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The usual question I suppose, Nephew wants a PC, I am out of touch since my last builds.
I will build the PC for him but what can I get for £500?

He has an old monitor for now, he can also have my 19" iiyama crt while he saves for a TFT.
He also has a keyboard and mouse, so this is about a case and the internals really.

This PC will be for gaming so needs something with min 2gb and decent gfx card.

Any feedback gratefully received.

Thanks
 
If the overclocking is a simple process and does not involve noisy cooling/fans.
His mother is in the next bedroom so he already has to shut off 11pm at night as the current one has 6 case fans cooling an old amd down :)
 
This is your best bet mate...

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£64.61) £54.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£43.46) £36.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£93.99) £79.99

OcUK GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99

Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96) £16.99

Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU
(£69.31) £58.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£58.74) £49.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04) £5.99

Sub Total : £413.91
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £74.35
Total : £499.21
 
nice looking spec, will the 256mb gfx be a little limiting though?
I guess if so he needs to compromise somewhere and a gfx card could always be updated later when he gets some cash from part time work.

He is 18, currently plays WOW on an old PC that dies when entering a city area.

He also uses for college work although that is not taxing anything.
He would like to be able to play new mmorpg coming soon like age of conan etc
 
Ok here you go:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail
Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU

Total : £496.31

If your looking into overclocking go for a Intel system. How ever this sytem should do everything your Nephew wants.

The AMD 4200+ is by no means slow and will be fine. You also get a nice 8800GTS in their.
 
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