Spec me £500 machine

[dwarf]

Can you please spec me a pc 19" monitor, possibly quad core? Used for gaming and general internet, music ect. No sound card, OS, KB or mouse. Budget is around £500. Will be run on Vista and needs ~500GB hard drive and dvd drive. Many thanks!

 

[Grimley]

Couldn't go over budget by adding a monitor but there you go.

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Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
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Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
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Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £57.99
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Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £43.99
(£50.59) £43.99
(£50.59)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £42.99
(£49.44) £42.99
(£49.44)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £41.99
(£48.29) £41.99
(£48.29)
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 (967561-1120) Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 (967561-1120) £17.99
(£20.69) £17.99
(£20.69)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.54) £16.99
(£19.54)
Sub Total : £401.92
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DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £61.94
Total : £474.85

 

[jak731]

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Asus P5QL Pro Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5QL Pro Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£74.74) £64.99
(£74.74)
PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99
(£68.99) £59.99
(£68.99)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £57.99
(£66.69) £57.99
(£66.69)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £42.99
(£49.44) £42.99
(£49.44)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £41.99
(£48.29) £41.99
(£48.29)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £41.99
(£48.29) £41.99
(£48.29)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.54) £16.99
(£19.54)
Sub Total : £359.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL Select Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £55.64
Total : £426.55

needs monitor - i know too little about monitors to suggest you one

if you need to save on the tower consider

getting only 2gb of RAM

smaller HDD

a case and PSU combo

8800GT found in clearance/b-grade

 

[Niir]

didnt he say no OS so drop vista and ** almost dead on 500?

 

[jak731]

does he want a 19" monitor? i interpret his request as yes

 

[dwarf]

Yes, no OS and 19" monitor. Is it worth getting a quad core and loosing out in other areas of the spec? Thanks for the quick replies

 

[Niir]

even tho i have a quad core i have heard there is very little difference between a quad and dual