Hey,
My not so tech-savvy friend has asked me to price up a computer for gaming at 1440x900 and general use. He has an OS disk already, so its just all the hardware.
Budget: £500
Here's what I have:
CPU: - i3 2120 3.3 Ghz - £95 - Ebuyer.com
Mobo: - [New release- Z77 Chipset- has native USB 3.0 and SATA III]-
MSI Z77A-G43 -£76 - Ebuyer.com
GPU: - Sapphire HD 6870 - £127 - Amazon.co.uk
HDD: - Seagate 500GB SATA-III Barracuda-[+ £2 SATA3 cable] £63- Ebuyer.com
PSU: - Corsair 500w - £45- Ebuyer.com
RAM: - Corsair [2x4gb] Red Vengeance- £40 - Ebuyer.com
Case: Casecom 6788- £28 - Ebuyer.com
Wireless network card: TP-Link Wireless-N150 PCIe card- £10- Ebuyer.com
Fans:
Coolermaster TurbineMaster 120mm [back exhaust]- £11- Ebuyer.com
Coolermaster Sickleflow 120mm [front intake, filtered by front case mesh]- £6- Ebuyer.com
Xilence RedBlade 80mm [side intake] [+ £2 fan filter] - £5- Ebuyer.com
Total: £506 [I'll give him the 6 quid :L]
All thoughts/tips/ratings/criticism welcome
Thanks
My not so tech-savvy friend has asked me to price up a computer for gaming at 1440x900 and general use. He has an OS disk already, so its just all the hardware.
Budget: £500
Here's what I have:
CPU: - i3 2120 3.3 Ghz - £95 - Ebuyer.com
Mobo: - [New release- Z77 Chipset- has native USB 3.0 and SATA III]-
MSI Z77A-G43 -£76 - Ebuyer.com
GPU: - Sapphire HD 6870 - £127 - Amazon.co.uk
HDD: - Seagate 500GB SATA-III Barracuda-[+ £2 SATA3 cable] £63- Ebuyer.com
PSU: - Corsair 500w - £45- Ebuyer.com
RAM: - Corsair [2x4gb] Red Vengeance- £40 - Ebuyer.com
Case: Casecom 6788- £28 - Ebuyer.com
Wireless network card: TP-Link Wireless-N150 PCIe card- £10- Ebuyer.com
Fans:
Coolermaster TurbineMaster 120mm [back exhaust]- £11- Ebuyer.com
Coolermaster Sickleflow 120mm [front intake, filtered by front case mesh]- £6- Ebuyer.com
Xilence RedBlade 80mm [side intake] [+ £2 fan filter] - £5- Ebuyer.com
Total: £506 [I'll give him the 6 quid :L]
All thoughts/tips/ratings/criticism welcome
Thanks