Spec me £450

chris_uk333 · 2 Nov 2010 at 01:19

Ok freind has 450 to spend on a tower (No keyboard, mouse, OS required, so just components) He wants to max WoW and SC2.

Thanks as always guys

tibbsey · 2 Nov 2010 at 02:13

That should all be compatible and I don't think I've missed anything. If I have, blame it on the early hour.

No idea if it'll max WoW or SC2, but I don't know if you're going to be able to get much better for the money.

Big.Wayne · 2 Nov 2010 at 03:07

tibbsey · 2 Nov 2010 at 03:10

Big.Wayne said:
better than my spec

Touché.

Zaim · 2 Nov 2010 at 03:27

Big.Wayne said:

That build looks great, but i'd change the psu to this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-046-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

95thrifles · 2 Nov 2010 at 03:35

Agree, for those games, the athlon x4 is the way to go, personally I'd try a cheaper psu like corsair cx430, should still be enough, and get better mobo

Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £119.99 (£102.12)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99 (£59.57)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £69.31 (£58.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £61.09 (£51.99)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply £37.98 (£32.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98 (£28.92)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £32.99 (£28.08)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£11.91)
Sub Total : £373.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £67.49
Total : £453.14

franco_22 · 2 Nov 2010 at 09:25

95thrifles said:
Agree, for those games, the athlon x4 is the way to go, personally I'd try a cheaper psu like corsair cx430, should still be enough, and get better mobo

Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £119.99 (£102.12)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99 (£59.57)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £69.31 (£58.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £61.09 (£51.99)
Corsair CX 430W ATX Power Supply £37.98 (£32.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98 (£28.92)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £32.99 (£28.08)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£11.91)
Sub Total : £373.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £67.49
Total : £453.14

This spec or big waynes if you want a modular PSU. But imo the better motherboard is more useful since 430w is enough to power that system anyway.

RJC · 2 Nov 2010 at 09:28

MSI on special for Today only:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-093-MS

VFM Addict · 2 Nov 2010 at 13:18

Grab one................the clock's running

Big.Wayne · 2 Nov 2010 at 14:18

95thrifles said:
and get better mobo

franco_22 said:
imo the better motherboard is more useful

Genuine question . . . why do you guys say this is a better mobo for the O.P?

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H

£69.99 inc

Than this £21 cheaper model?

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G

£48.99 inc

95thrifles said:
personally I'd try a cheaper psu like corsair cx430, should still be enough

franco_22 said:
430w is enough to power that system anyway.

While I agree that 430watts should be enough power it does limit future options a little and the Corsair unit isn't modular . . . it also only has a single PCI-E 8 Pin Connector so won't power the GTX 460 unless an adapter is used?

95thrifles said:
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £32.99 (£28.08)

That is a really old and basic design, non "thermally improved" with the PSU sitting at the top and no roof blow holes? . . . there are plenty of better choices than this at around the same price point . . . . Case and PSU tend to last in a build the longest . . . even with £450 then is no need to scrimp so much that both these important parts get cut right down!

Pity this has run out of stock . . .

Coolermaster Elite 370

£32.99 inc

Zaim · 2 Nov 2010 at 14:54

imho get a 500-600w psu (that ocz sx2 600), the 430w may do the job but limits any kind of future upgrades etc.

95thrifles · 2 Nov 2010 at 15:15

Big.Wayne said:
Genuine question . . . why do you guys say this is a better mobo for the O.P? Than this £21 cheaper model?

Actually my bad with that particular call, meant to put the other 880G UD2H board in which has much improved SB (850 vs 710) in addition to the obvious SATA 6Gbs and USB3, apologies to OP for that

Big.Wayne said:
While I agree that 430watts should be enough power it does limit future options a little

Zaim said:
imho get a 500-600w psu (that ocz sx2 600), the 430w may do the job but limits any kind of future upgrades etc.

To quote yourself Wayne, not accurately but I'm sure in the past you have belittled people for their use of a crystal ball to predict whats going to happen in the future no? How do you know that its going to limit future options? IMO it prob wont, as there seems to be a drive by manufacturers on all sides (CPU/GPU etc) to make things more efficient and reduce power draw so IMO it prob wont limit future options

Big.Wayne said:
and the Corsair unit isn't modular . . . it also only has a PCI-E 8 Pin Connector so won't power the GTX 460 unless an adapter is used?

No biggy in my book but fair point

Big.Wayne said:
That is a really old and basic design, non "thermally improved" with the PSU sitting at the top and no roof blow holes? . . . there are plenty of better choices than this at around the same price point . . . . Case and PSU tend to last in a build the longest . . . even with £450 then is no need to scrimp so much that both these important parts get cut right down!

Pity this has run out of stock . . .

I'll give you that one too, however I was trying to keep the build on budget with the case selection