£400-500 Pc Build

[RobDiv]

My friend want to buy a computer for gaming for around 400-500(£). He using a Website to help building it
and he wants to use it to play games like

- Call of duty
- team fortress 2
- GTAiV

and new games like blink and bulletstorm but he dose not mind running them on mid setting @ 40-60 FPS

So far the website as produced a good build and I think it can run some of these, just thought I'd get your
oppintion first and maybe you can help him replace some parts with others.

This is the Website: [url]http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/[/url]

He can get it to around £474

Here are some of the specs:

Processor (CPU): AMD ATHLON II X4 640 (3.00GHz/2MB CACHE/AM3)
Memory (RAM): 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card: 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Power Supply: 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Cooling : SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

(He's got a OS and monitor, keyboard & mouse)

Just some of the main one, you can ask for more, but it comes to £474

Thanks in advance!

[RixxzIV]

Remove the CPU cooler (The one that's included with the CPU's fine) and swap the PSU with this:

[b]Edit:[/b]

Ooohhh.. It's a prebuilt. Don't buy a prebuilt.

[FalcoLombardi]

PSU sucks. Get someone to handbuild it that doesn't overcharge.

[RobDiv]

Power Supply : 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
is that better?

do you know of a website that i could use that does not overcharge? (for uk)

[belink]

[url]http://scan.co.uk[/url]

Great prices, okayish support.

I ordered my last build from them, the CPU cooler came faulty and they gave me some troubles whilst trying to get a replacement. I was a little off-put by the insane charges if you RMA a non-faulty product, so I went and bought a £30 cooler and it worked fine.

[Reapaninja]

build it yourself/himself
if you're not confident, use Scan and you can pay like 15 quid and they'll replace parts even if you fuck up
if you don't know how, learn
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIJx6Y3tofg&feature=sub[/media]

[RobDiv]

He is lazy and doesnt want to build it himself

[Reapaninja]

tell him to fuck off then, if he can't be bothered to build why should we be bothered to help him

[FalcoLombardi]

[QUOTE=reapaninja;26603886]tell him to fuck off then, if he can't be bothered to build why should we be bothered to help him[/QUOTE]

Only reason to get a prebuilt is if you want a very, very cheap computer ($300 USD with OS). Any other reason can be debunked easily.

[Scotty.]

Don't get an Athlon X4, compared to the Phenom X4s with the level 3 cache, it's not worth it imo. And a Phenom doesn't cost that much more.

[RobDiv]

[QUOTE=Scotty.;26604127]Don't get an Athlon X4, compared to the Phenom X4s with the level 3 cache, it's not worth it imo. And a Phenom doesn't cost that much more.[/QUOTE]

Processor (CPU) : AMD PHENOM II X2 555 (3.20GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION ( This one?)

[FalcoLombardi]

[QUOTE=RobDiv;26604211]Processor (CPU) : AMD PHENOM II X2 555 (3.20GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION ( This one?)[/QUOTE]

No, he's talking about the quad cores.

[RobDiv]

He said, he will attempt to build it, but can you go on a website (UK) and make one under 500(£) that would be great.

[Milky]

[QUOTE=belink;26603797][url]http://scan.co.uk[/url]

okayish prices, Great support.[/QUOTE]

Fix'd

[Scotty.]

[url]https://www.aria.co.uk/WishList/pJD2lA7Dw-92GBdw8e1_og[/url],,

£473 with VAT + shipping.

Edit:

[url]https://www.aria.co.uk/WishList/xrkxCQh3raWkPqFHYJ15Qg[/url],,

The price jumps up to £496 if you get normal prices. (Aria does these things called "SuperSpecials" which have limited stock, and are a bit cheaper, which is what most of the first build is made up of)