Spec Me £650

[shadowake]

Need a PC for a relative, will be used purely for gaming (bit of web browsing etc).

He has keyboard, monitor & mouse and will use Win 7 RC.

Budget is £650 not the greatest, but I was thinking something AMD with a decent GFX card?

 

[RJC]

How does this look:

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£93.90) £107.99
(£93.90)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £71.98
(£62.59) £71.98
(£62.59)

Lian Li PC-A07B Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black (No PSU) £66.69
(£57.99) £66.69
(£57.99)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)

OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3RPR13334GKK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)

Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £537.05 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £82.62 Total : £633.42

 

[VortX]

Yeah what he has spec'd is about all you are going to get on that budget.

Has he thought about sound ? As in buying a decent sound card? however that will then put him over budget by about 80 quid.

 

[shadowake]

How does this look

Looks good, if I switch the case to the scout that should do him (he's into his flashing lights )

Yeah what he has spec'd is about all you are going to get on that budget.

Has he thought about sound ? As in buying a decent sound card? however that will then put him over budget by about 80 quid.

I thin the onboard will do him, he only has 2.1 speakers so it wont make much difference.

 

[PanchoVilla]

Good thread, I'm thinking of a similar spec although hoping to get a mobo for around £50.

I've not read good things about OCZ - and personally would prefer corsair.

Will you be overclocking the 720?

 

[shadowake]

Will you be overclocking the 720?

Be a crime not too

 

[VortX]

Only thing I would point out is the GFX card being an XFX one..

Aren't XFX known for their poor RMA support? Would it be better paying a little bit more to get a better warranty provider?

 

[RJC]

Only thing I would point out is the GFX card being an XFX one..

Aren't XFX known for their poor RMA support? Would it be better paying a little bit more to get a better warranty provider?

Ocuk will be providing the warranty:

***EXCLUSIVE Premium Priority 2 Year Warranty***

In the unlikely event of your card failing within 2 Years, OcUK will replace your card with a brand new one, pending testing within our standard RMA terms and conditions (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/support.php).

 

[VortX]

Ocuk will be providing the warranty:

That's one way to fix XFX's warranty