Desktop Spec Help

chrismscotland · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:14

I'm pondering my next system and pondering either a laptop or desktop, I'm not too bothered about gaming but if I can get something that would let me run decent games for around £500-£600 I would be happy.
That budget does not include a monitor, operating system, mouse or KB.

Kennysevenfold · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:18

How about....

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £145.98
(£126.94) £145.98
(£126.94)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 Plus 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £144.99
(£126.08) £144.99
(£126.08)

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)

Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3G16004GK) £56.98
(£49.55) £56.98
(£49.55)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £31.99
(£27.82) £31.99
(£27.82)

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £511.22 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 15% VAT : £78.37 Total : £600.84

moppy89 · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:23

If youre not too fussed about gamin and depending on what resolution you play at, I would swap that mobo for this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-335-AS

(Dont hit me kenny

)

Kennysevenfold · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:25

moppy89 said:
If youre not too fussed about gamin and depending on what resolution you play at, I would swap that mobo for this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-335-AS

(Dont hit me kenny )

Once again...wich would take the budget well over.

You have some fascination with that board.? :eek:

moppy89 · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:27

Its a solid board and has great reviews from everywhere. Whereas Ive not heard a thing about the Gigabyte board.

Like I said, this is only if hes willin to swap the 4890 for a 4870

Kennysevenfold · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:27

Just for you Moppy89

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)

Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £98.99
(£86.08) £98.99
(£86.08)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)

OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3G16004GK) £56.98
(£49.55) £56.98
(£49.55)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £31.99
(£27.82) £31.99
(£27.82)

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £472.97 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 : £72.71 Total : £557.43

moppy89 · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:28

What happened to the 955

Edit: You cheating bugger, you dont need a 650W PSU for that

Go back to £550 and get that 955 in

Kennysevenfold · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:32

Swapped out the psu for a 650W as that motherboard is Crossfire ready, just incase. Will save some complications in the long run

chrismscotland · 6 Aug 2009 at 18:44

Just wondering been thinking a bit more about building a PC rig, was considering a Mac but to afford something powerful I'm looking at a lot of money.
Would it be possible for a rig like this i.e £500-£600 to be powerful enough for Armed Assault 2?