Spec me £500-£600

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Hello all.
I am just getting into PC gaming and wanted to get myself a halfway decent budget gaming rig for under £600. Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Also,
I have a disk drive
I would prefer to have an Am2 motherboard as I already have a 2gb ddr2 ram stick, which I will add to to make 4GB.


Thanks very very much to anyone who can help.

RED


Ps: I am aware that I posted a similar topic a while back, this was made to further specify the rig from what I have learned from the previous thread.
 
My choice would be to sell the 2gb DDR2 and just get an AM3 board, you'll have tons more options when it comes to Mobo, CPU and RAM as well as upgradability for the future.

Edit: DDR3 ram here on OcUK seems to be getting cheaper every time I look too
 
Don't stay on old platform for the sake of 2GB DDR2...DDR3 are so cheap these days, you can sell your old 2GB DDR2 and get new 2GB DDR3 without needing adding much money...DDR2 is in fact more more expensive if you buy new. New DDR2 2x2GB around £80~£90, new DDR3 2x2GB around £58-£70.

Do you need Windows and monitor for that budget by the way?
 
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Here's a decent machine:

*EDIT* I forgot the power suply -.-

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Here's a decent machine:

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ROFL!!!!!!!!

the 970BE cpu is the same price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a 500GB seagate 7200.12 drive is cheaper and faster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patriot Viper ram is cheaper and has lower timings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I do need Windows - preferably 7.
I also need a good Antivirus software.

I think I probably will go for the Am3 and get DDR3, I was just being lazy :]

Thanks everyone :]


Stulid could you possibly post your basket as you seem familiar with the prices around here. I would be ever so grateful.

RED
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.50GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.67) £28.99
(£24.67)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £531.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £95.22
Total : £639.33


you can get lots of good free anti virus programs such as,

AVG

Microsoft security essentials.
 
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Oh and before I forget: I know of a SATA Hard Drive that has 1TB of memory for about £40. It's by Samsung, but I can't post it on here because it's from a different supplier.

Edit: I just realized that there is one on here for £41.
 
another spec under budget.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.29
(£35.99) £42.29
(£35.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
(£24.67) £28.99
(£24.67)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £487.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £87.55
Total : £587.83

got a 1tb drive

a GTX460 1GB card
 
even better.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.50GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.29
(£35.99) £42.29
(£35.99)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £520.83
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 17.50% VAT : £92.98
Total : £624.31

seems the case is a special offer item that comes with a 550w PSU.
 
I can keep this up all day long.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £184.99
(£157.44) £184.99
(£157.44)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.29
(£35.99) £42.29
(£35.99)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £503.98
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 17.50% VAT : £90.03
Total : £604.51

GTX470!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Argon Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £259.99
(£221.27) £259.99
(£221.27)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.29
(£35.99) £42.29
(£35.99)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £504.89
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 17.50% VAT : £90.19
Total : £605.58

a i3 pre-overclocked bundle.
 
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