Gaming PC £300-£500

[andyb313]

I am wanting to build a new computer mainly for playing games. I have not bothered with pc games for a long time and now i have no idea what im doing when it comes to buying a new pc. I dont mind if its a package deal or a new build i just want a pc for playing games within my budget.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP

BUDGET RANGE: £300 to £500

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming / general use

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, monitor , Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: any uk site.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK

PARTS PREFERENCES: N/A

OVERCLOCKING: Probably

 

[WR2]

Hello andyb;
The guys over at the Bit-Tech website have a recommended build in the £400 range.
Bit-Tech: What Hardware Should I Buy? - October 2009

What size/resolution is your monitor? That useful in suggesting a video card to match.

 

[andyb313]

Dont have a monitor yet. I am probably going to go for a 22" widescreen 1080 so any monitor suggestions would be helpfull to

 

[WR2]

Sorry; saw above that a monitor was one of the items you said wasn't needed.

For a 1080 monitor you'll want a 1GB version of the GTS 250 at minimum.

Did you need to fit the monitor into your overall £500 budget?

 

[andyb313]

Sorry i left the monitor out above because it is not included in the budget. so the budget is £300 - £500 + cost of monitor

 

[daggs]

cpu: PII x2 550BE http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-Phenom-II-X2-550-Black-Edition-Callisto-S-AM3-31GHz-7MB-Total-Cache-HT-4000MHz-85W-Retail £77.03
MB: Asus-M4A785TD-M-EVO http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-M4A785TD-M-EVO £67.47
memory: 2x2G by corsair http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-%282x2GB%29-Corsair-TwinX-XMS3-DDR3-PC3-10666-%281333%29-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24 £79.47
gpu: xfx ati 4870 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/512MB-XFX-HD-4870-PCI-E-20-%28x16%29-3600MHz-GDDR5-GPU-750MHz-800-Cores-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDTV-HDCP £97.99
dvd: lg GH22NS50 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/LG-GH22NS50-22x-DVDR-16xDVDDL-DVDplusRW-x8-RWx6-12xRAM-SATA-Black-OEM £16.66
hd: wdc 640G 16Mb 7200 rpm http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/640-GB-Western-Digital-WD6400AAKS-Caviar-Blue-SATA-300-7200-rpm-16MB-Cache-89-ms £44.39
psu: antec SG-650UK http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec-Signature-650w £91.41
case: asus210 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-TM-210-Black-Silver-MicroATX-Case-w-o-PSU-PSU £25.63

total 500.05, I'm sorry but I cannot recommend a os cause I don't use windows and linux is ignored by game makers.

 

[andyb313]

i have a sony DL DVD burner on my current pc but it is IDE can i connect this atall with this build or will i need to get the lg one listed?

 

[daggs]

dont know but if you can, try to use the extra money to get a better hsf for oc

 

[WR2]

i have a sony DL DVD burner on my current pc but it is IDE can i connect this atall with this build or will i need to get the lg one listed?

Should not be a problem.

 

[obsidian86]

the newer boards do still carry ide ports

 

[build]

AMD Phenom II X4 945 AM3 3.0GHz 8MB Cache - £127.64
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-945-Sok-AM3-30GHz-8MB-Total-Cache-125W-Retail

1GB Power Color HD 4890 - £126.96
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Power-Color-HD-4890-PCI-E-20-(x16)-Mem-3900MHz-GDDR5-GPU-850MHz-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDTV

MSI 770-C45 AMD 770 AM3 DDR3 - £48.96
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165438

Antec 200 Two Hundred Mid Tower Case - £34.06
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168615

Samsung 500GB F3 7200rpm 16MB - £36.70
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-500gb-f3-7200rpm-16mb-ecogreen-6605.html

OCZ Technology DDR3 4gb (2x2) FATAL1TY 1333Mhz - £68.44
http://www.dabs.com/products/ocz-technology-ddr3-4gb--2x2--fatal1ty-1333mh-5D0Q.html

Corsair Memory 550W VX PSU - £58.30
http://www.dabs.com/products/corsair-memory-550w-vx-psu-4Q0T.html

Total = £501.06 (all offer free delivery, but you have to sign up to hexus forums first for scan to avail of it)