Spec me pls £400

Banny · 14 May 2010 at 10:55

What would you lot spend £400 on he said he is not to fussed about games as he likes the facebook games, was thinking core I3/ddr3 setup with maybe a 5570 vid card, or would it be better going the way of a Q8300 /ddr2 with 5770. Or is there an AMD setup that could be considered. I am normally right up on this stuff, but a little out of the loop as all my PCs suit my needs. Have to factor in cheapo case PSU and HD/optical.
I know there are some top speccers here, who are really up on current prices for stuff.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 May 2010 at 11:02

Do you need an OS?

skippy2421 · 14 May 2010 at 11:05

If it's basically a net browsing pc, which by your description is how it sounds, an i3 would be fine and wont require a gpu (i3 has one built in), however if things more demanding than facebook are going to be run this might require a bit of a re-think.

As for PSU go for the 400w corsair, optical get the cheapest sata dvd drive. case xigmatec asgard.

Sorry i can't do a proper spec, i'm at work and can't.

EDIT: would seem CAT is on the case now so expect a gazillion specs

Banny · 14 May 2010 at 11:32

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Do you need an OS?

No OS mate, he has a copy of Win7 home premium, that he bought for his laptop, that he broke, so he is keeping that.

Redmint · 14 May 2010 at 11:38

"Primo Oren" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz DDR3 System, that way if it goes wrong he can contact OCuk rather than pestering you for help.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 May 2010 at 12:10

Mr Krugga · 14 May 2010 at 12:17

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Here is an AMD build which should do the job:

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-259-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

Asus M4A88TD-M EVO ~ £85

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-403-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

Has USB 3.0,SATA 3.0 and the SB850 southbridge. The IGP has 128MB of dedicated DDR3.

4GB low latency 1600MHZ DDR3 ~ £90

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-180-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Corsair CX400W ~ £41

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS

Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case ~ £27

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XG&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Samsung F3 1TB ~ £58

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

SATA DVD rewriter ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

The total comes to around £399 excluding delivery.

This, but should have considered Phenom II 550 over Quad Core Athlon.

eddyc · 14 May 2010 at 13:00

Given that the 550 only seems to have about a 50% chance of unlocking I would stick with the Athlon. The 555 has a better chance of unlock but still not 100%.

Guardsmon · 14 May 2010 at 13:06

Why bother with a quad when you are browsing the internet?

OCuk - Primo Trinity would suit for what you have described.

Redmint · 14 May 2010 at 13:07

Considering he's not a gamer and Banny hasn't mentioned him doing any other CPU intensive tasks such as encoding/simulations I can't really see the need for the quad core.

danewesley · 14 May 2010 at 13:08

Banny · 14 May 2010 at 22:58

Got him the I3 in the end, the cheapest one and stuck it in a SFF case, seeing as the I3 has onchip VGA plus the Gigabyte board has sound, seemed to be the best option.
If he wants he can always add a video card at a later date.
Thanks for all the advice, but I went with Intel in the end purely because it seemed a good choice for his needs.