Build needed - £500

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Hi all.

Looking to build a whole new rig for around £500. Will be general use and a fair amount of gaming (1920x1080 res). I need everything for a tower really, case, fans, innards the lot. Only thing I have to reuse is a 1TB storage drive.

I'm happy to overclock, but nothing mental, and probably not to begin with.

I don't think I can stretch to an i5 so I'd imagine an AMD would be better than i3. Don't have a clue when it comes to graphics cards, but other than those two I'd imagine just the cheapest compatible bits within reason.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Biostar TA890GXB-HD AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366) £19.99
(£17.01) £19.99
(£17.01)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £412.01
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £74.29
Total : £498.80
 
Thanks for the quick reply stulid. Few questions:

Why the 'underpowered' cpu? I thought something like a Phenom II X4 955 (@£119) would be better all rounder? Maybe save a few pennies on the graphics card to cover this?

I think I'd be happy going with a Coolermaster Elite 334 case to cut the price by a tenner.

Never heard of Biostar before. Are they ok? There's a Gigabyte one for a fiver more??

Thanks again.
 
OCuk dont have the 955 in stock anymore and theres a case+psu bundle for the cooler master elite 430 with a 500w psu for £60, i think biostar is very popular in america? not sure lol
 
How about dropping the 260 to a 5770 like this, then using the spare cash to upgrade to a phenom 955?

My concern is that I've got a dual core @ 2.8GHz already, so upgrading to a quad at the same speed (albeit still better) may not make THAT much of a difference.
 
there is no 955, the 965 and 975 are £149.99

and a GTX460 is worth the extra over a 5770 all day long.
 
stulid said:
there is no 955, the 965 and 975 are £149.99

and a GTX460 is worth the extra over a 5770 all day long.
Click to expand...

There is but just not on here unfortunately. If I up the budget by £30 I could get the 955 and keep the 460. Would that be worth it?
 
How about this then?

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Plus an AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache for £110.

Little over budget but I forgot I wanted a Blu-Ray drive on this so am willing to go over for that.

Only 2 questions left:
- I switched the mobo to Gigabyte purely on personal preference due to the fact I've owned a Gigabyte board before. I noticed it has onboard graphics. Is this a problem considering I wont be using it? Seems odd though that those without onboard are actually more expensive :confused:

- Does the power supply have enough ooomph considering I may overclock down the line? I've used a couple of psu calculators that are recommending 430W which is quite close. I very much doubt I'll be upgrading in the future so as long as it can power this I should be ok.

Thanks again.
 
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I'm not really fussed by case tbh. As long as everything fits in and it doesn't rattle then I don't care as it's tucked out of sight. That bundle looks ok but I imagine the Corsair would be a better psu no?
 
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Biostar TA890GXB-HD AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.98
(£22.11) £25.98
(£22.11)
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Sub Total : £417.74
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 17.50% VAT : £75.07
Total : £504.06
 
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