Im am thinking of getting a pc soon, can you all tell my what you think i should get, with 500. Cant go much over 540 tho, so no overbudgeting! I would like an am2, and hopefully make a good gaming pc. Is 500 too little to get it?
What should i choose?
Im am thinking of getting a pc soon, can you all tell my what you think i should get, with 500. Cant go much over 540 tho, so no overbudgeting! I would like an am2, and hopefully make a good gaming pc. Is 500 too little to get it?
£500 sould get you a reasonable mid spec gaming pc someone else was asking for a pc to be specced in another thread but they were after a more buget pc BUT you could go with the specs there and just add more memory maybe a slightly better cpu and spend £100ish on something like a 7600gt ddr3.
Linky here http://www.aria.co.uk/lucy/viewtopic.php?t=859
I would recommend something along the lines of Barleys spec but change for dual core AM2, 2gb of memory, 7600gt and get a decent psu for the case tagan or similar, or if you wanted just choose case keyboard and mouse of your choice. That should bring you upto around £500
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
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Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
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Quantity Product Name Price
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600 Retail AM2 2.40GHz, 1000MHz FSB, 1MB, 64 Bit Socket AM2
Out of stock !
£135.99 £135.99
MSI Radeon X1600XT 256MB PCI-E 128bit Dual DVI, TV-OUT Mfr# RX1600XT-T2D256EZ >Silent £89.04 £89.04
Foxconn NF570M2AA-8EKRS2H AM2 NVIDIA 570 2x PCIE / DUAL CH DDR2 / SATA(II) RAID / 7.1CH AUDIO / DUAL Gb LAN / ATX MOTHERBOARD £69.99 £69.99
Colors IT Alien Case £24.50 £24.50
1GB 4-Layer V-Data PC4200 DDR2 533 £55.95 £111.90
Subtotal :
VAT : £431.42
£75.50 Total : £506.92 inc VAT
(excluding delivery - how much will it be?)
Well unless you have issues with nvidia for some reason i would still suggest paying the extra £10 or so and get the 7600gt as it is a much more capable card, check out Toms guide and compare the 2.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphi...=529&chart=198
put in any benchmark test and the 7600gt comes out on top. Its your money but for £10-£15 more i know what i would get :wink:
Delivery should be about £10 or so depending on weight, there is a feature whilst going through the buying process on Arias site that tells you how much delivery will be.
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
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I think something like this would be nicer, better parts all around imo...Nice conroe build with a quiet passively cooled 7600gs. Case has 3 120mm fans, so less noise still.Quantity Product Name Price
(ex VAT) Total
Asrock CONROEXFIRE-eSATA2 775 2x PCI-E / DUAL CH DDR2 / CONROE & DUAL CORE / 945P / SATA(II) RAID / ATX MOTHERBOARD £47.97
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 RET 2x 1.86 2Mb 1066 MHz LGA775 BX805576300 £112.95
Corsair 1GB XMS2-5400 DDR2 SDRAM Xtreme Performance CM2X1024-5400C4 £76.95
Enermax Liberty 500W Modular PSU £59.49
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Alu-Black ANB-B £66.56
XFX GeForce 7600GS 256MB PCI-E DDR2, Dual DVI Mfr# PVT73PUDJ3 £69.95
Subtotal :
VAT : £433.87
£75.93 Total : £509.80 inc VAT
(excluding delivery - how much will it be?)
If that needs kb, mouse, hdd etc to you might wanna try and stretch the budget a bit.
7600gs is crap you could have the afore 7600gt and still be pretty much in buget. Also it was a gaming rig so 2gb is almost a must these days.
I also wouldn't waste money on an aluminum case when money is so tight. A case half that price would suffice which would free up the extra £££ for the 7600gt which is MUCH more important for gaming purposes.
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
Ok this is something i quickly threw together it is slightly over buget @ £570ish but if yoiu nreally can't stretch that far then you can drop to 1gb of memory though i would recommend you add another gig when funds allow. Also no one has added an os yet, do you have a copy of windows already? If not then you will need to work out something about that too, maybe go for a 4 in 1 case, mouse, psu, speaker combo and drop the above to cover the cost of an os but again i thouroughly recommend upgrading the psu asap if you go that route.
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
A little overbudget, and i do already have HDD, KBD and Mouse.
Fair do's lose the KB, HDD and mouse and your in buget :wink:
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
If i can stretch to 600, what should i upgrade to?
Graphics card and psu would be my chioce maybe the 500 watt version of the psu you chose @ £60+vat and as for gfx i would suggest the 7900gs @ £130+vat.
That would turn that pc into a nice gaming rig indeed imho.
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~4GB XMS3~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
HTPC: AMD X2 245~MSI880GMAE45~4GB OCZ~Cinergy 2400i~Pioneer BD Combi~Luxa2 LM200~Nexus Value 430.
Asrock CONROEXFIRE-eSATA2 775 2x PCI-E / DUAL CH DDR2 / CONROE & DUAL CORE / 945P / SATA(II) RAID / ATX MOTHERBOARD £47.97 £47.97
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 RET 2x 1.86 2Mb 1066 MHz LGA775 BX805576300 £109.95 £109.95
1GB PC5300 Elixir DDR2 SDRAM 240pin DDR2-667 64M8 £58.95 £117.90
\"Dominator\" Midi tower with LCD DA08A-Black, 3 x Temperature Sensor Alarm clock £27.95 £27.95
Gainward BLISS 7900GS 256MB PCI-E DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV SLI Mfr# 471846200-8194 £125.95 £125.95
Enermax Liberty 500W Modular PSU £59.49 £59.49
Microsoft Basic Black Keyboard P/N CA9-000031
Out of stock ! product watch
£9.55 £9.55
Microsoft Wheelmouse Optical Black USB/PS2 OEM P/N N71-0008 £5.89 £5.89
Subtotal :
VAT : £504.65
£88.30 Total : £592.95 inc VAT
(excluding delivery - how much will it be?)
Good idea?
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