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[TOPCATQUEEN]

Hi

Ok need a new computer for gaming around £500 is what i want to spend not including a monitor or operating system,

i basiclly want to run empire total war on full spec and other games, i was thinkin of getting a i7 core but i think u have to get a really good mother board and ram to make them worth while.

im abit of a noob when it come to all the numbers.

cheers

 

[Kennysevenfold]

How about this.?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - OEM (H487F1GP) £103.99
(£90.43) £103.99
(£90.43)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £90.99
(£79.12) £90.99
(£79.12)

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £73.99
(£64.34) £73.99
(£64.34)

OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £43.99
(£38.25) £43.99
(£38.25)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)

Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £429.49 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 15% VAT : £66.19 Total : £507.43

 

[alan]

The above seems pretty good, and I dont think for £500 u will be able to go for i7, unless u really skimp out on the other components.

 

[TOPCATQUEEN]

looks nice just a few question
1) is there any difference between AMD and intel?
2) what made u choose that mother board ?
3) How do u work out what size(W) powerpack u need?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

looks nice just a few question
1) is there any difference between AMD and intel?
2) what made u choose that mother board ?
3) How do u work out what size(W) powerpack u need?

1 - The price and performance. The 720BE is one of the best cpu's out just now for that price.

2 - Fairly cheap, solid board that will do the job.

3 - You judge that by the components in the system and add some head room for expansion. 600w Is more than enough ( and they run more efficient when not pushed to there limits)

 

[Drake22]

 

[mtb_kng]

Thats a very good pc for £500, you won't do much better than that i'd say.