Spec me a £500 Gaming PC

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Hey,

I dont know if you can but I need a PC for mainly latest playing games and doing DVDs and CDS.


I have a budget of around £400 - £500. And need a full base unit inc. OS. (No Mointor / Keyboard or mouse). Cheaper the better tbh.

Really need a guideline which compents are the best to get?
 
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CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£61.95 £61.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£139.95 £139.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£29.95 £29.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
FS-028-AS Asus Vintage AH1 Barebones System - AMD Socket 939 (FS-028-AS)
£64.95 £64.95

Subtotal £423.70
VAT £74.15
Total £497.85
 
  • AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) £61.95
  • Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £54.60
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) £49.95
  • Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £38.95
  • NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) £19.95
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-118-SP) £94.95
  • GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) £54.95
  • Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £34.95
  • Subtotal £410.25
  • Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
  • VAT £73.71
  • Total £494.91

hp7909 :cool:
 
hp7909 said:
  • AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) £61.95
  • Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £54.60
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) £49.95
  • Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £38.95
  • NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) £19.95
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-118-SP) £94.95
  • GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) £54.95
  • Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £34.95
  • Subtotal £410.25
  • Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
  • VAT £73.71
  • Total £494.91

hp7909 :cool:
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What you think of these cases?...

OcUK Value Estar 7799 Case With 400W PSU
Also will this card play new games fine?
Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
 
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hp7909 said:
  • AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) £61.95
  • Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) £54.60
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) £49.95
  • Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) £38.95
  • NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) £19.95
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-118-SP) £94.95
  • GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) £54.95
  • Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN) £34.95
  • Subtotal £410.25
  • Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
  • VAT £73.71
  • Total £494.91

hp7909 :cool:
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Looks like a good spec there. I'd however swap the X800GTO with a GeForce7600GT for just a couple of quid more :)

The OcUK value cases don't have the greatest build quality and I wouldn't think the power supply included is great either. THe NSK4400 is the perfect balance between quality and value :)

Mul
 
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM) 1
£61.95 £61.95
MB-087-AB Abit KN8 Ultra nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-087-AB) 1
£51.95 £51.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) 1
£38.95 £38.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£22.50 £22.50
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN) 1
£45.30 £45.30
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£54.95 £54.95
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) 1
£99.95 £99.95
Subtotal £425.50
VAT £74.47
Total £499.97

Ooh, just. But you still need a few quid for delivery.
 
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{snip}OcUK Value Estar 7799 Case With 400W PSU
Also will this card play new games fine?
Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 512MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
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Your on a budget but don't skimp on case & PSU :( Buying quality (= reliable, etc) parts will payoff long after you've moved on from other components. That said, don't know much about the Estar case but that price doesn't leave much to the imagination :eek:

The Sapphire X800 GTO will handle everything you throw at it BUT not maxed out (v.high res + all the lights turned up). Chose this over the HIS (which I believe has more overclocking potential) because of the 512MB DDR3 :D
 
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