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[Cheez]

So I think its time this thing went out of my second floor window, and seeing as the vast majority of you know alot more about computers than me I thought I'd ask you guys to build me a rig if you will

Right so specification time, my very kind brother (spicyvegetable) just gave me a GTX 460 so I'm all good for a gfx card, other than that I have all the extras like mouse, keyboard and monitor. So I'd like a half decent rig for a few hundred quid, seeing as I already have a decent gfx card I was hoping that for 300 odd quid I could get something not bad. Also I am interested in one of those solid state drives, so a bit of info/suggestions on one of those would be welcome might be willing to stretch the budget a bit to accomodate one of those.

Ps. If people have fairly new spare parts that they want to sell, feel free speak up so I can make you an offer

[Chaos]

I got a q9650 and 8GB of ddr3 I'd sell pretty cheap.. you'd had to get yourself a mobo to fit them though as mine's been taken apart for watercooling (didn't keep the stock coolers)
Ram is awsome and super quick, as is the CPU

You'd need a new heatsink too xD

[Rct33]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM for cooler?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF

Do you have a case?

[Cheez]

I have a case but its shit so will be wanting one of those too.

[DeadlyAvenger]

You'll struggle to get an SSD and a case (as well as cpu, mobo, ram) for £300.

£300 will get you a reasonable cpu, mobo and ram though - you might be able to pick up a reasonable case within that as well - but for a 120gb SSD you're still looking at £150ish

[Zarf]

Should be able to get a quad core Core2 or Phenom2 system second hand on ebay for around 250. Getting an SSD as well would be a struggle. You can get away with a 60 GB if you're not too fussed about having games on there, most of the benefits are from having windows on there anyway.

[Chaos]

yea, unless you want my chip and ram, you're best off getting a good AMD system. Bang per buck AMD are owning Intel atm (at the high performance end though, intel are still winning )

I'd wait for an SSD if you're strapped for cash though. There's been some big advancements lately with speeds going through the roof (550mbs anyone?) Prices are getting close to the £1 = 1GB range so it wont be long till they're actually affordable

[Magathery]

How about a very lazy solution?

Got to eBuyer and get a prebuilt Asus Aspire M1930 for £229.32

http://www.ebuyer.com/279903-acer-aspire-m1930-desktop-pt-sgce9-005

Product Description

Processor

    Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz
    3MB Cache

Memory

    4GB DDR3 RAM
    DIMM

Hard Drive

    500GB SATA

Optical Drive

    DVD Writer

Software

    Operating System: None

Display

    Monitor Not Included

Graphics

    Intel GMA X4500

Input Devices

    PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse

Networking

    LAN: 10/100/1000

Dimensions

    Width 180 mm
    Depth 401.8 mm
    Height 379 mm
    Weight approx 13kg

Interfaces
Front

    Two USB 2.0 ports
    Headphone/microphone line-out jack

Back

    Four USB 2.0 ports
    PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
    Headphone/speaker line-out jack
    Microphone-in jack
    Line-in jack
    Ethernet (RJ-45) port
    D-Sub VGA port
     USB module with four USB 2.0 ports

Expansion

    Multi-in-1 card reader

Warranty

    1 Year Manufacturer Warranty






Or maybe an Asus Aspire X1900 for £281.55

http://www.ebuyer.com/261797-acer-aspire-x1900-desktop-pt-sdve2-003

Product Description
Processor

    Intel Pentium Dual Core E5800 3.2GHz

Memory

    3GB DDR3 RAM
    Configuration 2GB + 1GB

Hard Drive

    500GB SATA

Optical Drive

    DVD Writer

Software

    Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
    Adobe Reader
    eSobi
    Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 Trial (Service Pack 2)
    Microsoft Works
    Windows Live Essentials
    Adobe Flash Player
    Google Setup
    Google Toolbar
    Netflix shortcut
    Skype
    Acer Arcade Deluxe 4.0
    Nero 9 Essentials
    eBay
    GameZone

Security

    McAfee Internet Security Suite Trial8
    MyWinLocker

Display

    Monitor Not Included

Graphics

    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500

Input Devices

    PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse

Networking

    LAN: 10/100/1000

Dimensions

    Width 100 mm
    Depth 371 mm
    Height 265 mm
    Weight 8kg

Interfaces Front

    Multi-in-1 card reader
    Five USB 2.0 ports
    Headphone and microphone line-out jacks

Back

    Two USB 2.0 ports
    PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
    Headphone/speaker line-out jack
    Microphone-in jack
    Line-in jack
    Ethernet (RJ-45) port
    D-Sub VGA port

Expansion

    PCI Express x 16 slot
    PCI Express x 1 slot

Warranty

    1 Year Manufacturer Warranty







Or more up the upper end of your budget there's something like eBuyers own "Value Desktop" for £295.49

http://www.ebuyer.com/271601-extra-value-desktop-pc-7873-1044


Product Description
For a visibly smarter PC experience, look for the 2nd generation Intel Core  processor family. These new processors feature improved adaptive performance  that adds speed when you need it and built-in visual capabilities for a better  PC experience you can see. We call that visibly smart performance. You’ll call it  Amazing!

