New PC not a clue - pls help

tedaC · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:24

Hi all I have a budget of £400 ish

I havent bought hardware in sometime and quite out of touch.

Want a pc for general surfing and gaming. ( COD:black Ops BF1943 etc)

I have :
Monitor,Keyboard,mouse
and
It may not be quite up to scratch but hopefully should keep me going for a while
9800 GT PCI-E 1024 DDR3 TV-OUT 2DVI graphics card

So basically i have £400 to buy the tower and everything in it except the graphics card.

any help would be greatly appriciated

tedac

ahenners · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:26

You would be better off upping the budget to about £500 and not bothering with the 9800gt

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:40

what resolution is your monitor and do you already have the 9800GT or are you thinking of buying it?

tedaC · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:02

would love to be able to just chuck the card and up the cash but unfortunately stuck on a bit of a budget.

have already been given the card, is it that bad ?

guess i would generally run the monitor in 1280x1024

thanks for any advice

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:04

its not bad, it will still play games at decent settings/fps my friend has a 1gb hd4870 with a e2140@:3.2GHz and he can still play games at med-high settings

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:08

Do you need Operating system and case and optical drive?

tedaC · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:15

Dont need OS or Optical drive, but will need a case.
Thanks

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:18

So far I've come up with an i5 build with a 250GB hard drive and Corsair PSU but only 25 quid left for a case =/.

So you could go with that and get a reallllly cheapy case.

Or pop down to i3 and have about 60 quid for a case.

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:19

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £98.98
(£84.24) £98.98
(£84.24)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £63.44
(£53.99) £63.44
(£53.99)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUK) £37.98
(£32.32) £37.98
(£32.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3250318AS) £28.98
(£24.66) £28.98
(£24.66)

- £10.00 because you get free shipping.

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:19

why 250gb when a 500gb is just £1 more? :confused:

and to save some cash, get the cooler master 430 + 500w elite psu for £62

since you qualify for free delivery this will only be £5 over

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail - £144.98
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £98.98
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) - £65.99
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) - £62.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) - £29.99
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) - £34.98
Sub Total : £372.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £66.97
Total : £449.66

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:22

Jony27 said:
why 250gb when a 500gb is just £1 more?
and to save some cash, get the cooler master 430 + 500w elite psu for £62

The next 500GB up after that 250 is a F2 ECOGREEN.

The next 500GB up that is a normal one is 3 quid more though, so you could go with that.
(nvm saw the this week only offer drive)

You have to realise he's on a really tight budget.

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:26

really tight budget, i know....but not paying £1 more for twice the storage is madness...

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:27

Jony27 said:
why 250gb when a 500gb is just £1 more?
and to save some cash, get the cooler master 430 + 500w elite psu for £62

since you qualify for free delivery this will only be £5 over

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail - £144.98
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £98.98
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) - £65.99
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) - £62.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) - £29.99
Sub Total : £342.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £61.76
Total : £414.68

if you really want to stay under £400
then take this board instead
MSI P55A-G55 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £89.99

Pretty much what I had specced up, except this RAM saves 2 quid, is better and has lifetime warranty.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

tedaC · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:28

looks good so far thanks,

suppose i could push to £450 max. Just dont want to up the card just yet as i will be able to in a few months.

any more ideas

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:33

there edit the spec i did which was a "refined" spec of masons..................
ugh...dont really want to get into this mess.....corsair also has lifetime warranty.....and i will not accept that patriot viper is better than the corsair xms3 because it save £2.......

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:37

It's not a competition

lol. More options is always a good thing

. I know what you mean about RAM. Both are good, and that RAM is certified to run at AMD voltages and not intel. Still I think it will be fine. Up to you tedaC.

If you can up your budget by 50 quid then I would get a seperate PSU + Case but that's just me.

Renni 95 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:42

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £72.84
(£61.99) £72.84
(£61.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Asus TA-8H3 Black Midi Tower Case - Black Asus TA-8H3 Black Midi Tower Case - Black £20.99
(£17.86) £20.99
(£17.86)

total: 352

Oc the processor and use the rest to start saving for a better gpu

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:45

id still go for i5
op said hell be able to upgrade it in few months.
p.s ok case with bad cooling

Mason- · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:48

Hmm if he can upgrade it in a few months then I think there are 2 good choices to go down.

Either way if you go 1156 or AM3 you're upgradability is going to be limited because they're both become EOL within 6 months.

So if you say you can upgrade in a few months I say go for one of the following:

- AM3 Athlon as specced by Renni, Then upgrades to a Phenom II

- i3 and then upgrades to i5, i7 8XX

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:51

why go i3?
he can go i5 now and then upgrade to i7 8xx......
no need to go at the start of the scale

as the man Cookeh taught me, i5 7xx and i7 8xx still destroys the phenoms x4 and x6

and i think hes talking about the graphics card