Spec me a budget pc

2smoothbooth · 22 Oct 2010 at 19:49

Gentleman,

I am looking to spend around £200 (give or take) on the following components:-

Cpu
Motherboard
Ram
Cpu Cooler

I'm not expecting anything special but I would like to see what you guys would buy with that money :cool:

Lemin · 22 Oct 2010 at 20:47

Radon AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.20GHz @ 3.60GHz Overclocked Bundle
£229.78 ex VAT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-011-OP&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

RJC · 22 Oct 2010 at 20:52

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.69
(£43.99) £51.69
(£43.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Sub Total : £166.30
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £30.77
Total : £206.57

Cookeh · 22 Oct 2010 at 21:35

What are you planning on using it for?

2smoothbooth · 22 Oct 2010 at 23:34

I will be using it for general use, maybe encoding the odd film but nothing more extensive than that. I would like a cpu with good overclocking potential...with such a low budget it'll probably be the only way to get a semi decent speed pc

RJC - The spec you have advised is almost what I had in mind, except maybe an athlon x4 instead of a x2 or even a phenom x2. There's not really much of a price difference between these 3 so what do u suggest?

ShakeNBake · 23 Oct 2010 at 02:43

i3 540 @ £77
motherboard = £66 (gigabyte sale one H55)
ram = ocz 1333MHz = £65 (or 1600MHz for £75)
cooler = arctic freezer 2 £19

=£227

i3 540 overclocks up to like 4.6 GHz

Doughnut007 · 23 Oct 2010 at 03:06

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £48.99
(£41.69) £48.99
(£41.69)
Sub Total : £161.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £29.87
Total : £200.54

Its a retail cpu so comes with a cooler. There not bad either.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £77.54
(£65.99) £77.54
(£65.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
ASRock H55M-LE Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £55.21
(£46.99) £55.21
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £172.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £31.84
Total : £213.81

2smoothbooth · 23 Oct 2010 at 10:42

Thanks for your input fella's its good to know I still have a bit of choice even on a mega budget. I have decided to go ahead and buy:

A/Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2
GByte GA-880GM-UD2H MoBo AM3
4GB (2x2GB) CMV4GX3M2A1333C9
AMD ATHLON II X4 630 sAM3

Hopefully I can get a decent overclock and I will be pleased!