Liam
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I am going to be buying a new PC in the next few weeks, will be used mainly for games (CS:S, COD4, BF2) Want to spend about £300, I know its possible as my brother paid £250 nearly 12 months ago and his runs BF2, not so sure about COD4 though.
I don't know which components to buy tbh (  ) Was wondering if anyone could make up a decent spec PC for me  
I can spend more than £300 but no more than about £400.
Taa. 
[Edited on 04-11-2007 by Liam]
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Doug
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I assume you already have a monitor and other bits yes?
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Liam
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Yeh got a monitor, keyboard, mouse & speakers. And I could possibly re-use my case depending on budget.
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Whittie
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If you're after a decent gaming desktop you're looking at £300 for the graphics card on its own 
Components you need though....
Motherboard
Cpu
Psu
Fans
HD
dvd rw
ram
graphics card
sound card
urrm, can't think of much more
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
If you're after a decent gaming desktop you're looking at £300 for the graphics card on its own
That would be abit more than I need TBH, £300 on a GFx card is abit silly, imo. Unless your're a pro gamer, but I imagine they would spend more than £300
[Edited on 04-11-2007 by Liam]
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Whittie
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Save up a bit more mate, then you can get a decent spec pc built. £500/600?
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Liam
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Not really wanting to spend that much, I know I can get a much better PC, but £300 should see me for atleast 18 months, if not I can easily upgrade certain parts, whereas my PC is AGP atm.
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Skylined
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COD4???
Didn't know COD 3 had come out yet 
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Deadude
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they skipped that one for PC 
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AndyKent
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Motherboard
Cpu
Psu
Fans
HD
dvd rw
ram
graphics card
sound card
But most of that isn't too expensive, in fact most could be transferred from any old PC, and updated later.
Certainly sound, fans and dvd could be done properly cheap. PSU, mobo and cpu would want to be more expensive.
TBH though, £300 for a gaming machine isn't going to last you long. It'd be out of date as soon as you bought the bits.
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Liam
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Yeh, doesn't have to be an out and out gaming PC. Just a PC that can play those games I only tend to play for about 1 hour a day.
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AndyKent
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Get a console and keep your current PC then.
PS3
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Liam
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Nah, already had a 360. As much as I want to be able to play Forza 2, I don't use a console enough to buy another 1. Where as I use my PC for almost all things I do.
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Andy_sxi
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Something along the lines of this would be good.
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 £46.95 Ebuyer
Abit IP35-E £61.10 Scan
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300 £54.99 Ebuyer
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB £147.06 Dabs
Corsair VX 550W PSU £55.00 Ebuyer
That comes to £365.10, then use your case, dvd drive and hdd from your old pc and buy new parts when you have the money.
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Liam
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Thanks, would have to buy a new HDD though, I think I will spec 1 up on eBuyer now.
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Andy_sxi
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Should be able to add one for your budget. The cpu and ram can be overclocked and the gpu has just come out and is very good.
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Jas
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#400 and you'l get a 160gb hdd with that spec above 
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Deadude
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id drop down to an AMD probably better on your budget tbh save u a fair bit of cash
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Ally
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £40.99
(£48.16) £40.99
(£48.16)
MSI K9N Neo V3 nForce 560 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
OcUK Huntkey 450W PSU £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Asus ATI Radeon EAH2600XT HTDP Silent 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Sub Total : £280.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £51.08
Total : £342.95
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Cosmo
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Dont go AMD when you can get a dual core Intel for a few quid extra these days!
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Pucci1
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personaly i love AMD and amd is where it is at gaming
300 quid.. quite a tight budjet imo..
min graphic card would be the nivida 6600 gt and at min a sli motherboard need more info dont be affaid to u2u me
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Pucci1
personaly i love AMD and amd is where it is at gaming
no it isnt
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John
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6600gt is old now, I know I have one.
Why sli in a 300 quid system?
And as cosmo said at amd for gaming, this isn't 2005.
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Pucci1
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i <3 amd i will back up amd till i die
6600 gt is old yes got one in mine still works still does what it says on the tin..
but if u may have noticed he hasnt got 1000 + to spend on a system so 6600gt seems pretty good for a 300 quid system...
sli would be a good expansion if he wantes to expand in the future (6600gt is sli compartable)
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Cosmo
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very few games even make use of a dual graphics card setup, so a bit pointless. Would be much better with one single better card. A better future upgrade would be one with DX10 rather than another average card.
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