NEW PC WITH A BUDGET OF 800? HELP!

Ward89

Ward89

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Hey Guys,

I'm new on these forums and i just wanted some help really, for starters i am no pc expert but i know a little, and i was wondering firstly which CPU is best for gaming in general INTEL or AMD i prefer AMD myself, and could anybody give me any advice on to what spec i could get for around £800 that's not inc. monitor, post me your rigs of what you think i should get, cheers guy's:D
 
For gaming and (Possibly overclocking potential, who knows you might one day..) i would say Intel. For gaming i recommend the e8400. even at stock speeds this is amazing CPU.

Decent P45 motherboard, one with Crossfire capability so you can upgrade graphics in future by having 2 GFX instead of scrapping one and getting a new. or an nForce for SLI.

on £800, perhaps GTX 260 or ATi 4870 may fit into your budget. Depends on your preference of Video card. I take it you want about 1 HDD ~ 500GB, 1 DVD RW drive?

2 DVD RW if you want to copy one to the other. I'll see what i can come up with for you. Any further things you want require?

EDIT:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 260 Golden Sample "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £133.99
(£116.51) £133.99
(£116.51)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £131.99
(£114.77) £131.99
(£114.77)
Asus P5N-D nForce 750i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£103.49
Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £46.99
(£40.86) £46.99
(£40.86)
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £38.99
(£33.90) £38.99
(£33.90)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £19.54
(£16.99) £19.54
(£16.99)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Total : £638.94

You could throw in a larger PSU maybe - Better graphics card, more HDD/Optical drives, or better core.
 
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Sry but you dont seem to know what youre talking about arcane, for gaming an e8400 trounces a q6600, so its not an either or scenario, P45 boards support xfire not SLI, so its better to stick to ATI cards, he'd need an nforce board for SLI. That being said the spec youve done is quite good, but I would go 4870 over 260
Id recomend looking at AMD tricore system personally, paired with a 4870
Though gfx does depend on what resolution you game at?
Also is the 800 to incl OS? If not then you could prob squeeze i7
 
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Cheers for that;

If i got the ATi 4870 what PSU would you reccommend? and do you think an upgrade in memory to 8gb would be beneficial? my fave game is CSS and i want to play that on absolute 'MAXIMUM' Settings,

Many Thanks!:D
 
Id recomend looking at the 4870 over the 260, purely for the fact it would allow you to add a 2nd in xfire later, the PSU specced is ok for that system, though if you were thinking of going dual gfx later down the line it'd be better to go 700-750W. There wouldnt really be much benefit from going 8gig of RAM no

AM3 option - this has space for OS or increase in gfx card to 4890

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i7 option - no space for OS, but you could go 260 if you prefer as with a bios flash the gigabyte board would support SLI as well as xfire

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tbh CSS isnt a very demanding game compared to the current technology and market. and no you wont need 8Gb of RAM you poss spend about 600£ no more needed to get what you want:D

could you post your current spec please?

do you need and operating system?

edit : as triffles has demonstrated above
 
my res would be 1600 x 1200 *i think* also what does OS mean? i preferably would like an AMD processor and either the 4870 or maybe 4890 if i up my budget a little. 95thrifles could you post me what setup you think with a budget of around 800? cheers fella.
 
edited post above with a couple of specs for you
OS means operating system, ie windows
at that res a 4870 is more than enough, unless you have any plans for a new monitor later in the year
 
i currently dont have a pc at the mo i've just got a laptop. But i want to get back into gaming. yes the 800 would need to inc an Operating System, which OS would you reccommend for gaming which uses less of your CPU i was thinking XP over vista and if i was going for vista it would be the 32bit. thanks for the advice guys:D
 
How does this look:

CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £120.74
(£104.99) £120.74
(£104.99)
GX-091-PC_60.jpg
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
(£95.64) £109.99
(£95.64)
MB-168-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£93.90) £107.99
(£93.90)
CA-008-CS_60.jpg
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £85.99
(£74.77) £85.99
(£74.77)
SW-037-MS_60.jpg
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £81.98
(£71.29) £81.98
(£71.29)
HD-244-WD_60.jpg
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)
MY-109-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) £46.99
(£40.86) £46.99
(£40.86)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
CD-122-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £584.03 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £89.48 Total : £686.01
 
Hi all

Thought I would give you my 10 pence worth. I'm looking for a new rig for a budget of £800 as well. I've shopped around a bit some parts from overclockers some from other sites but below is the rig I'm looking towards.

Quad Core

Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4 x 2.83Ghz 12Mb Cache 1333 FSB Quad Core Processor - Retail £174.00

Motherboard
Asus P5Q SE/R Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £ 72.35

Memory
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit £ 55.19

Graphics Card
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5
TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £241.99
(90-C3CGS0-S0UAY00T)

Hard drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache £ 43.77

Power Supply
CIT 750Watt Gold Silent 120mm PSU - Retail £28.46

Total £615.76

That would easily walk all over CSS
 
erm that PSU is a joke btw good luck with you build but i wouldnt touch it with a barge pole

edit : the PSU that is not the rest of the build:D
 
Ward89 said:
Cheers for that;

If i got the ATi 4870 what PSU would you reccommend? and do you think an upgrade in memory to 8gb would be beneficial? my fave game is CSS and i want to play that on absolute 'MAXIMUM' Settings,

Many Thanks!:D
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E8500 and a 4850 will annihilate CSS. Those £800 rigs won't have a problem.

I built mine for £400 and I get 150fps (ie 2.5times as fast as my monitor refreshes) at 1440x900, and 100fps (1.5times more) at 1680x1050.

Do you intend to play newer games? In which case get a triple/quad core and faster GPU, or do you want the cheapest rig that will play CSS well? In which case half the budget and keep the rest for upgrades later.
 
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