New Spec

[adamibbo]

My mate has recently asked me to spec him up a new build, around the £600 mark to play top of the range games on the highest settings.

Im strugglying to find the time at the minute to do this for him, so was wondering if you guys fancied having a crack at it and posting your results.

The ideas he gave me were

22/24" Monitor
SSD(64gb or bigger if it can be fitted in the budget)
DX11 Graphics

Other than that, anything is game.

Cheers

 

[Peter_C]

Peripherals/Windows 7 needed? Also you'll struggle for a solid state drive with this budget, if the monitor is included.

 

[skid34]

about the lowest i can do
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £112.79
(£95.99) £112.79
(£95.99)
OcUK L-2266WD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single-Channel Module £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £56.99
(£48.50) £56.99
(£48.50)
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366) £21.98
(£18.71) £21.98
(£18.71)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sub Total : £553.51
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £99.99
Total : £671.35

 

[Redmint]

I'd suggest skipping on the SSD and getting that later as it'll gimp the rest of the spec too much if you spend £100+ on that.

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
LG E2240T 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black LG E2240T 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £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)
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)

Sub Total : £540.24
Shipping cost based on delivery to with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £94.54
Total : £634.78