Spec a pc plz.

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 20:05

A friend as asked me to make him a pc for around £300, just the tower.
Pc will be used for normal day to day computing, and a little light gaming (he as a PS3).

He as given me the cash £300 and i would like to order to night for thursday post.

Plz dont spec and systems over £300 as the line stops at £300, He's the type of person that will not go to £310 even if it's a lot better.

Thanks in advance

Edit: He as an OS.
Edit again

he would like intel but will be amd if it going to be a better system for the cash

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 20:09

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £253.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.65
Total : £315.92

£303.92 with free delivery

Use the onboard gpu? it also has SATA and USB3.0

Operation · 18 May 2011 at 20:09

As good as it gets.

andy_mk3 · 18 May 2011 at 20:18

Free shipping and you're £2-odd over

Operation · 18 May 2011 at 20:22

Like that too.

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 20:23

stulid would your bundel support the Phenom X4 840 i like the USB3/sata3, but he would not use the the black edtion cpu the 840 as the same clock speed but use's less power

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 20:25

I dont know about the cpu support, have to check the list,

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/870A-G54.html#?div=CPUSupport - it is listed.

The thing with the 840 Phenom is its actually a Athlon core, it lacks L3 cache of real Phenoms.

The other thing to consider is using a Tri core cpu.

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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR5 ICEQ PCI-Express Graphics Card (H567Q1GD) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3) Motherboard - Retail £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1333LV4GK) £27.95
(£23.29) £27.95
(£23.29)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £254.06
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 : £52.91
Total : £317.47

£304

The motherboard can unlock cpu cores - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3645#ov

Core Boost Support
GIGABYTE’s Core Boost technology provides an easy way for users unlocking the CPU’s hidden cores via the EasyTune6 utility. Without any complicated setting needed in BIOS, users can experience a phenomenal performance upgrade right away.
*The ability of unlocking the hidden CPU cores might vary by different processors.

Tri core 450 vs AthlonX4 645 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/189?vs=188

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 20:29

mmm no just the 840T. also the MoBo as no onboard gfx

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 20:31

Dave0w said:
mmm no just the 840T. also the MoBo as no onboard gfx

It is there, look 10 cpus above the 840T

the Gigabyte board has onboard gpu using just a vga connector.

Your right about the MSI though

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 20:35

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-279-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

Extra £10, gets onboard gpu and SATA and USB3.0

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 20:54

no need for a tri core, i asked about the 840 because there was no point him paying +£10 for the black edition when he would never OC it.

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 21:09

Dave0w said:
no need for a tri core, i asked about the 840 because there was no point him paying +£10 for the black edition when he would never OC it.

but the proper Phenom has L3 cache to boost performance.

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 21:42

stulid said:
but the proper Phenom has L3 cache to boost performance.

Point well made.

Dave0w · 18 May 2011 at 22:01

what would be the best i3. for £300

i have a cooler and your could use this chip HERE

andy_mk3 · 18 May 2011 at 22:22

i3 is more expensive, you'd have to drop the graphics card from my AMD spec if you want i3. If he wants to do gaming then a graphics card is a must, internal graphics aren't up to a lot really.