spec me a gaming pc

Monster ninja · 5 Feb 2010 at 10:34

hi i am building a gaming pc for a freind and i dont know what tp spec him he has a buget of around 400-500 maybe 600 and i dont know what to gte him for that money. The pc will be used for gaming and a lot of Flight sim X, normal office work. I have a OS and DX11 is not needed thanks

buttkinz · 5 Feb 2010 at 11:24

flight sim X likes quad cores and lots of mhz

a phenom x4 955 would be ideal for the budget youve got

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 5 Feb 2010 at 11:29

Monster ninja · 5 Feb 2010 at 12:08

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
This is what I would get:

Phenom II X4 955BE ~ £122

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo ~ £73

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-355-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

8+2 phase VRM with VRM cooling

4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 RAM ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-026-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

HD4870 1GB ~ £100

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-OE

Antec 300 ~ £43

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

Samsung F3 1TB ~ £70

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA

SATA optical drive ~ £17

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-038-OT&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=

OCZ StealthXStream 500w ~ £49

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

The total comes to around £507 excluding postage.

thanks i have changed that hard drive to a 250gb one has he dose not want any more space then that. thanks for your help

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 5 Feb 2010 at 12:19

I would not skimp on the hard drive as many of the cheaper ones can be slower.

I would go for the Samsung F3 500GB:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

The Samsung F3 500GB and Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB are the fastest hard drives under £50 AFAIK.

Insanties_birth · 5 Feb 2010 at 12:48

I'd say go with CAT-THE-FIFTH's suggestion (with the 500gb hard drive since you said he doesn't need 1tb) as when I tried to make a similar system it came out all the same lol. Pretty much best parts you can get for the price but if he is willing to go to that £600 figure the total cost of CAT-THE-FIFTH's suggestion (with 500gb hard drive instead) is £478.
Your friend could chuck in a Club 3D ATI radeon 5850 instead of the 4870 and be below £600 (including VAT but excluding delivery)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-010-C3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

If that costs too much though stick with the 4870 or maybe 5770 but it depends on if he wants a more attractive price point.