Building A Computer? Read here First!

Hi all , basically in this thread I will list as many computers of different specs as possible. Price will range from $600 to $1200 and £350 to £1000.
Thread will be in construction for the next few days while I find some of my previously posted builds on other forums, edit some and make new ones! Also it would be great if this got stickied :-D

AMD £500 Build

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H 785G Socket AM3 DVI VGA HDMI Out 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard - £69.99

AMD Phenom X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz 6MB L3 Chche Socket AM3 Retail Boxed Processor

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 DHX Memory Kit - £64.99

Sapphire HD 4670 1GB GDDR3 DVI VGA HDMI HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card - £55.12

OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan - £59.99

LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram IDE Black Bare Drive - £14.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £75.31

Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue - £37.98

Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - £44.95

Total Price: 497.45


AMD £750 BUILD

ASUS M4A78T-E 790GX Socket AM3 onboard VGA DVI HDMI 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - £98.33

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 8MB Cache Retail - £146.22

Corsair 4gb (2x2gb) Ddr3 1333mhz Xms3 Memory Kit Cl9 (9-9-9-24) - £60.02

ASUS GTX275 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E - £154.99

Corsair 750W TX PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail - £91.68

Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - No PSU - £44.61

LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram IDE Black Bare Drive - OEM - £14.99

Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM - £53.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £74.32

Total Price: £739.15

Note: You could save money if you already have an OS, case, dvd drive etc


Intel £350 Build

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5300 2.6GHz Socket 775 800FSB 2MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer - £51.98

Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Socket 775 onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard - Ebuyer - £46.37

Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory CL4 2.0V - Ebuyer - £36.99

Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU - Ebuyer - £28.44

Coolermaster 460W eXtreme Power Plus PSU - 20+4pin 4+4 ATX12v 4x SATA 6pin PCI-E - Ebuyer - £38.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £74.32

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue - £33.50

LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram IDE Black Bare Drive - OEM - £14.99

MSI HD 4650 512MB GDDR2 VGA DVI PCI-E Graphics Card - £36.49

Total Price - £362.07


Intel £750 Build

Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - No PSU - £45

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz (FSB 1333MHz) Socket 775 L2 12MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £170

Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £95

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 HyperX Memory CL5 2.2V - £45

XFX GTX275 896MB DDR3 XXX Edition Dual DVI HDTV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card - £170

Corsair 750W TX PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail - £90

Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue - £40

LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram IDE Black Bare Drive - OEM - £15

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £75

Total Price: £745

Note: You can change any components to your choice as you wish!



AMD £900 BUILD

ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 790FX Socket AM2+ 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - £150

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £145

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 XMS2 Memory CL5 2.1V - £55

XFX HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - £145

Corsair 850W HX Modular PSU - 80plus Silver Certified Efficiency - £125

Antec 900 Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU - £75

Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM - £84.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 - W/ Windows 7 Upgrade Offer Form - licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £90

LG GH22NS50 22x SATA DVD±RW Dual Layer & RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM - £15

Total Price: £885

This build has the power to run most modern day games on resolutions up to 1920x1200 with every setting high without any problems. You can read an informative review of the graphics card at http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-4890-review-test/1
The 4GB Corsair RAM is more than enough for anyone's needs, you sohuld be able to multi-task without any slow downs and also run software in the background
The CPU is the top of the rangr AMD 955 BE 3.2 GHz, this will do any task at the highest speed possible, quadcore is a big advantage as overall speeds are much faster meaning less waiting time on whatever your doing. You can see the differences at http://www.cpu3d.com/article/4210-1/dual-core-vs-quad-core-which-is-better/introduction.html.

Extra Notes: You could save money if you already have an operating system, hard drive(s) etc. Also if your into your movies then this LG Blu-Ray & HD DVD Drive might be worth the buy http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136317. If anyone needs extra help send me a pm


MMayson's £700 Build


Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz (1333MHz) Socket 775 6MB L2 Cache OEM Processor - £115

ASUS P5QL PRO iP43 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - £60

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 HyperX Memory CL5 2.2V - £55

ASUS HD 4850 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card] - £80

Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - No PSU - £45

Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail - £70

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 - W/ Windows 7 Upgrade Offer Form - licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English - £90

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM - £55

LG GH22NS50 22x SATA DVD±RW Dual Layer & RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM - £15

Samsung SM2343NW 23" TFT Monitor 2048x1152 300cd/m2 20000:1 5ms VGA Black 3 Years Warranty - £150

Total Price: £725

This doesn't include mouse, keyboard and speakers.
Copied from one of my posts and edited few parts. That CPU will easily handle heavy load programs, high spec RAM for fast multi-tasking, great graphics card which should handle most games on high with mid res, quality corsair 650w TX PSU, operating sytem with windows 7 upgrade voucher, big 1TB HDD for storage, DVD Drive and a big Samsung 23" Monitor to go with all this:thumbsup:

This is a build I listed for mmayson after receiving a PM from him requesting one of my quotes :grin:



CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail - $170
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Mobo - ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131347&Tpk=p5q se

RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

XFX HD-487A-ZHFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail - $145
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394

Power Supply - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Retail - $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $100

DVD Burner - Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM - $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005 4802&name=Top Sellers

HDD - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM - $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=REVIEWS

OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM Includes free Windows 7 upgrade coupon - $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116677

Monitor - Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail - $160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145

Total Price - $1040 (Excluding Mail-In Rebates)

So here you have a wonderful gaming build for $1000, remember you'll save money if you already have an OS, HDD etc:wink:

Dacads



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Thread is under construction, builds coming in USD $ Currency soon!

Dacads

 

Actually Dacads, I think that's a pretty good idea. One things for sure, you've put a lot of work into your idea so far. It would be a handy guide to go by for someone wanting to build a new machine, or a first time builder. However, one question, as technology changes would you update the guide to reflect it?

 

Yep I would update regularly as required

 

Any suggestions on Mini ITX builds? I'm about to build one using a zotac geforce 9300 wifi mobo with Intel Core 2 Duo E7600, S775, Wolfdale, 3.06 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB Cache, 11.5x Ratio, 65W CPU.
But i'm unsure whether theyr a good combo (as this will be my first build). Can you recommend any good slim CD/DVD drives? Thats one thing i'm unsure about due to lack of space, am i limited to what hdd and optical drives i can use?
Thanks in advance

 

You'll have to use standard size optical and HDD's and anything else won't fit properly
Go with a higher spec CPU, preferably this E8400.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139971

Dacads