Perfect for office applications, but outstanding for entertainment, this new desktop range delivers multi-tasking through the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and our Core i5 and i7 models automatically speeds up (overclocks) your PC when you need it with Intel’s new Turbo Boost technology.

Please note that this desktop PC does not come with an operating system. Ebuyer recommends using genuine Microsoft Software and is Windows 7 compatible.
 



Processor

    Intel Core i3 2100 3.1GHz
    SandyBridge
    3MB Cache

Memory

    6GB DDR3 RAM
    Expandable to 16GB
    2 x DIMM slot

Hard Drive

    1TB SATA II

Optical Drive

    DVD Supermulti

Software

    Operating System: None

Display

    Monitor Not Included

Input Devices

    Keyboard and Mouse Not Included

Networking

    Network Interface: 10/100/1000

Dimensions

    Width 180 mm
    Depth 450 mm
    Height 360 mm

Interfaces

    1 set 5.1 channel Audio jacks (3 jacks)
    1 x PS/2 keyboard port
    6 x USB 2.0 ports
    1 x RJ45 LAN port
    1 x VGA port
    1 x DVI
    1 x HDMI

Expansion

    1 x PCI-e x 16 slot (Free)
    2 x PCI-e x 1 slot (Free)
    1 x PCI Slot (Free)
    4 x Sata II ports (2 free)

Warranty

    1 Year Manufacturer Warranty









Happy shopping fella

[Cheez]

Cheers for the advice so far guys, looks like I'll leave the SSD until I'm a bit richer. Chaos I'll have a chat with you on steam next time I'm on about your parts and go from there I think.

[DeadlyAvenger]

I have actually just bought one of the Corsair Force 3 SSDs to replace my Crucial 128Gb one - I'll be selling that in the not too distant future when I've done all of my transferring of stuff over etc.

[Junta]

Cheers for the advice so far guys, looks like I'll leave the SSD until I'm a bit richer. Chaos I'll have a chat with you on steam next time I'm on about your parts and go from there I think.

You can still buy a cheaper 60gb SSD drive and put your OS on it? Works for me, all my real data and games are on other drives

Agree that it isn't an essential day 1 purchase though... get the basic rig up and running and add the SSD later (I think that this would be better)

[Power]

Yeah I'd agree with Junta. The last PCs I built for someone was this:

AMD Athlon II X3 450 "Boxed" 95W, Sockel AM3         59,99 €
ASUS M4N68T V2, AM3, ATX                                     40,86 €
BenQ G2220HD                                                       109,99 €
HKC Case 7046GD, ATX, 420Watt                             39,89 €
MSI Radeon HD 5770 Hawk, 1024MB, PCI-Express      107,50 €
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-5260S, SATA, black, bulk      17,99 €
Western Digital Caviar GreenPower 500GB SATA II      31,99 €
Total:   408,21 €

Now, this PC runs TF2 just fine. Though mainly the point was to play WoW... Since you have  a graphics card already, take that out. There is also a new display in there, take that out. You might want to reuse your old HDD for data and buy a small 40-60GB SSD for your OS (where it mainly shines). Oh yeah and the RAM, though it's pretty cheap right now. And there you go, should be around 300GBP?

Disclaimer: the PSU is included with the case, which is never really really good, but since you don't have a very demanding CPU or graphics card, it's alright in my opinion. The 5770 is comparable to the GTX 460 and can run TF2 just fine at 1920x1080 (Lullaby has it, though her CPU is much weaker than in this PC).

[Rct33]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM CPU
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-870-g45-amd-rx780-s-am3-pci-e-20-(x16)-ddr3-1333-1600-sata-3gb-s-raid-atx
Mobo, couldn't find on overclockers?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-068-SV Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-257-CS RAM
Around £250

If needed: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA HDD Which would bring it close to £300, replacing a small SSD for the HDD would bring it over £300

[Cheez]

Cheers for the info guys, liking the look of your build rct. But that motherboard is on a pre-order only, can you recommend another one?

[Guilt]

I've got a psu you can have for cost of postage think its 500w can't remember the brand possibly a corsair one.