Spec Me Up! £500ish

mr_tea · 6 Nov 2009 at 15:56

Looking to get PC mainly for gaming, no up to date with hardware so would appreciate some help.

No OS, Keyboard, Mouse.

Spec the PC for £500 and could you recommend a monitor £100/150.

Thank you!

mr_tea · 9 Nov 2009 at 18:16

I've had a go at one myself after reading through a lot of threads. This setup any good? Would it be able to handle MW2 and other games? Any possibility of overclocking?

Ryan-3 · 9 Nov 2009 at 18:39

I have made one too. It uses less power with the CPU, you can change the case if you want, the board is the same and my favoured ram

You can play any new games with this setup.

BUT:
No Xfire unless you get more powerful PSU.
No overclocking unless you get a better CPU cooler eg. Artic Cooler £19.99 one(forgot name)

But this should be fine for your needs

mr_tea · 9 Nov 2009 at 19:14

What advantages would that setup have over the one I posted?

Tony Williams · 9 Nov 2009 at 20:46

I don't understand the second setup either. The case doesn't look as good and for the +£2 get the quad core CPU?

I am looking at a similer computer. About £400-£450, mainly want for Windows 7 and The Sims 3.

Flongoid · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:38

Do you already have a hard drive?

Ryan-3 · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:20

Well, the tri-core can have its fourth core unlocked, its a lot less power consuming and is a lot cooler.

Darkmatters · 11 Nov 2009 at 23:29

Gosh, more confused than ever.

mr_tea · 13 Nov 2009 at 23:40

Anyway to knock off £100ish?

Total: £711.40

Biz.Kid09 · 14 Nov 2009 at 02:04

Dont buy a h50 and that will save you some money also change the ram from dominator to some OCZ which is cheaper and runs about the same..

mr_tea · 14 Nov 2009 at 08:27

I was looking at overclocking so that's why I have the cooler.

Ryan-3 · 14 Nov 2009 at 12:26

You can get a GPU for now (as no onboard graphics, eg.6200LE) and upgrade later, and that's £100 saved. But you can probably get away with cheaper ram like patriot, still good quality, and about £20/30 less.