Spec me a £500 PC

[Gundog48]

Building a PC for my friend, will be used for gaming, a bit of HD After Effects and general use. Must include keyboard and mouse. I have managed to coax him off his Mac so it's gotta impress! He would also prefer a windowed case. This is what I managed:

Hopefully we can unlock the Tri-Core!

Price is £502 inc VAT

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
(£63.82) £74.99
(£63.82)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £30.54
(£25.99) £30.54
(£25.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £443.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £79.66
Total : £534.87

 

[Redmint]

^ build quality of NXZT cases is pretty poor from what I've seen, go with the Xigmatek that stulid suggested.

 

[olivier renault]

I'd try to stretch to a 5770. I would think the Corsair 400W would cope. Ximatek Asgard is a good case as well. 12800C9 Corsair memory also on offer for £82.

EDIT : Basically, Stulid's build.

 

[PermaBanned]

Nothing wrong with NZXT at all, but if it's got to be windowed then the Coolermaster Elite 430 is worth a look.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 (1333MHz) Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £72.84
(£61.99) £72.84
(£61.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
ASRock M3A770DE AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Case - Black £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
(£29.99)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Blaze M0602 Laser Mouse - Black £9.99
(£8.50) £9.99
(£8.50)
Logitech Classic Keyboard 200 (968019-0120) £9.99
(£8.50) £9.99
(£8.50)
Sub Total : £420.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £75.32
Total : £505.73

 

[Redmint]

Maybe it's just that I'm used to my HAF 922 which is built a bit like a tank, but the NZXT case I saw recently (think it was the Hush model) had quite flimsy side panels.

 

[Gundog48]

If the NZXT is worse than a Xigmatek then I definatly need to get a Xigmatek! I have the midgard and I am not that happy with the quality of it.

 

[olivier renault]

Colermaster ELite 335?