Cheap build

chrisxuk · 29 May 2009 at 18:23

Hi there. Looking at getting a custom built PC, but don't want to spend over £400 really. I know this isn't a large budget but i'm still at school and jobless

Had a look on OcUK at the pre-built systems like:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-172-OK

Anything better than this for around the same price or slightly more?

Thanks

ShaolinDreams · 29 May 2009 at 18:34

light/medium or heavy gamer? also what screen are you using? (resolution)

wont be an i7 rig but still can make a decent pc with £400 ish

user1453 · 29 May 2009 at 18:37

Have you considered building a computer from scratch and do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse?

if you have a monitor can you post the resolutionn?

what is this pc going to be used for?

chrisxuk · 29 May 2009 at 18:43

Can you get HDMI outputs? If so that would save me having to spend money on a monitor.

Used mainly for internet browsing/MSN and playing Half Life 2 and Enemy Territory

user1453 · 29 May 2009 at 18:48

it's £20 over, you should get free postage due to your post count, and everything hardwarewise for the tower is included

get win 7 RC as your OS for a year

should be more than a match for HL2 and the graphics card should come with a dvi to hdmi adaptor

ShaolinDreams · 29 May 2009 at 18:51

using a HDTV for a screen? yeah most new graphics cards have HDMI/adaptor so youre ok there

nice little spec above

looks ok to me

chrisxuk · 29 May 2009 at 19:27

user1453 said:
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Might be able to knock the hard drive off actually, so that makes it a bit cheaper. but thanks, gives me somewhere to start :)

[quote="ShaolinDreams, post: 14172840"]using a HDTV for a screen? yeah most new graphics cards have HDMI/adaptor so youre ok there :)

nice little spec above :) looks ok to me[/QUOTE]

Yeah, if i can. Saves me buying an extra screen. And i'd never be on the computer and watching TV at the same time so thats no problem :)

user1453 · 29 May 2009 at 19:32

I wasn't sure if you had thinks like hard drives or old computer cases lying around, dependant on how old the hard drive you have is it may be worth spending on a new one, I had and old 250gb pata drive from maxator 45mb/s read write and upgraded to a wd640 sata with 100mb/s r/w made the computer so much faster

chrisxuk · 29 May 2009 at 20:11

user1453 said:
I wasn't sure if you had thinks like hard drives or old computer cases lying around, dependant on how old the hard drive you have is it may be worth spending on a new one, I had and old 250gb pata drive from maxator 45mb/s read write and upgraded to a wd640 sata with 100mb/s r/w made the computer so much faster

It's fine, I didn't say. It's my mates old one so i'll have to see how old it is and size of it etc. If it slow then i'd just have to get a new one. 500gig ish should be fine

kingy666 · 29 May 2009 at 20:26

There have been some decent pc's on the members market recently so keep an eye out there or stick a post in the wanted section, they may be second hand but with a lot of people on the OCUK forums being enthuisiasts you can get a well built machine - cheap.