Is this even possible (A spec me thread)

Azraeluk

Azraeluk

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Hi Guys

Im a little out of touch with the latest and greatest in hardware land and I have been asked by a family friend to see if I can build a PC capible of running most games to a decent standard for about £450.

Its a complete setup so will require monitor (19" is fine) OS is not required as they have access to MSDNAA for Windows 7.

What can you come up with chaps.
 
can he stretch to £480 + P&P?

gets a 20" monitor and a little extra graphics power if it helps

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Golds are the worst from the series.
They would be alright for basic budget build but if he decides to OC he'll get disappointed.

I'd strongly recommend getting a 2nd hand card like 4870 for around 40-50quid and instead get better memory and upgrade the CPU to tri core ( 435/440 unfortunately not available at ocUK atm, they are around 50quid in other shops with free del ).

Maybe squeeze in THIS COOLER ON TOP

The 4870 will still cope fine with all titles (unless you go crazy on AA) and new cards are just around the corner so I won't be spending much on a GPU right now.
 
Orcvader said:
HW91 has a nice build, but I would replace the RAM with this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
OCZ DDR3 RAM seems to be failing a lot recently.
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PhoenixUK said:
Golds are the worst from the series.
They would be alright for basic budget build but if he decides to OC he'll get disappointed.
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Big.Wayne says we're not allowed to relate widespread reports of problems with products so that the OP is aware and can investigate and make a purchasing decision as he/she sees fit. Apparently that is scaremongering and must be supressed. Please do not mention widespread (this forum, other forums and even a review in the OCUK shop) reports of problems with a product.

:p:p
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK L-2266WD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £101.99

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (Grade A Refurb 3 Months Warranty) £79.99

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £74.99

Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49

MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99

OcUK Apollo MicroATX Tower Case - Black (450W PSU) £26.99

Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £12.98

Sub Total : £380.77
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £68.69
Total : £461.21
Best i can do for that budget (let the flaming begin for the case psu combi)
I would tell them to go with the first spec for an extra 30 quid
 
hartty's spec looks good, however I'll still look at 2nd hand GPUs rather than new, if new maybe grab a 5750 for around 90, anything higher is not suited for this budget.

This card will also be very low on power so will run easily from cheap PSU.
Regarding the 555, at this budget I'd probably just grab the x3 for around 50quid elsewhere, they run a lot cooler which will help in case with no cooling and cheap cpu or stock cooler.
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK L-2266WD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black OcUK L-2266WD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £101.99
(£86.80) £101.99
(£86.80)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***OcUK Exclusive*** XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***OcUK Exclusive*** £91.64
(£77.99) £91.64
(£77.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 260 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 260 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
OcUK Poseidon ATX Tower Case - Black (400W PSU) OcUK Poseidon ATX Tower Case - Black (400W PSU) £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sub Total : £376.00
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £67.99
Total : £456.49

That's what I came up with.

I'm sure he can go 6quid over : ).

The only thing here is that ocUK doesn't seem to sell the AMD X3s anymore ( not for a normal price at least ) so I picked the 260 just because it's the same price as X3 435/440 from elsewhere ( just google it ) so it's there as a price indicator - don't order it, get the x3 from elsewhere instead.
 
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