Help spec a build for £450 (please :D)

Awesomeish · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:34

Howdy, a chum of mine is considering building a new PC for around £450, but we've both been 'out of the loop' for a while, so we're not really fully sure what to get!

Could someone please help spec a build for us? We've no preference to AMD/Intel or ATI/Nvidia or whatever, just whatever is best for the price

! We don't need the OS or Monitor included (thankfully). It'll be used for programming (Visual Studio) and some gaming.

Oh yeah, we don't require mouse/keyboard/speakers either. If I miss anything I'll edit

Thanks!

stulid · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
VTX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.54
(£65.99) £77.54
(£65.99)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £388.69
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 17.50% VAT : £70.08
Total : £470.52

how big is the monitor? resolution? could use a cheaper graphics card, and beef up the cpu.

fozzybear · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:55

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply £52.99
(£45.10) £52.99
(£45.10)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £378.44
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 17.50% VAT : £68.28
Total : £458.47

Not as beefy as the above spec but has a mobo that is Sata III and USB3.0 compatible. It depends how much gaming you do and at which res. Also, the 4th core of the X3 440 can be unlocked giving you a Phenom II X4 B40.

Awesomeish · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:58

Thanks! I think the monitor is 24" 16:9 widescreen at 1080p. Would there be much of a difference between a Athlon II X4 and a Phenom II X4?

stulid · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:00

Awesomeish said:
Thanks! I think the monitor is 24" 16:9 widescreen at 1080p. Would there be much of a difference between a Athlon II X4 and a Phenom II X4?

enough difference- http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=122 some of those charts, read the small print are "lower is better"

and that size monitor will need a 5770 minimum

Awesomeish · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:07

Hm... that is a noticeable difference, but then I suppose at £450 we can't expect the best

.

I'd agree with the 5770 too, I've heard lots of good things about it.

Also, I realise we need case fans, would the little £5-10 ones be good enough?

stulid · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:13

buy scythe or sharkoon fans, one or two will be enough, if you are wanting that Xigmatek case?