Build for £500

[Scarecrow]

As i got great advice for my machine my friend has asked me to sort him out one for £500. We would like to play the games coming out aswell so a pretty good graphics card if possible.

Cheers guys

 

[Alex UK]

How about this...

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.39) £16.50

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XT Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£111.61) £94.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU
(£76.36) £64.99

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£64.61) £54.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74) £49.99

Sub Total : £413.43
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £74.27
Total : £498.65

 

[C64]

Cant be done for £500 if it includes a decent case and graphics card + everything else.

 

[lee87]

Cant be done for £500 if it includes a decent case and graphics card + everything else.

I've just bought this pc for £500 (with a few things changed) and it runs all my games at max settings.

 

[C64]

hmm i stand corrected ! you'd need a 9x multi cpu with that ram though.