Building a Computer

Alex L · 15 Mar 2009 at 14:19

I'm thinking of building a computer. I was going to get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-085-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

With upgraded hard drive and graphics card but I'd like to build one. Apparently it's cheaper anyway. :rolleyes:

So, my budget?

£300 - £400 excluding operating system. Also exclude the shipping since it's free for me

(From work to OcUK = 2.0 mi – about 6 mins provided by google maps)

The PC will be used for Photoshop, Aptana and possibly flash along with basic internet use.

I will be buying Vista Ultimate but I don't know if it is 64.

Any suggestions much appricated.

95thrifles · 15 Mar 2009 at 14:59

just over, if youre not bothered with gaming though you could drop the gfx card down quite a bit

Alex L · 15 Mar 2009 at 15:08

I don't game on PCs. I do all my gaming on PS3 apart from classic games that need 256 ram

mjones1 · 15 Mar 2009 at 15:18

If you don't know much about pc's i would get a pre-built one as they are not that much extra
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon_int.php?prodid=FS-054-OK&recordid=7889571

Kennysevenfold · 15 Mar 2009 at 15:57

how about this build mate..

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom X3 Tri Core 8650 2.30GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £77.99
(£89.69) £77.99
(£89.69)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11138-00-20R) £56.99
(£65.54) £56.99
(£65.54)

Gigabyte GA-M52L-S3 nForce 520LE (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99
(£50.59) £43.99
(£50.59)

Seasonic Silverpower 400W Power Supply £39.99
(£45.99) £39.99
(£45.99)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £35.64
(£40.99) £35.64
(£40.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £26.08
(£29.99) £26.08
(£29.99)

Samsung TS-H653F 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09) Sub Total : £329.66 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 : £51.21 Total : £392.62

mjones1 · 15 Mar 2009 at 16:16

I would Get a phenom II x3 720 and drop to a lower spec graphics card.

BigBruiserAl · 15 Mar 2009 at 18:12

mjones1 said:
I would Get a phenom II x3 720 and drop to a lower spec graphics card.

+1

Alex L · 16 Mar 2009 at 23:30

Is that okay/compatible? I have another £45 to spend on top of that if needed but would be nice at the current price.

Kennysevenfold · 16 Mar 2009 at 23:36

Alex L said:
Is that okay/compatible? I have another £45 to spend on top of that if needed but would be nice at the current price.

would be fine mate

sketch145 · 17 Mar 2009 at 00:16

Looks like a good spec for the price, although I would advise you to get a modular power supply such as this, makes the case much tidier and easier to fit everything in etc. and its only £2 extra

Alex L · 17 Mar 2009 at 00:47

sketch145 said:
Looks like a good spec for the price, although I would advise you to get a modular power supplt such as this, makes the case much tidier and easier to fit everything in etc. and its only £2 extra

Not sure I can afford that extra

Thanks for the advice.