Spec me a machine please :)

[EGuitarStar]

I thought I would never have to ask for this but here we are. Anyway, got a budget of £500 and need a complete system including a 22" or 24" monitor no OS required but need keybaord & mouse.

The person I am building for is about 13 years old and wants it mainly for gaming, he is aware that at this price he cannot expect too much. He plays games such as MW2/3, BF2, and would like to be able to play Crysis 2.

Can maybe increase budget by about £50 if it will make a big difference. I tried to put a AMD system together but it went way beyond £600 with bits missing

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.95
(£95.79) £114.95
(£95.79)
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £102.12
(£85.10) £102.12
(£85.10)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3) Motherboard - Retail £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard (Black) - OEM (967738-0120) £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)
Sub Total : £404.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.49
Total : £500.96

Perfect

The motherboard even features core unlocking so you may get lucky and be able to unlock another core and cache to create a better CPU.

But the triple core CPU does very well at stock anyways, for example - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/189?vs=188

You get free delivery to, so add a good quality mouse mat?

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If you want to spend the extra £50, you could put the PhenomII X4 955BE CPU and the ATI 5870 graphics card in the spec.

 

[EGuitarStar]

stulid always to the rescue, thanks

 

[Reaper 392]

you can get free shipping too, so you might be able to upgrade the processor to a guaranteed quad core, or the monitor to something else with the extra £10