Spec me a system £500

[TerryWogan]

I need a system speccing for my brother please. £500 budget.

Doesn't need periphirals or a monitor, just the base unit.

Powerful as poss for the price. Graphics card doesn't need to be particularly amazing because games won't be played, but a capable one would be nice.

Thanks a lot!

edit: He needs a DVD/RW drive included!

 

[Explicit]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17541023
Some rough ideas in that thread

 

[ACESHIGH]

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM) £152.69
MSI RD480 Neo2 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-066-MS) £76.32
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-088-MD) £69.27
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK) £52.82
Philips SPD2400BM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-006-PH) £25.79
Antec Performance TX640B-EC Black MiniTower Case - 400 Watt SmartPower PSU (CA-034-AN) £72.79
Sapphire ATI Radeon X550 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-098-SP) £41.07

Total = £490.75 including VAT.


Has all you need. Very good CPU, large HDD, enough ram, good DVD burner, good gase & PSU as well as an ok graphics card.

If you want to upgrade the graphics card, next best would be ..
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-PC) £82.19

 

[Monstermunch]

Aceshigh spec is good, just another variation for you to look at. Not seen any reviews of this gfx card yet but looks superb on paper for the money.

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£129.95 £129.95
MB-000-BG BFG RNF4U nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-000-BG)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£60.95 £60.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£65.95 £65.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
GX-066-XF XFX GeForce 7300 GS 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT72G-WANG) (GX-066-XF)
£41.95 £41.95
Subtotal £443.65
VAT £77.64
Total £521.29

 

[TerryWogan]

Cheers guys!