spec me up please

worthingsaxovtr · 9 Oct 2010 at 17:59

Hi

I have a budget of £500 please can you spec me the following.

Dont need case,
Dont need OS
Dont need DVD drive

Need CPU, Mobo, Graphics, Hard drive, PSU and RAM.

Have been looking at some stuff along the lines of 1TB F3 I think it was and a Six core AMD. Also DDR triple channel doesnt have to be silly amount of ram.

Any replies greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Nigel

95thrifles · 9 Oct 2010 at 18:06

What you going to use the system for? as that dictates where to spend the money

That being said, hows this for starters?

Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.54 (£105.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49 (£99.99)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9) £70.49 (£59.99)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99 (£59.57)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £69.99 (£59.57)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.71 (£26.99)
Total: £484.22

Porcelina · 9 Oct 2010 at 18:47

Thrifles' build is good. If you want more HD space than his Samsung SpinPoint has, the 1GB version of the same hard drive should still be in your budget.

RJC · 9 Oct 2010 at 18:51

Come up with this, not too dissimilar to 95thrifles:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.98
(£114.88) £134.98
(£114.88)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Asus M4A87TD Evo AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.71
(£26.99) £31.71
(£26.99)
Sub Total : £435.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £77.95
Total : £523.40

worthingsaxovtr · 10 Oct 2010 at 10:09

cheers guys for your answers.

Its just a general machine that I would like to do anything and everything with.

Jony27 · 10 Oct 2010 at 10:13

by general you mean internet browsing, ms office, music, videos etc?
if your not gaming maybe you can just use the onboard gpu and save yourself a £100 or so