Spec me £600 rig

simbady · 24 Jul 2011 at 16:05

Hi guys, putting a computer together for a friend and have a £600 budget this includes monitor, keyboard and mouse. No OS needed.
The rig is only going to be used for light gaming games like TF2 and Terraria. Other than that just music, skype and office applications.

Any help would be greatful thanks very much

Reaper 392 · 24 Jul 2011 at 18:38

will you be buying it through your account or will your friend be making their own?

i can get this just slightly over budget with the free delivery. it comes with a copy of DIRT 3 too

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £173.99
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £100.79
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech 600 Media Keyboard (920-000031) £11.99
Total : £606.68 (includes shipping: FREE).

it would be in budget if the logitech deluxe USB keyboard was on the OcUK shelves

Jony27 · 24 Jul 2011 at 18:55

dont you think the SSD size is a bit....OTT?

Reaper 392 · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:28

Jony27 said:
dont you think the SSD size is a bit....OTT?

ideallly i would have gone for something around 80-90GB, but none of the new drives are that size. 120GB will fit the OS and all his common games and programs on with room to spare for other programs later on

Lelouch · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:34

He can have a monstrous i5 rig with that money

Reaper 392 · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:37

Lelouch said:
He can have a monstrous i5 rig with that money

but he wont really benefit from an i5 with what he's doing. either an i3 2100 + cheapo graphics card + SSD, or what ive chosen will be the best option.

if this was for a gaming PC then yes, go for an i5 2500k + decent graphics and lose the SSD, but when the most intensive thing the PC will be playing is TF2 then theres not a lot of point

simbady · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:43

What sort of graphics card does that APU compare to?

Jony27 · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:56

I think its on par with the HD6450

simbady · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:59

Jony27 said:
I think its on par with the HD6450

Thanks,

If I were to go down the i3 route, I would need a mATX motherboard, which boards should I be looking at?

Jony27 · 24 Jul 2011 at 20:05

This
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-172-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1907

It has
2 x SATA 6Gb/s
and
2 x USB 3.0

Reaper 392 · 24 Jul 2011 at 20:07

simbady said:
What sort of graphics card does that APU compare to?

not sure what card, but i know that, when overclocked, it can run crysis 2 at medium-high settings quite happily, which for onboard is astounding (about 3x better than intel onboard)

olivier renault · 24 Jul 2011 at 21:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.98
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £14.99
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £12.98
Total : £601.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).