Yoshh Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) A friend of mine wants a new PC, but he only has 500£ to spend.Could you guys give some tips on what to buy, and where? Either factory assembled ones, or ones where you can buy the parts and ask to be assembled before it's sent. This is what he has right now: ------------------System Information------------------ System Model: Centurion CPQ9104 Processor: AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz Memory: 4096MB RAMAvailable OS Memory: 4094MB RAM ---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4350 Display Memory: 2297 MB Dedicated Memory: 506 MB Shared Memory: 1791 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Edited June 29, 2012 by Yoshh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik005 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 You can make a good pc with 500£, please post the specs of his current pc.Maybe some things can be re used like the case and powersupply. And you might want to buy a used videocard.You will have to mix old and new parts for a good computer for this budget but it is very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshh Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) No reusable parts though. He doesn't want to do the assembling himself. Seems the budget might be a bit more than expected. He had this in mind. I'm just not sure about that Processor though. Edited June 29, 2012 by Yoshh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofhearted4 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 thats one of the best CPUs on the market right now...what are you not sure about? seems to be a petty sold PC honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik005 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) I agree that looks very good. That is the best gaming processor availeble Edited June 30, 2012 by Erik005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMod Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 But as always the video card sucks.It doesn't matter much how good your CPU is if your video card is a lowly 550 Ti. You want at least 560Ti, or, better, HD7850 to go with i5-3570. Seriously speaking, Phenom 9650 isn't all that bad... well, if you overclock it. And except for Skyrim. HD4350 is a definite weak link, on the other hand. A GPU upgrade might be all he really needs as of today, with platform replacement coming later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 A 550ti is about equal to a 460. While neither is a very good card, what do you expect on a budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMod Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 A 560Ti of course. It's the GPU that makes a gaming PC, not the CPU. 550Ti is considerably slower than 460 (by 20%). It isn't even as powerful as GTX 260 in the shader department. Simply put it's not worth its salt, used GTX 260 go for next to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofhearted4 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 i got a 260m in my laptop :P my friend just bought a PC. it has a 550 Ti. i tried telling him that it was a crappy GPU, but he didnt believe me. however, he will never even push that GPU i guarantee it. the only reason he even bought a PC is because i told him how i wanted to and he had the money. so he built one thinking he wanted one (bought one rather. not built) but he barely plays anything on it. and what he did play doesnt even use heavy graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshh Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 That's what I was worried about too. Do you know of any England based online shop where you can customize the parts? That'd be best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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