Spec me a build

millernick · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:43

Hi Guys

I knew this place would be my best bet.

Could you spec me a build within a price range of around £500 which would be suitable for gaming!

Cheers

stulid · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:47

what parts do you need, monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse, operating system?

Marine-RX179 · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:48

stulid said:
what parts do you need, monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse, operating system?

lol stulid you beat me to it. With that budget, I really hope he doesn't need an OS, or even a monitor...

stulid · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:57

crosses fingers its just a tower needed!

millernick · 26 Apr 2010 at 23:05

only tower needed nothing more.

Cycrow · 26 Apr 2010 at 23:22

a little bit over including delievery

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £112.99
Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £99.99
Patrtiot G Series Sector 5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1333ELK) £94.99
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.98
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £30.98
Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD251HJ) £28.99
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Sub Total : £431.41
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 : £77.55
Total : £520.71

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 26 Apr 2010 at 23:36

DavieJG · 26 Apr 2010 at 23:37

4850 is a fair bit behind the 5770 considering this is a gaming build

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 26 Apr 2010 at 23:47

DavieJG said:
4850 is a fair bit behind the 5770 considering this is a gaming build

I am keeping to the £500 budget and not exceeding it though. I would agree that the HD5770 does have the edge but unless I were to exceed the budget I could not include it. Also this is an HD4850 1GB vs an HD5770 512MB as opposed to an HD5770 1GB vs an HD4850 512MB. The only comparisons I have seen are of the latter.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 27 Apr 2010 at 00:02

Fallen god · 27 Apr 2010 at 00:06

+1 on cat's second build, quad core and 5770 cant get any better for that price.

Marine-RX179 · 27 Apr 2010 at 00:18

The 1GB Club 3D 5770 is just £4 more than the 512MB one, but it's currently out of stock.

mrfun1981 · 27 Apr 2010 at 00:56

If the OP only wants a gaming rig & wont need it for anything else they could maybe consider this. Its got more storage than whats been posted so & but the CPU is up to the job for gaming but maybe not much else. An iv keep it all under budget at £496 inc delivery.............If your are lucky you might be able to unlock the CPU BUT dont bank on it

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Antec 200 Two Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 200 Two Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £411.00
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 : £73.98
Total : £496.73

Marine-RX179 · 27 Apr 2010 at 08:08

mrfun1981 said:
If the OP only wants a gaming rig & wont need it for anything else they could maybe consider this. Its got more storage than whats been posted so & but the CPU is up to the job for gaming but maybe not much else. An iv keep it all under budget at £496 inc delivery.............If your are lucky you might be able to unlock the CPU BUT dont bank on it

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Antec 200 Two Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 200 Two Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £411.00
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 : £73.98
Total : £496.73

This build's pretty good, but ideally for the Antec 200 case, it should get at least 1 more 120mm fan for use as front fan (since the case itselfs only comes with a top and rear fan). Also and semi-decent CPU cooler such as the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 if budget allows:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Also if considering the possibility of upgrading CPU Quad-cores and/or graphic card in the future, may be should considering getting at 500/550W PSU instead of a 400W.

mrfun1981 · 27 Apr 2010 at 08:44

Marine-RX179 said:
This build's pretty good, but ideally for the Antec 200 case, it should get at least 1 more 120mm fan for use as front fan (since the case itselfs only comes with a top and rear fan). Also and semi-decent CPU cooler such as the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 if budget allows:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Also if considering the possibility of upgrading CPU Quad-cores and/or graphic card in the future, may be should considering getting at 500/550W PSU instead of a 400W.

Didnt know about it not having a front fan, so yeah maybe the OP could get one if they wanted that case otherwise there are a number of similar priced cases to pick from if they wanted to.

I 100% agree with you about the PSU, as not knowing how flexible the OP budget is i made sure every thing inc P&P was under the £500. But for £6 more they could get this OCZ StealthXStream 500w PSU http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-OC