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Pc for €500?

  • 22-05-2009 10:29am
    #1
    gimme5minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭


    Is it possible to put together a good PC for 500 quid these days? Could it run the latest games at decent rates? Don't need a monitor btw.


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  • #2
    Effluo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    yes

    Product Description: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / 2.8 GHz processor 104,43 €
    Product Description: ASUS P5QL PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP43 70,62 €
    Product Description: Kingston HyperX memory - 4 GB ( 2 x 2 GB ) - DIMM 240 47,93 €
    Product Description: Cooler Master Elite 330 - mid tower - ATX 29,91 €
    Product Description: Corsair CX400W - power supply - 400 Watt 43,56 €
    Product Description: WD Caviar Blue WD3200KS - hard drive - 320 GB - SATA-300 40,48 €
    Product Description: Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S223Q - DVD±RW (±R 24,46 €
    Product Description: Sapphire RADEON HD 4850 - graphics adapter - Radeon HD 4850 - 512 MB €101
    462 € + €30 shipping......

    = €492 delivered or €512 if you get them to build it for you

    this is supposing that you already have an operating system too...


  • #3
    mus3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭mus3


    Effluo wrote: »
    yes

    Product Description: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / 2.8 GHz processor 104,43 €
    Product Description: ASUS P5QL PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP43 70,62 €
    Product Description: Kingston HyperX memory - 4 GB ( 2 x 2 GB ) - DIMM 240 47,93 €
    Product Description: Cooler Master Elite 330 - mid tower - ATX 29,91 €
    Product Description: Corsair CX400W - power supply - 400 Watt 43,56 €
    Product Description: WD Caviar Blue WD3200KS - hard drive - 320 GB - SATA-300 40,48 €
    Product Description: Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S223Q - DVD±RW (±R 24,46 €
    Product Description: Sapphire RADEON HD 4850 - graphics adapter - Radeon HD 4850 - 512 MB €101
    462 € + €30 shipping......

    = €492 delivered or €512 if you get them to build it for you

    this is supposing that you already have an operating system too...

    That build is from www.hardwareversand.de by the way...


  • #4
    Joeface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Joeface


    thats not a bad spec for €500

    can we do better


  • #5
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    I just updated this thread on this very subject

    If you don't need a monitor or OS then a gaming-capable rig can easily be had for well under €500 :)

    Best value at the moment can be had for a little under or over €500 (under being E5200+HD4770, over being X3-720BE+HD4850) but if you're not into overclocking then E7400+HD4850 is about the best you can expect under €500

    EDIT: Talking about AM3, actually did an experiment and pulled off a Black Edition build (yes, and 4GB DDR3-1600, didn't cheap out that much!) for €504 inc. p&p. and stuck it on the same budget thread. Kinda under €500, if you ignore the shipping costs :D


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