£450 Budget

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:25

I put together this spec earlier, would anyone be able to check it, or even get a better spec for the money.

Will_3rd · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:27

You planning on doing any clocking or gaming?

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:30

Gaming. Would it play games like COD4, BF2?

Will_3rd · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:33

The GPU is pretty bad not really for gaming.

Will see what I can come up with.

Will_3rd · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:43

Should make for a great system if you can stretch to it, if you can't swap it for a 512mb X1950 and the Asus motherboard you had originally.

semi-pro waster · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:46

Can't fault Will's specification there, if the budget is important you could consider the Antec Sonata III with the included Earthwatts 500w PSU as that would save you around £10 over buying separately.

Kelt · 8 Dec 2007 at 14:33

Yeh, get the E2180 and clock that sucka!

Great chip for gaming (at 3200), nothing fazes it, most (if not all) of my current new games are now GPU bound.

closeratio · 8 Dec 2007 at 15:00

KelticDaz said:
Yeh, get the E2180 and clock that sucka!

Amen to that!

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 16:13

Would the 256mb version of the GPU be sufficient enough?

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 16:20

Thats another spec I have come up with, using parts from what was suggested up above....

semi-pro waster · 8 Dec 2007 at 16:33

The 256mb version might be sufficient but it will rather depend how big your monitor is I suppose and what detail levels you like. There is an OcUK version on pre-order that is cheaper and 512mb but I don't know when it will come into stock. Other than that the specification looks good.

Kelt · 8 Dec 2007 at 16:43

LiamD said:
Would the 256mb version of the GPU be sufficient enough?

I spent an extra £17 and bagged myself an 8800GT 512Mb as in sig. And that includes postage!

At that price for the 3850 Pro, personally wouldn't consider that card over the 8800GT.

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 16:50

Thanks for the help guys, will be ordering this asap.

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 20:31

What speed can this CPU be clocked to? and would I need to buy anything else?

semi-pro waster · 8 Dec 2007 at 20:36

It will depend on the chip itself but 3ghz is a fairly realistic target to begin wth based on the parts you have there. You may be able to get higher but it is by no means certain.

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 20:51

OK, thanks.

Edit - Is there anyway I can find out if these components will fit my old case that I have atm? Its a Tsunami case btw.

semi-pro waster · 8 Dec 2007 at 21:18

Your case is ordinary ATX which means everything should fit fine, however you may need to remove the bottom hard drive cage to fit the graphics card if it is similar in size to an 8800series card.

LiamD · 8 Dec 2007 at 21:37

OK, thanks.