Budget gaming computer

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gee3000

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Need a new computer for my younger brother, mainly for games and school work.

Budget: £450 +vat (£530 inc vat)

Need:
  • Case (antec 300?)
  • Mobo
  • Cpu
  • Memory
  • Psu
  • Graphics card
  • Hard drive (300gb)

Leaning towards a Q6600 but it's bumping the price up a bit.

Specs please!
Thanks!
 
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Fairly cheap and good AMD spec dont know if you want AMD or Intel but AMD better for budget.

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI £94.99
(£111.61)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £62.99
(£74.01)
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
(£52.86)
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
£29.99
(£35.24)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£25.99
(£30.54)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) PSU
£39.99
(£46.99)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £23.99
(£28.19)
Sub Total : £322.93

Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £58.78
Total : £394.66


leaves 50 quid to go towards the screen or mouse and keyboard etc.
 
Thanks for the spec. But I should have mentioned - Intel and nVidia preferred!

Also please keep in mind - £450 PLUS vat :) (£530 inc vat)
 
Tbh i would get ATI for the gpu, even the Nvidia 'fanboys' are admitting that ATI has 'won' this generation. A P5Q pro and E8400 would be a *** gaming combo for board and cpu. RAM, HDD and optical drives are pretty even imo. Defo go for a corsair PSU and the Antec 300 seems to be a real bargain
 
didnt realise it was 450 + vat lol then yeah go for an Intel like the other guys sed..if you prefer...

just swap the CPU and Mobo, and GPU if you want nVidia over ATI
 
I've never had a good experience with ATI tbh (drivers, blurry display, etc), and own a 8800GT in my own pc and am very pleased with it.

Someone give me some shopping basket screen shots please? thanks.
 
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Intel and nVidia as you wanted...

you Mentioned Q6600 but will he need quad core for homework?

around your budget though..
 
Thanks Leezy - that looks really good.

  • Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
    £29.99 (£35.24)
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
    £99.99 (£117.49)
  • Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
    £84.99 (£99.86)
  • OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
    £84.99 (£99.86)
  • Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
    £49.99 (£58.74)
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3320613AS)
    £32.99 (£38.76)
  • Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
    £59.99 (£70.49)

Sub Total : £442.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £79.43
Total : £533.31
Click to expand...

I had this in mind, please advice on my choice of mobo, memory and gpu and why you chose the parts you recommended, thanks.

ps. left out the optical drive as we already have one from the old system.
 
Your basket

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £76.99
(£90.46) £76.99
(£90.46)
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Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
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Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
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OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
MB-041-DF_60.jpg
DFI BIP35-T2R "Blood Iron" Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
GX-103-XF_60.jpg
XFX GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PV-T88P-YDF4) £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
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Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79) Sub Total : £409.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £74.00 Total : £496.87

Just add an operating system .
 
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The mobo i chose has fairly good reviews and ASUS is a great make..the reviews say that coupled with the Q6600 its a great combo and some good overclocks from them both, but i doubt your younger bro's into that (maybe near future lol).
Also by going cheaper on the mobo saves a few pounds allowing for the 8800GTX which is brilliant for the money, saying that its on 'This week only Offer' (so I'd hurry and choose :P)
and I have the Corsair memory and its brill ^ ^
 
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