I have a worked collegue whos asked for advice for building his own PC at a descent budget, he has a screen, keyboard, mouse etc already. All he needs really is: *CPU (im guessing a core 2 duo?) *CPU Cooler (Artic Freezer 7) *RAM *PSU *MB *DVD RW (Sony Opitaric) *Case (was thinking Antec 300 here) *Samsung F3 1GB HDD My main issue is im not sure what CPU/MB/RAM/PSU to get. His budget around £400-500, with £400 being the ideal pricing. His use for the PC would be playing music, web browsing, DJ editing, watching movies etc
cpu i5 750 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...-Core-266GHz-DMI-25-GT-s-8MB-Cache-95W-Retail cooler frezzer 7pro http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Arct...1156-S775-AM3-AM2plus-AM2-939-Up-to-130-Watts! ram corsair 4gb ddr3 1333 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-...(1333MHz)-240-Pin-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24-DHX psu corsair 450w modular http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/450W...Sli-ATX-EPS12V-PS-2-20-24-pin-5-year-Warranty mobo gigabyte ud2 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...ess-S1156-DDR3-2200-SATA-3Gb-s-SATA-RAID-uATX optical sony http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Sony-AD-5240S-0B-24x-DVDR-12xDVDDL-DVDRW-x8-RWx6-SATA-Black case cooler master 330 elite http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Cool...w-o-PSU-(New-Improved-Version)-Scan-Exclusive hdd samsung f3 1tb f3 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-...3-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ-OEM total about £503 if you want to to be closer to £400 you can get the i530 processor http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...B-Cache-73W-Integrated-Graphics-733MHz-Retail which will bring the cost down to about£442 does he have a graphics card already?
No graphics card, would he require one for his use requirements? Was thinking the onboard video card be fine?
yes onboard will be fine but that means he needs to get a different mobo but don't worry as it is nearly excatlly the same as the other one i recomended you http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...-(x16)-DDR3-1600-1800-2133-SATA-3Gb-s-VGA-ATX but i think you will have to use the i530 processor for that
What makes you think you would have to use the i530 on that mobo? As I would thought of any 1156 cpu would fit that? UNLESS the S represents something?
he's talking in regards to the integrated graphics on the CPU dude, i would've thought core i5 would be overkill for what he needs it for, especially as he wants it as near to 400 as possible, why dont you take a look at the most recent buyers guide dude? have a look at whats on there. don't forget if he's watching films etc you might want to get him a blu ray drive... or if he gets his films from a questionable source then he's gonna want something with enough oomph to playback HD files... hope that gives some avenues for exploration Edit: M7ck got in there like a ninja
Ill try and find the latest buyers guide, sorry but is the latest magazine out in the shops or will I have to subscribe to get the current issue out? From what bagman has listed thats a pretty good setup there. Ill have to talk to him about the blu ray drive as they are like £50 minium price from what ive seen or get a descent GPU, I think he might be willing to go up to £500
