Buying

[Valvo]

Hi Everyone.. Im Tom and im looking to buy parts to make a new computer. The problem is theres so many parts to choose from and i dont know what to buy Im looking to make a reasonably good gaming computer for a reasonable price of about 500 pounds or less. So if you could please give me some suggestions on what parts to buy, then I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Kind Regards Tom

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you need to pay for a copy of an OS and a monitor and peripherals then it will be more difficult to spec a decent build as at least £150 will be lost already.

If you need to buy a copy of an OS then look at these very recent threads:

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...atx-450-a.html

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...new-build.html

If you do not need an OS and a monitor look at these very recent threads:

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...gaming-pc.html

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...pc-advice.html

[Valvo]

Ok cheers

[DavieJG]

As an idea:

E8400 core 2 (approx £120)
Good p45 mobo (approx £90)
DDR2 RAM 4gb (£40)
ATI 4870 512MB (approx £90)
OCZ 500W PSU (approx £50)
Antec 300 case (approx £50)

that tidy lot should be around £440

[Yosh]

What was wrong with:

This thread & This thread & This thread

[woody_294]

Here's my build which is sitting at £440 without a PSU, which you can get for £50, a good 500w one. Also minus a case, but gives you an idea

CPU X3 720 BE scan.co.uk £90.85
Mobo MSI 790FX-GD70 scan.co.uk £129.95
GPU XFX 4870 512mb XXX scan.co.uk £113.84
RAM Crucial Tracer 1333MHz novatech.co.uk £52.89
Cooler Xigmatek Achilles scan.co.uk £36.79
DVD-RW Samsung DVDRW scan.co.uk £16.43

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Here's my build which is sitting at £440 without a PSU, which you can get for £50, a good 500w one. Also minus a case, but gives you an idea

CPU X3 720 BE scan.co.uk £90.85
Mobo MSI 790FX-GD70 scan.co.uk £129.95
GPU XFX 4870 512mb XXX scan.co.uk £113.84
RAM Crucial Tracer 1333MHz novatech.co.uk £52.89
Cooler Xigmatek Achilles scan.co.uk £36.79
DVD-RW Samsung DVDRW scan.co.uk £16.43

You can get an HD4870 512mb from Ebuyer for around £90 and the 1gb version for around £110:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167332

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p.../H487F1GP.html

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164557

[Pob255]

What was wrong with:

This thread & This thread & This thread

As said.

[DanceswithUnix]

Here's my build which is sitting at £440 without a PSU, which you can get for £50, a good 500w one. Also minus a case, but gives you an idea

CPU X3 720 BE scan.co.uk £90.85
Mobo MSI 790FX-GD70 scan.co.uk £129.95
GPU XFX 4870 512mb XXX scan.co.uk £113.84
RAM Crucial Tracer 1333MHz novatech.co.uk £52.89
Cooler Xigmatek Achilles scan.co.uk £36.79
DVD-RW Samsung DVDRW scan.co.uk £16.43

That is a lot of money to spend on a motherboard for a cheap build!

My last cheap build used this uATX 760 chipset board for £43.88

Asus M3A76-CM

Thats enough money saved to pay for a PSU and upgrade to a quad core rather than just hope that a 3 core will unlock.