Spec me up please £500 Limit

[railer33]

Hi guys looking for some help my Sis in law has asked if i could get her a system for a budget of £500. I told her iam not sure but know a bunch of guys who might be able to help.

She's going to need the lot tower, monitor, keyboard ,mouse etc. only thing dont need is OS. Its going to be used for some gaming, internet and the like....

Gaming side of it your looking at games like BF2, LOTRO that kind of thing, nothing to demanding i think.

Thanks in advance.

 

[melbourne720]

Try this:-

Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ) (£34.06)

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW173A 17" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (£105.74)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit(£35.24)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail (£43.46)

Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM(£19.96)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU(£31.71)

Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£64.61)

OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£70.49)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)(£17.61)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£68.14)

Total : £506.25

edit: no mouse or keyboard, apologies.

 

[bandit]

maybe a smaller PSU?
if its not going to be overclocked, the stock cooler can be used, which seems ok actually.

 

[railer33]

maybe a smaller PSU?
if its not going to be overclocked, the stock cooler can be used, which seems ok actually.

No dont think it'll be overclocked! Just needs a simple system but with the ability to upgrade at a later date without the need for a complete new system.

Thanks for the quick responses.

 

[bandit]

the corsair 450W.

i wouldnt go any lower as the psu is somethign you want to have headroom in.

stay with the stock cooler and maybe up to an E2180 if your not overclocking.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

This is a little different from the one above. It has a nicer monitor, the hard drive's a little faster, and the case is a tish better as well.

 

[railer33]

Cheers guys for quick responses

would the power supply with the Antec cope with an X1950? Looked at something similar myself

 

[BillytheImpaler]

It would. The X1950 Pro draws about 85 W at maximum. Antec is of fairly good quality so I expect to get near its rated power out of it. If it was some bargain-basement-never-heard-of-it brand of 430 W PSU I'd be less trusting.