is it possible

[mark.souness]

Is it possible to build a SFF pc with graphics card able to play new-ish games, dvd writer, decent processor, 512mb ram min + LCD monitor for under £500.00 ? If anyone knows a spec which could acheive this, i'd appreciate any help. I'd prefer it if it wasn't one of those larger asus SFF things.

 

[Raikiri]

CA-007-AS OcUK Value Aspire X-Qpack Cube Case - Blue (CA-007-AS)
£58.50 £58.50
HD-000-HI Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A30356) (HD-000-HI)
£32.95 £32.95
MO-011-OK OcUK Gamer Emprex 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-011-OK)
£129.95 £129.95
MB-054-GI Gigabyte K8N51GMF nForce 6100 Micro ATX (Socket 754) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-054-GI)
£39.95 £39.95
CP-136-AM AMD Sempron 64 3100+ 1.8GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail (CP-136-AM)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-045-LT Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
£74.95 £74.95
MY-002-OK OcUK Value 512MB PC3200 184pin DDR Memory (MY-002-OK)
£20.95 £20.95
CD-033-LG LG GSA-4167BAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-LG)
£23.50 £23.50
Subtotal £440.70
VAT £77.13
Total £517.83

Close as I can get really, has a decent mid range graphics card, 17 inch LCD, small case, pretty fast and overclockable CPU although another 512mb of ram wouldnt hurt.

 

[Bug One]

Basically, no. You can only do it with an Asus Terminator. All the other budget SFF's are s478. OcUK dont sell any s478 cpu's.

FS-025-AS Asus Terminator T2-AE1 Barebones System (Silver) - AMD Socket 754 (FS-025-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MO-011-OK OcUK Gamer Emprex 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-011-OK)
£129.95 £129.95
CP-140-AM AMD Sempron 64 2600+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - OEM (CP-140-AM)
£39.95 £39.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£42.95 £42.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£35.95 £35.95
CD-032-PO Pioneer DVR-110D 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Beige) OEM (CD-032-PO)
£23.20 £23.20
BG-035-GI **B Grade** Gigabyte GeForce 6800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (BG-035-GI)
£80.00 £80.00
Subtotal £421.95
VAT £73.85
Total £495.80

 

[WJA96]

I think it is possible, but second hand is more likely at this price level.

 

[beaNN]

Yea, try second hand. You will be able to get some good deals

 

[mark.souness]

Yeah, thanks for the advice. I think i'll have a re-think and come back to it.

 

[ps2wizz]

500 puond it not enough in my opion for a good PC, so i think use the advice above or re-think your budget.