Spec me a build for £500

[JaseUK]

Guys,

A mate wants me to build him a new system from scratch so i'll need everything.

He has a budget of £500 and basically wants a rig that is better than his 5 year old PC (which shouldn't be too hard).........

He wants to be able to play games (nothing top end obviously), and the usual surf t'internet, and general use and would like Vista.

Cheers

 

[JaseUK]

I see there is another similar post to mine from DanMc07 so I will take some ideas from that.

My mate does not require a monitor but does need a new keyboard and mouse included in the spec.

Any advice would be great.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I think this includes everything you need other than speakers, I haven't actually looked in the other thread so I might just be echoing what has already been specified there though.

Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Belinea 1925S1W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Sub Total : £414.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £74.87
Total : £502.72

 

[mp260767]

Being as you said you don't need the monitor i updated some things in SPW's spec can came up with :

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £38.99 (£45.81)

OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £41.99 (£49.34)

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £66.99
(£78.71)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £50.99
(£59.91)

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £72.99 (£85.76)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £27.99 (£32.89)

Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 (£17.61)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99 (£70.49)

Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £14.99 (£17.61)

Sub Total : £389.91
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £70.15
Total : £471.01

 

[glenimp617]

can your friend find another £70 so he can get an AWESOME rig?

Quad Q6600
Intel X38 Board
2gb Ram
500gb (2x250gb Raid-0)
512mb Geforce 8800GT
DVD+_RW
Vista Premium
Keyboard and Mouse

 

[semi-pro waster]

mp260767, ta for pointing out the monitor as being unnecessary, I read the first post as needing everything but then skipped the second one for some reason.

I've had another go and you can get a very decent graphics card and larger hard drive into the budget.

Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
Samsung SH-S203D 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Sub Total : £414.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £74.53
Total : £500.39

 

[JaseUK]

Thanks guys, there is some good info there. I will ponder over it all and pass it onto my mate.

I cant wait to build it for him thats the best bit.