Hi there!
My girlfriend is in DIRE need of a new computer. She currently has one on a pentium 4 chip with 512MB of RAM...
But. she's on a very limited budget of £300. I took up the challenge of trying to make a computer, but im not all that sure about components im buying at the lowest of prices or about APUs. I could really do with a hand
She's basically going to be using it mostly for uni work, internet and a little bit of gaming (Just stuff like left 4 dead, portal, orcs must die etc).
Her requirements are: Quad Core, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, have wireless, good enough to run her games.... and it has to be pretty
So far ive come up with this:
AMD A8 5600K - £76
Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-D3H sFM2 Motherboard - £60
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA III - £60
Corsair 4GB DDR3 stick - £15
Asus ATi 6450 1GB - £27
TP-Link Wireless card - £10
CIT 400W PSU
- £19
Then either:
the T-Bird or X-case Amera
~£20
So overall it comes to around £290 without windows
She can get that free from MSDNAA or something though
So overall, does this seem like a good build?
And would it be up to speed on games?
Any helpful input would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
My girlfriend is in DIRE need of a new computer. She currently has one on a pentium 4 chip with 512MB of RAM...
But. she's on a very limited budget of £300. I took up the challenge of trying to make a computer, but im not all that sure about components im buying at the lowest of prices or about APUs. I could really do with a hand
She's basically going to be using it mostly for uni work, internet and a little bit of gaming (Just stuff like left 4 dead, portal, orcs must die etc).
Her requirements are: Quad Core, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, have wireless, good enough to run her games.... and it has to be pretty
So far ive come up with this:
AMD A8 5600K - £76
Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-D3H sFM2 Motherboard - £60
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA III - £60
Corsair 4GB DDR3 stick - £15
Asus ATi 6450 1GB - £27
TP-Link Wireless card - £10
CIT 400W PSU
- £19Then either:
the T-Bird or X-case Amera
~£20
So overall it comes to around £290 without windows
She can get that free from MSDNAA or something though
So overall, does this seem like a good build?
And would it be up to speed on games?
Any helpful input would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
The S-Box
(13 items) |
Girlfriends Gaming Gizmo
(12 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom II x4 965 | Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 | XFX HD 6870 | 4GB 1333MHz Crucial RAM |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Seagate 1TB SATAIII | Stock | Windows 7 - 64 bit | Ancient 4:3 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Trust Media keyboard | 550W | T-bird - blue | Gigabyte gaming mouse |
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The S-Box
(13 items) |
Girlfriends Gaming Gizmo
(12 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom II x4 965 | Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 | XFX HD 6870 | 4GB 1333MHz Crucial RAM |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| Seagate 1TB SATAIII | Stock | Windows 7 - 64 bit | Ancient 4:3 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Trust Media keyboard | 550W | T-bird - blue | Gigabyte gaming mouse |
| View all | |||
