Budget General/Gaming System £400 - £450
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I've been out the homebuilding game for about four years, but after a nice rebate from the taxman I've decided it's high time that I upgrade my ancient setup.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next month
BUDGET RANGE: £400 - £450 ($650 - $750 approx)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: surfing the internet, gaming, watching movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: None, this is a completely new build
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any reputable U.K. based company. Stak Trading is the closest locally. No second hand or ebay.
PARTS PREFERENCES: <= 20" LCD Monitor
OVERCLOCKING: No
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: >= 1600x1200 preferably for games unless that's too demanding for my budget?
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Great if the OS cost can be included but is a secondary concern.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next month
BUDGET RANGE: £400 - £450 ($650 - $750 approx)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: surfing the internet, gaming, watching movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: None, this is a completely new build
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any reputable U.K. based company. Stak Trading is the closest locally. No second hand or ebay.
PARTS PREFERENCES: <= 20" LCD Monitor
OVERCLOCKING: No
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: >= 1600x1200 preferably for games unless that's too demanding for my budget?
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Great if the OS cost can be included but is a secondary concern.
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Thats going to be hard. Depending on what gaming your doing.
Monitor will take out $120+ or a little less.
so your left with a build that will prolly use a 4670 gpu / 770atx am3 board / dualcore cpu am3 / 400cx psu / a cheap case such as the antec 300.
Just some of the parts to look at for a good quality build.
Monitor will take out $120+ or a little less.
so your left with a build that will prolly use a 4670 gpu / 770atx am3 board / dualcore cpu am3 / 400cx psu / a cheap case such as the antec 300.
Just some of the parts to look at for a good quality build.
Yes I know the monitor will take out a fair chunk but Ineed to get rid of this horrible 17" CRT I've been using for 4+ years.
As for gaming I know I won't be able to make a machine that can run Crysis on max specs just something that can run current games at medium/low specs and that has the capacity for upgrading.
As for gaming I know I won't be able to make a machine that can run Crysis on max specs just something that can run current games at medium/low specs and that has the capacity for upgrading.
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The AM3 x2 chips should be fine.
Regor x2 550 AM3 chip.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
Heres a nice combo.
PSU, The 400cx Corsair is your best bet at this range of computer.
Would prefer you stick with the crossfire side since AMD boards have no sli "just yet" in stock.
4670 is good enough for what your wanting
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Sapphire.
Regor x2 550 AM3 chip.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
Heres a nice combo.
PSU, The 400cx Corsair is your best bet at this range of computer.
Would prefer you stick with the crossfire side since AMD boards have no sli "just yet" in stock.
4670 is good enough for what your wanting
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Sapphire.
Righto clubbed together this lot see what you guys think.
Processor - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-Athlon-II-X2-250-Reg...
Motherboard - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigabyte-GA-MA785GMT-UD2...
Case - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/INWIN-EM009-Black-Silver...
Memory - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-Corsair-DDR3-PC3-106...(1333)-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24
Hard Drive - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/320GB-Seagate-ST3320418A...
GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Gigabyte-HD-4670-PCI...(x16)-1600MHz-GDDR3-GPU-750MHz-320-Cores-D-Sub-DL-DVI-I-HDMI
Optical Drive - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/LG-GH22NS50-22x-DVDR-16x...
Total Price including keyboard, mouse, OS and monitor = £473.64
A bit over budget but I can stretch to £500. I'm not at all sure about the Case/PSU and am I right in assuming that the motherboard has intregrated networking? With the remaining budget would some extra cooling go amiss?
Processor - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-Athlon-II-X2-250-Reg...
Motherboard - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigabyte-GA-MA785GMT-UD2...
Case - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/INWIN-EM009-Black-Silver...
Memory - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-Corsair-DDR3-PC3-106...(1333)-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24
Hard Drive - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/320GB-Seagate-ST3320418A...
GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Gigabyte-HD-4670-PCI...(x16)-1600MHz-GDDR3-GPU-750MHz-320-Cores-D-Sub-DL-DVI-I-HDMI
Optical Drive - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/LG-GH22NS50-22x-DVDR-16x...
Total Price including keyboard, mouse, OS and monitor = £473.64
A bit over budget but I can stretch to £500. I'm not at all sure about the Case/PSU and am I right in assuming that the motherboard has intregrated networking? With the remaining budget would some extra cooling go amiss?
Alternatively for a bit less I managed to get this lot from ebuyer.
Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101
Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166519
Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170230
Monitor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128571
GPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169828
HDD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159919
Optical Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169683
OS - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114048
Keyboard & Mouse - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160333
All for a shade under £500 with shipping. What do you guys think?
Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101
Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166519
Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170230
Monitor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128571
GPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169828
HDD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159919
Optical Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169683
OS - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114048
Keyboard & Mouse - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160333
All for a shade under £500 with shipping. What do you guys think?
Edit:
For some stupid reason I had next day delivery selected. Putting it back to 5 wrking days means I can afford this monitor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155601
by going £5 over budget which is well worth it I think.
For some stupid reason I had next day delivery selected. Putting it back to 5 wrking days means I can afford this monitor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155601
by going £5 over budget which is well worth it I think.
A bit more jiggling about has led to this build.
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU
ASUS M4A77TD PRO 770 Socket AM3 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 545 3GHz Socket AM3 6MB Cache Retail Box Processor
Crucial 2GB DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory CL9 1.5 V Unbuffered Non-ECC
MSI HD 4670 1GB DDR3 DVI HDMI HDCP Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue
LG GH22NS50 22x SATA DVD±RW Dual Layer & RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM
Viewsonic VA2213W 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080 300cd/m2 16000:1 5ms VGA W/Mount Black
Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 Black - Wired USB Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition-SP3/SP2- Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - CD - English
The only thing I'm a bit unsure on is the PSU. The reviews I've seen have rated it as adequate. I could alternatively get this case.
Coolermaster Elite 340 Black Micro ATX Tower Case - No PSU
And this PSU.
OCZ 400W StealthXStream PSU - 140mm Fan 1x PCI-E 4x SATA
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU
ASUS M4A77TD PRO 770 Socket AM3 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 545 3GHz Socket AM3 6MB Cache Retail Box Processor
Crucial 2GB DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory CL9 1.5 V Unbuffered Non-ECC
MSI HD 4670 1GB DDR3 DVI HDMI HDCP Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue
LG GH22NS50 22x SATA DVD±RW Dual Layer & RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM
Viewsonic VA2213W 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080 300cd/m2 16000:1 5ms VGA W/Mount Black
Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 Black - Wired USB Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition-SP3/SP2- Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - CD - English
The only thing I'm a bit unsure on is the PSU. The reviews I've seen have rated it as adequate. I could alternatively get this case.
Coolermaster Elite 340 Black Micro ATX Tower Case - No PSU
And this PSU.
OCZ 400W StealthXStream PSU - 140mm Fan 1x PCI-E 4x SATA
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