Building a new PC

[Skyline1]

Hi all, just looking for some help/advice really.

Im wanting to build a new PC, but spend no more than £300 building it, and wanting some help/links to some products.

I have a case i can use, i have 4gig DDR2 ram, CD/DVD-RAm RW drive, GFX card is a PCI-E nvidia 8500GT (Not very good, but will be OK for now untill i can afford better), 300gig HD.

Think I need everything else new, as my mobo and processor atm is AMD and I'm wanting pentium.

Any help appriciated

 

[IAntDemo]

Build 1

Mothebored: £34.60

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148025

Harddrive: £47.05 500GB SATAII

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228

CPU: £48.85 2.7ghz

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135662

GRX CARD: £42.00 PNY 9400GT 512MB DDR2

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150605

Memory: £34.98 OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146049

£17.99, Casecom Black Mid Tower Case

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115479

Total: £225






Build 2


Mothebored: £33.49

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(30681)Asrock-motherboard-ALive-XFeSATA2-AM2-ATI.aspx

CPU:£41.24

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(14002)AMD-CPU-AM2-4800-Dual-Core---Athlon-64-Socket.aspx

Harddrive £24.19

Maxtor 80GB DiamondMax Plus21 SATA II 300 Hard Dis... (More)

GRX CARD £38.23 x2 £70

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(21593)Sapphire-ATi-Radeon-HD-2600-PRO--512MB-DDR2.aspx

Memory: £34.06

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(38042)Geil-Value-DDR2-4GB-Kit-PC26400-memory-800MHz.aspx

£17.99, Casecom Black Mid Tower Case

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115479


Total: £189.20

 

[Skyline1]

Brilliant mate.

Build 1 looks ok, can take the HDD, Memory and case out, and upgrade them otherboard maybe (Y).

 

[worshipme]

I'd go with the first build, get a HD 4650 rather than the 9400GT, it's a much better card.

And get a 780G board if you can afford it, if not, it doesn't really matter.

Do you already have a PSU?

 

[Skyline1]

Excuse me for been a little dumb...

i have a perfectly fine PC here thats AMD x2 3800, 4gig ram, 300gig HD, 8500GT GFx card, and the obv cd/dvd-rw.

im guessing I have a PSU that will work fine?

edit: Danm just looking at build 1, its AMD,. I want pentium this time not AMD

Looking at these

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148802 - mobo
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148715 - processor

to go with my GFX Card i have (8500GT nVidia PCI-E)
4gig DDR2 Ballstix RAM
300gig HDD
and my case already

 

[Skyline1]

Bump?

 

[stratusdodge]

Hi all, just looking for some help/advice really.

Im wanting to build a new PC, but spend no more than £300 building it, and wanting some help/links to some products.

I have a case i can use, i have 4gig DDR2 ram, CD/DVD-RAm RW drive, GFX card is a PCI-E nvidia 8500GT (Not very good, but will be OK for now untill i can afford better), 300gig HD.

Think I need everything else new, as my mobo and processor atm is AMD and I'm wanting pentium.

Any help appriciated

How much does 300 Lyra translate to in american dollars?

 

[Skyline1]

Its 300 GBP.

And im not sure, about 500-600? Not sure on exchange rates these days

looking at google about $450

 

[JJCG]

Its 300 GBP.

And im not sure, about 500-600? Not sure on exchange rates these days

looking at google about $450

Ignore him, he is taking the piss.

You have £300 to spend on a pentium? im guessing you mean intel because pentiums are stone age, if so I suggest you get:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 2 x 3.00Ghz (£136.85)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?IL-E8400

Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L, iP43 Express, S 775 (£69.00)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?GIG-P43S3L

Now you need to tell us how much your PSU outputs, so we can determine whether your going to need a more powerful one.

 

[Skyline1]

Cheers for that.

Its a Coloursit EN60950

Says: 400w?

Or do you need the +3.3v/20a etc etc?