Spec me a £500 PC!

andy2k · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:45

Im looking at building a new PC rig for a friend, Just thought i'd come to you guys for the best spec.

The £500 budget needs to include a 17" TFT and a high spec sound card.

Basic Spec Ideas, 160gb Hard drive, DVD-RW 1Gb RAM. Prefer an AMD 64 system, maybe 939?

Thanks for any help.

Shiz · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:03

Gonna be a bit hard but I'll have a go.

Explicit · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:10

Would he mind if it was a CRT over LCD?

trojan698 · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:11

Whats the pc being used for? Gaming? Multimedia stuff?
Definately struggling with that budget and the inclusion of a 17" tft & high spec soundcard. I dont know anything about soundcards so heres a spec without one, but the motherboard has 24 bit, 7.1 onboard. still £100 over budget though :rolleyes:

MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£44.95 £44.95
CP-118-AM AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3200BPBOX) (CP-118-AM)
£91.95 £91.95
CA-001-AR Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-044-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)
£94.95 £94.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
MO-014-OK OcUK Gamer 178QP 17" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-OK)
£114.95 £114.95
BG-063-MS **B Grade** MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (BG-063-MS)
£50.00 £50.00
Subtotal £491.70
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £88.67
Total £595.32

andy2k · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:16

CRT would be ok, but not prefered.

Its all Multimedia and web surfing, just remembered it needs to have a wireless network adaptor, no games to budget can be tightened on graphics.

Explicit · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:33

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£99.82
Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-042-GI)
£52.82
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) **this week only**
£52.82
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£52.82
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
£23.44
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£76.32
Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£46.94
Hyundai ImageQuest Q770S 17'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-006-HY)
£76.32
Netgear WG111 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter (NW-026-NG)
£18.74

Total inc VAT: £500.04

Great X-Fi sound card, wireless network adaptor, onboard graphics. That's CRT though.

Havana_UK · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:06

CA-023-AN Antec SLK1650B Black Quiet Mini Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-023-AN)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-136-AM AMD Sempron 64 3100+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-136-AM)
£57.95 £57.95
MY-062-CS Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS3.0 (VS1GB400C3) (MY-062-CS)
£45.95 £45.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£64.95 £64.95
MO-014-OK OcUK Gamer 178QP 17" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-014-OK)
£114.95 £114.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-033-LG LG GSA-4167BAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-LG)
£22.95 £22.95
NW-007-BE Belkin F5D7000UK 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter (NW-007-BE)
£16.95 £16.95
MB-054-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £448.55
VAT £78.50
Total £527.05

X-Fi sound, 17" TFT, wireless network, on-board graphics

£27.05 over budget though.

Hav