New system £500?

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 00:46

Pretty new to this forum and custom systems in general.

So the main use of new system will be for playing online poker but I would like it to be capapble of more, I watch a lot of videos and downlaod a decent amount each month. Also will play games occasionally too.

I don't need an OS, but will need everyhting else from cables, cooling fans and a decent case.

Any help would be appreciated. Budget is like £500 max

stulid · 18 Jan 2011 at 00:47

Just a tower unit without an O/S?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £411.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £84.41
Total : £506.48

Judgeneo · 18 Jan 2011 at 00:48

Monitor required?

Judgeneo · 18 Jan 2011 at 00:53

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £79.64
(£66.37) £79.64
(£66.37)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000518AS) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £337.12
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 20.00% VAT : £69.77
Total : £418.64

I felt like going cheaper

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 01:08

na no monitor, no OS, just tower unit, thanks will take a look

Buchanan0204 · 18 Jan 2011 at 01:12

Nobody ever seems to need an OS included with their builds these days. I wonder what the reason for that could be

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 02:03

Thanks for help so far guys! Forgot to mention my last/current system. Was bought in like mid 07, here is the spec:

Processor (CPU)
AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)

Motherboard
ASUS® M2V: DUAL DDR II, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 4 PCI

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Graphics Card
128MB RADEON X1050 PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£17)
Memory Card Reader
NONE

Power Supply
STANDARD 350W PSU with CASE FAN

Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Anything worth keeping?

Caffrey · 18 Jan 2011 at 02:21

Might as well keep the optical drive.

Buchanan0204 said:
Nobody ever seems to need an OS included with their builds these days. I wonder what the reason for that could be

That's because everyone has a "backup" doh

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 19:17

lol, thanks guys

althoguh all these sandy bridge threads make me feel like adding another £100 to the budget

Ast3r · 18 Jan 2011 at 19:54

shAn88 said:
lol, thanks guys

althoguh all these sandy bridge threads make me feel like adding another £100 to the budget

In my opinion its worth it.

The i5 2500K will beat any of the suggested CPUs above and even beat current high-end ones like the i7 950.

Not to mention the overclockability.

The i5 2500K can get to 4.0Ghz without breaking a sweat and 4.0+ Ghz is very very easy as well. And at those speeds it will come very very close to the i7 980X.

This is what you can get for 100 quid more.

RJC · 18 Jan 2011 at 19:58

Ignore.

Skellig · 18 Jan 2011 at 20:02

Heh, when you can do OEM sob stories about dying mobos, there isn't too much of a need to resort to' 'back ups' really

MikeHiow · 18 Jan 2011 at 20:10

My retail copy of W7 Home Premium which I pre-ordered for £30 seems to just keep on activating - I wouldn't be fussed if the old installs stopped working, as they are obsolete, but they seem to still work just fine.

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 22:15

stulid said:
Just a tower unit without an O/S?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £411.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £84.41
Total : £506.48

Actually after thinking about it more I'm feeling tight

. This one seems more or less perfect. If I cahnge case to:
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black [RC-912P-KKN1]

does anythign else need to be changed?

stulid · 18 Jan 2011 at 22:16

shAn88 said:
does anythign else need to be changed?

No.

And notice the two harddrives

500Gb for OS and software.

2TB for your downloading.

shAn88 · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:12

stulid said:
No.

And notice the two harddrives

500Gb for OS and software.

2TB for your downloading.

ty sir

jamesfreddie · 19 Jan 2011 at 17:02

If it is only for online use then I5 2300, H67 Motherboard, 4GB Corsair Value. After everything and TFT about £470 Without O/S

shAn88 · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:37

ok going with the original build stulid suggested and finally decided on a case:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-LN

Thanks for all the help guys. Going ot have a crack at building this myself

. May even start a project log or w/e.

DJ_Hughesy · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:41

Buchanan0204 said:
Nobody ever seems to need an OS included with their builds these days. I wonder what the reason for that could be

i need an os with mine

Caffrey · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:47

shAn88 said:
Thanks for all the help guys. Going ot have a crack at building this myself . May even start a project log or w/e.

It's like building lego, they snap into place easily. If you need to force something in, you're doing it wrong