help me spec for 350-400 squid

llwayneio · 26 Oct 2009 at 16:42

hello, my brother wants a pc (just the base unit, no monitor) and I have been away from this forum for a while and am not at all up to date on whats good value. He wants something for a few games and internet, he doesnt need a huge amount of storage 250gb would be more than enough, 2gb ram would be enough and i have no problem overclocking if intel have some nice cheap chips that are good for that kind of thing. Only gaming at 1440x900 as well. max 400 pound.

thanks

rjk · 26 Oct 2009 at 17:21

squid?

This is a 370 squid.

llwayneio · 26 Oct 2009 at 17:38

rjkoneill said:
squid?
This is a 370 squid.

you know what i meant. please help

DotA · 26 Oct 2009 at 17:53

This is my shot at a £400 spec

llwayneio · 26 Oct 2009 at 17:58

thanks a lot, looks good, i saw a pc power and cooling psu in the clearance section which is 420w would that be enough to power a similar system? also how much better is the 4890 to the 4870? and does that one require a lot more power or not? thanks

DotA · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:01

I dont think so, i think im cutting it very close there. i would actully pay the extra money for the 550 watt psu thinking about it.

llwayneio · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:03

DotA said:
I dont think so, i think im cutting it very close there. i would actully pay the extra money for the 550 watt psu thinking about it.

I see, little bit too much money then. Would this case be big enough http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-AK saves me a little bit more money

also would dropping to 2bg ram still be enough?

DotA · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:07

yer that case could fit it in, Personally i would keep the 4gb ram also all the cheeper kits are out of stock.

DotA · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:13

Opps i forgot to put a optical drive in there, also you will be cooling with a stock fan.

also this psu is £5 cheeper and should give enough power.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

laffs83 · 26 Oct 2009 at 19:34

This is a pretty good deal they have got made up already...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-186-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

And £70 left to play with....

laffs83 · 26 Oct 2009 at 19:36

or this..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-192-OK&tool=5

rjk · 26 Oct 2009 at 19:52

the pyro is a good little system

especially in the graphics department

llwayneio · 27 Oct 2009 at 01:27

laffs83 · 27 Oct 2009 at 13:13

i would pay a bit extra and get phenom 2 x2 550. Its a great processor and very easy to overclock to 3.5ghz without additional cooling.