Spec Needed - £350 Tower

yhack · 21 Feb 2009 at 15:52

Hi, I'm after a new tower with a maximum budget of £350.

I have the monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and OS. All I need is the tower.

It's for mainly word processing, internet browsing and some gaming.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

Clum · 21 Feb 2009 at 16:10

Kennysevenfold · 21 Feb 2009 at 17:18

Clum said:

Hard drive.? DVD drive.?

Kennysevenfold · 21 Feb 2009 at 17:19

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750+ Black Edition 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)

Seasonic Silverpower 500W Power Supply £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £39.99
(£45.99) £39.99
(£45.99)

Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £33.99
(£39.09) £33.99
(£39.09)

CIT 1001 Midi-ATX Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09) Sub Total : £290.92 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £45.14 Total : £346.05

tech_144 · 21 Feb 2009 at 18:25

yhack · 22 Feb 2009 at 00:08

Thanks for the replies.

Kennysevenfold said:
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £39.99
(£45.99)

Would this graphics card run well on games a few years old?

shinester184 · 22 Feb 2009 at 00:19

yhack said:
Thanks for the replies.

Would this graphics card run well on games a few years old?

Yes.

MumboJumbo · 22 Feb 2009 at 01:46

yhack said:
Thanks for the replies.

Would this graphics card run well on games a few years old?

what resolution and what games? But to answer generally id say very well.

yhack · 22 Feb 2009 at 18:08

8igdave said:
what resolution and what games? But to answer generally id say very well.

Probably 1280*960 and playing mainly CS:S and some newer games like Left 4 dead.

Another question because I'm a noob at specs, would the motherboard fit fine in this case:

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

Thanks again

edit: this one
Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

neon.uk · 22 Feb 2009 at 18:46

Try and stretch your budget to include one of these if you are gaming

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-097-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274

shinester184 · 22 Feb 2009 at 23:22

Anted 300 will fit every mobo

ro55o · 23 Feb 2009 at 10:03

I would try and stretch a bit for a better graphics card, the 4550 isn't a gaming card and will struggle to play most games, even ones a few years old. The 4670 is much better, still a low end card for gaming but should allow you to play the titles you want, here's a review of the 4550

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4550-512mb-review/10

and one for the 4670

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/9

yhack · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:33

Unfortunately the limit really is £350 because it's not for me.

I've changed Kennysevenfold's spec a bit and got a 4670 in:

Are there any problems with this? It's probably going to be ordered tonight.

Thanks