New System advice please

SparkiUK · 18 Dec 2007 at 14:02

Can someone please advise. My son wants a PC for his brithday, I already have a 19" widescreen monitor for him, but need everything else, ie the base unit, moust and keyboard (ignore printer etc). Budget is around £200-£250 max, what can i get him for this, it's mainly to play World of Warcraft.

Advise would be appreciated

topshot · 18 Dec 2007 at 14:03

do you have an operating system or is that required too?

melbourne720 · 18 Dec 2007 at 14:10

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AC2 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£76.36)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ 2.10GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail(£41.11)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit(£24.66)
Asrock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard(£37.59)
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD250HJ)(£42.29)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM(£17.61)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU(£31.71)
OcUK Huntkey 550W PSU(£41.11)

Total : £325.32

closest I can do, someone should be able to do better though

Aero · 18 Dec 2007 at 14:19

The best I can do really, but this has no OS

Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA (Socket AM2) AGP DDR2 Motherboard £29.99
(£35.24)
OcUK ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) -£37.99
(£44.64)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ 2.10GHz (Socket AM2) £34.99
(£41.11)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - £57.99
(£68.14)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £22.99
(£27.01)
Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - £28.99
(£34.06)
Pioneer DVR-115DBK 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM£15.99
(£18.79)
Sub Total : £228.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £41.98
Total : £281.86

Aero

EDIT:Change the HDD for a 80gb and you could change the ram for just 1gb (i.e. 2 stick of 512) and that brings it down to about £252 and a cheap mouse and keyboard and away you go! (Howver I'm not sure how well that would run wow as I don't play myself)

SparkiUK · 18 Dec 2007 at 17:11

Thanks guys, i think a 1gb of ram is enough, and i used to run WoW very well on a X1650Pro. As for OS, I can install one myself, probably XP as I know Vista can be a memory hog. 80gb HD probably fine also for what he needs, can always upgrade later.