · 25 Jun 2010 at 22:08

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £126.99
(£108.08) £126.99
(£108.08)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £465.47
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 17.50% VAT : £83.51
Total : £560.73

can only get it lower buy using this cpu instead- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-263-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

PermaBanned · 25 Jun 2010 at 22:15

The Phenom II 925 is worth a look at that budget. Don't really think you need a graphics card anywhere near that powerful for that sort of work.

PII 925 - £115
AM3 870 Motherboard - £85
4GB DDR3 - £90
500GB HDD - £35
SATA DVD Writer - £15
Corsair 400W CX - £35
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 - £17
GT240 - £60
Coolermaster Gladiator - £50

stulid · 25 Jun 2010 at 22:20

had a better idea.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 iCooler IV 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £38.99
(£33.18) £38.99
(£33.18)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £433.98
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 17.50% VAT : £78.00
Total : £523.73

The graphics card is still decent, motherboard has SATA and USB 3.0

coxmattycox · 26 Jun 2010 at 00:40

Hi all

I've just realised I have a 8800GTX he can use, so would be around £425. Would that PSU be capable of a 8800GTX or should I get the 550W one form Antec for £10 more.

Do you think it would be worth paying a little more for say a antec 300 case?

Many thanks

olivier renault · 26 Jun 2010 at 02:09

olivier renault · 26 Jun 2010 at 02:10

Oh right, not a gaming rig... Does he have a decent monitor? You could cut down on quite a lot and get him a 22'' / 24'' monitor instead.

Big.Wayne · 26 Jun 2010 at 05:57

coxmattycox said:
A mate of mine has asked me to build a system of him with a budget of £500.

I think if he went the AMD route, he could probably get more for his money

I have no idea what AMD CPU's/motherboards to go for.

It will be used for basic graphics work for his dad (doesen't use high tech programs)

And basic word proccessing/internet.