Computer for £450

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Tom M

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I am struggling to build a good spec with a budget of £450 max.
The computer needs a monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard (nothing fancy just the essentials)

I was hoping someone could help me find a suitable spec, thanks in advance.

Edit: It will be used primarily for gaming like World of Warcraft, League of Legends and Left for Dead 2.
 
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chrisrs2292

chrisrs2292

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a few questions, do you need an OS? what size screen? and finally, what sort of speakers? (5.1, 7.1 etc) think i might struggle with the £450 budget though xD
 
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Tom M

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Oh sorry, no OS is needed, regarding the screen and speakers nothing fancy just a 19" with 2.1 speakers or something like that.

Thanks
 
chrisrs2292

chrisrs2292

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just remembered aswell, do you need wireless? or will be using a wired internet connection?

edited to avoid double post:

i've come up with this but it is very slightly over your maximum budget at £456

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 (3.30GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6570 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
Free Item
FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
19" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1440 x 900 5MS, D-Sub, DVI, 18.5" Panel (£89)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£9)
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

if anyone can comment on how they think this would perform feel free to comment. i have a friend who just built his own pc with a similar spec, although i admit i cant remember exactly which processor or gpu, but he hasnt had any problems with it so far, and i'm pretty sure he's been playing crysis 2 on it
 
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Tom M

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Thanks a lot for your advice. I'm just wondering how the 2 core AMD processors line up against the 4 core processors?
Will it be a significant performance decrease going for a 2 core rather than a 4 core?
 
chrisrs2292

chrisrs2292

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erm as far as i know, most games only utilize 2 cores currently, although i might be completely wrong (and have a feeling i am). one point though is that the 560 does have the option of having 2 extra cores unlocked, making it a quad core processor, although this isnt possible on all setups, and if it goes wrong will void your PCS warranty.

like i said though, i really have no idea how that spec would perform on games, personally, i think that if you're not too desperate for the pc, save up a little extra cash, and then buy a pc that will last you a bit longer or perform slightly better, for example this build costs £514 but if you changed the graphics card a bit you can get it to just under £500

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
19" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1440 x 900 5MS, D-Sub, DVI, 18.5" Panel (£89)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£9)
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
MrShteeeve

MrShteeeve

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I'll have a fiddle and see what I can come up with, although If you could stretch to an absolute maximum, what would it be? (the more you put in the longer the pc will last in terms of years>performance)
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
To be honest I think with that kinda budget it isn't really worth getting a custom built, I think it would be more practical to get a PC from a local store as you won't be missing out on much. But that's just my opinion.
 
MrShteeeve

MrShteeeve

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LinearHD said:
To be honest I think with that kinda budget it isn't really worth getting a custom built, I think it would be more practical to get a PC from a local store as you won't be missing out on much. But that's just my opinion.
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True True, I did what I could though :)

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Monitor
19" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1440 x 900 5MS, D-Sub, DVI, 18.5" Panel (£89)
Speakers
LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£19)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Miscellaneous
FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
Quantity
1

Price: £487.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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Tom M

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Thanks chrisrs2292 and MrShteeeve, I think I may go with MrShteeeve's build, looks solid for the price. Appreciate the input.
 
MrShteeeve

MrShteeeve

Well-known member
chrisrs2292 said:
surprisingly, thats the exact same build as the one i had for just under £500 xD but yeh, glad i could help :)
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You had a lesser graphics card, the standard 500GB ATA HDD, a DVI cable (which isn't needed as one comes with the monitor, keyboard and mouse which aren't needed as you get them with the pc standard (wired) and also a lesser spec set of speakers. And mine cost £27 less :p
 
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