Spec for £400

[J86]

My friend is after a new gaming PC for £400 MAXIMUM (plays stuff like crysis, cod4 etc - needs good fps!)

does not need a hard drive

hope you can help

thankyou

 

[jak731]

what res and graphical setting?
is a monitor needed or tower only?

for tower only, my attempt

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
LiteON DH-20A3P-12C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram IDE Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Extreme Silent 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS) £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Sub Total : £333.93
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 : £60.35
Total : £405.23

sorry its £5.23 over budget

 

[semi-pro waster]

sorry its £5.23 over budget

It does include a hard drive which isn't needed though.

It looks good but with the money saved I'd opt for the Abit IP35 as it is better for overclocking and possibly also upgrade to the E2160 or E2180 as well.