Computer Build For Around £500

Breaks · 24 May 2007 at 03:02

Hello all.

Well a friend of mine has asked me to spec him out an average machine (preferably one he could play games on, obviously nothing new, something along the lines of CS:S etc) for the budget of around £500 (slight under or over on the budget is acceptable). So I thought I'd post it up here and see if anyone could come up with a decent spec for around that price. He would like a monitor included if possible (17" tft would suffice).

I haven't began to look at system specs for him yet, hence why I thought of you lovely people .

If anyone could bang together a fairly average but efficient spec for around £500 that'd be great.

Best regards,

Breaks.

A2Z · 24 May 2007 at 03:12

//edit could get 17" model instead to save £20, didnt see you said 17" would be fine in OP

Will_3rd · 24 May 2007 at 10:39

mp260767 · 24 May 2007 at 12:29

like wills spec, may be worth paying a bit extra and get a ds3p.

jaykay · 24 May 2007 at 12:47

Both system are good.

melbourne720 · 24 May 2007 at 12:53

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£93.99)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC)
(£56.39)

Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£72.84)

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW173D 17" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
(£90.46)

Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel
(£41.11)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£19.96)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£42.29)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU
(£29.36)

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£21.14)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£57.56)

Total : £540.32

Although the DS3P would be the first thing I would get if the budget was nearer £600

Breaks · 24 May 2007 at 14:02

Great systems guys. I know he was looking more at the 3700+ due to his price range but I was eagerly trying to edge him towards the E4300 (as I noticed someone else spec'd that CPU). Which would you prefer? The E2140 or the E4300?

Breaks.

Jaffa_Cake · 24 May 2007 at 14:04

Breaks said:
Great systems guys. I know he was looking more at the 3700+ due to his price range but I was eagerly trying to edge him towards the E4300 (as I noticed someone else spec'd that CPU). Which would you prefer? The E2140 or the E4300?

Breaks.

4300 for cache. Intel likes big cache! However I beleive they get similar benchmarks.