Please help with new spec

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 18:40

My brother has asked me to build him a new PC for £500 and i'm a bit behind on todays components.

He plays Darkfall Online and CS:S, so it will be for games and ebay. He would like to keep XP, but i will go Vista if he needs to.

Thanks

Griff7520 · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:03

does he need a monitor/keybpoard etc...if he does then maybe this is ok which is just over budget...if not then the second one is just under budget

OcUK Value X2220WMS 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £119.99
(£104.34) £119.99
(£104.34)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £88.99
(£77.38) £88.99
(£77.38)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £78.99
(£68.69) £78.99
(£68.69)
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £55.99
(£48.69) £55.99
(£48.69)
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) £35.98
(£31.29) £35.98
(£31.29)
Asus TA-D31 Midi-ATX Case - Black (No PSU) £26.99
(£23.47) £26.99
(£23.47)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

if he dont need the monitor then maybe this

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £126.99
(£110.43) £126.99
(£110.43)
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £95.99
(£83.47) £95.99
(£83.47)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £78.99
(£68.69) £78.99
(£68.69)
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/4G) £35.98
(£31.29) £35.98
(£31.29)
Asus TA-D31 Midi-ATX Case - Black (No PSU) £26.99
(£23.47) £26.99
(£23.47)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

siumatfung · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:08

icey_haj · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:22

^ I would go with that spec by fungus, but I would probabaly spend a little more and get the Tri-core instead of Dual-core.

siumatfung · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:25

icey_haj said:
^ I would go with that spec by fungus, but I would probabaly spend a little more and get the Tri-core instead of Dual-core.

yeh just noticed haj

if you spec the RAM down to 1333mhz

you can fit the tricore in the budget

cheers icey

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:29

Thanks guys. Can XP handle 4g fine?

And are the AMD's better than the Intels now? The last time i was looking at a build, everyone was going for the intels.

adren · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:31

i-bert said:
Thanks guys. Can XP handle 4g fine?

Yea, you get about 3.25gb usable, which is plenty for XP really!

cmndr_andi · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:44

With the core 2 and i7 has still got a very nice lineup. But for this budget, the new phenom 2 dual and triple cores beat the low-end intel core 2s and pentium duals.

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:56

siumatfung said:
yeh just noticed haj

if you spec the RAM down to 1333mhz

you can fit the tricore in the budget

cheers icey

Sorry for sounding thick, but which Ram and CPU would you go for instead?

icey_haj · 21 Jun 2009 at 20:14

CPU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM

RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-166-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

EDIT: You could stick with the original RAM as there's only about £7 difference.

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 20:21

icey_haj said:
CPU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM

RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-166-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

EDIT: You could stick with the original RAM as there's only about £7 difference.

Thanks Haj

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 21:13

Just ordered it.

Thanks again for your help.

icey_haj · 21 Jun 2009 at 21:14

i-bert said:
Just ordered it.

Thanks again for your help.

So what was your final order?

Post some pics of the build as well.

siumatfung · 21 Jun 2009 at 21:28

i-bert said:
Just ordered it.

Thanks again for your help.

taking all the credit pffft

i-bert · 21 Jun 2009 at 21:42

siumatfung said:
taking all the credit pffft

I meant thanks to everyone

I got the same spec that siumatfung said but changed to the tri-core. What do you mean pics of the build? Pics of it in the stages of being built? I don't know if i could handle the pressure

icey_haj · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:43

siumatfung said:
taking all the credit pffft

Don't be jealous my child.

icey_haj · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:43

i-bert said:
I meant thanks to everyone

I got the same spec that siumatfung said but changed to the tri-core. What do you mean pics of the build? Pics of it in the stages of being built? I don't know if i could handle the pressure

Yeh pics of it being built and pics of it finally built.

Don't worry about the pressure, just take your time and you'll be ok.

siumatfung · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:51

yeh just take pics trust me ppl appreciate small things like this

but heheh haj

i-bert · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:17

I'll try and get some pics up. I hope nothings changed much in the last few years. The last build i did was a socket 754 with a 6800gt.

I'm gonna be sick giving it to my bro though, i might just shove my dell bits in his new case, he'd never know

Soldier786 · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:24

i-bert said:
I'm gonna be sick giving it to my bro though, i might just shove my dell bits in his new case, he'd never know

LOL! do that! Nice spec BTW.