Spec me a Base Unit Please

panthro · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:17

Hi

My bro wants a cheap PC to to a bit of light gaming on (such as Company of Heroes etc), plug his guitar into and record music using various programs (not sure which ones), keep all his media on there and use it for general surfing and browsing of the net.

Compactness would be cool. He doesnt want a monitor (or keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc) as he plans on connecting it to his Samsung LCD HDTV. He's looking at spending no more than £450, £500 max. Is this possible?

If anyone could spec me something that would be great. Cheers

Lolcb · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:25

- OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
- Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
- Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
- Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU (CA
- Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Total : £583.83

panthro · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:49

Cheers for that.

Is it possible to go cheaper or is it not worth it?

Lolcb · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:53

Your bro wants to play COH. And COH isn't what I would categorize as light gaming.

The spec I recommended is good and cheap already. But I hope others recommend their specs as well, so as to give you more choices.