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Hi hubby1989, i noticed how informed u r on computers and was wondering whether you cud help me upgrade me pc.
I currently own a celeron processor, which is a bit outdated now.
I want something with high performance, which would allow me to play at about 50-60frames per second so I can play the new COD online.

I also want to be able to surf the web at a pretty decent speed to allow me to steam and use myspace and facebook.
My budget is £2000 for a new machine as I am building it all myself. But I thinki dont rquire a monitor as my friend is giving me his old one.....

Any help would be great if you could spare a few minutes of your expertise.

Thank you,

CPU_whiz
 
If CoD4 and MW2 are anything to go by, any decent midrange gaming pc should easily be able to run them on maximum. As a reference my pc cost a total of £1200 including monitor and peripherals, and the only games I own that it cant run smoothly at 1080p max settings are Crysis and Metro.

I'll throw together a quick spec myself for you, though no doubt there will be a few improvements to be made ;)
 
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £340.74
(£289.99) £340.74
(£289.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 120GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £184.99
(£157.44) £184.99
(£157.44)
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £138.64
(£117.99) £138.64
(£117.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Sapphire Pure 950W Modular Power Supply £112.98
(£96.15) £112.98
(£96.15)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£37.44) £43.99
(£37.44)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £1,091.72
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 17.50% VAT : £193.24
Total : £1,297.46

Plenty of room to add more power if needed, and even the potential to add a second GTX480 for silly fps. An i7 system is within range too, but for gaming/general use, the performance you will see doesn't warrant the price tag. You would easily see 60+fps in Black Op's with a system running a GTX480. Just be aware that they're very hot, power hungry cards.


EDIT: Forgot to add Windows.
 
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To OP, my build is purely the base system. With your budget I'd say investing a bit in a quality sound card and 5/7.1 speakers would be a decent idea
 
£2000 bigones = a quality pc
you could have the latest and greatest for that money specially if you dont need a monitor......
 
Invertigo said:
To OP, my build is purely the base system. With your budget I'd say investing a bit in a quality sound card and 5/7.1 speakers would be a decent idea
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invertigo why would you go i5 when you could go i7 and get triple channel ram and faster clocks whilst still staying well inside budget...... personnaly i dont see the point of i5! just my opinion
 
cammy5477 said:
invertigo why would you go i5 when you could go i7 and get triple channel ram and faster clocks whilst still staying well inside budget...... personnaly i dont see the point of i5! just my opinion
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Agreed that i7 is within budget, but for all the actual difference between an i5 760 and an i7 950 in gaming terms, as the OP said was his main use aside from general use, I feel the extra cash could be invested better elsewhere.
As I mentioned above, I would spend about £1300 on the base unit and use the other £700 for audio, visual, peripherals etc. Of course this is just my opinion and if the OP wants to spend the £2000 on the base unit, i7 is undoubedly the way to go.
Plus a bigger case, but thats just me craving a watercooled 800D :p
 
you would be able to run the new COD on a much cheaper machine (an Xbox for instance :)), no need to spend £2000 on just a "gaming rig" I7 is over kill for gaming better off getting a Quad and a decent graphics card as its irrelevant whether a game is 60 fps or 100 fps as you will not be able to see it any way getting a £200 gfx card will normally be ok as long as you are not playing at high resolutions.

people will give you build based on £2000 where tbh you would be a bit foolish to spend as much, people will just give you there dream machine builds with no concept of what you have asked for "a PC to play the new COD".
 
Invertigo said:
Agreed that i7 is within budget, but for all the actual difference between an i5 760 and an i7 950 in gaming terms, as the OP said was his main use aside from general use, I feel the extra cash could be invested better elsewhere.
As I mentioned above, I would spend about £1300 on the base unit and use the other £700 for audio, visual, peripherals etc. Of course this is just my opinion and if the OP wants to spend the £2000 on the base unit, i7 is undoubedly the way to go.
Plus a bigger case, but thats just me craving a watercooled 800D :p
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good point mate well made.......the corsair case looks real nice for putting watercooling in.....i had a lian li limited edition case that looked like a snail and it was good for watercooling just cause it was big and had aluminium panels which helped keep the temps down
 
This has got to be a spoof - I mean seriously...

I also want to be able to surf the web at a pretty decent speed to allow me to steam and use myspace and facebook.
My budget is £2000
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Given that this is a brand new account I'm guessing a private joke?
 
Other posts by cpu_whiz.

Hubby1989 do you work for Intel?
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nah mate, sorry cant help you
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Seriously considering spending two grand on a rig and is accepting a hand me down monitor? Priorities out a little there.

If this is a wind up I'm not exactly sure what our Celeron using friend hopes to achieve.
 
Invertigo said:
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £340.74
(£289.99) £340.74
(£289.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 120GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £184.99
(£157.44) £184.99
(£157.44)
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £138.64
(£117.99) £138.64
(£117.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Sapphire Pure 950W Modular Power Supply £112.98
(£96.15) £112.98
(£96.15)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£37.44) £43.99
(£37.44)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £1,091.72
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 17.50% VAT : £193.24
Total : £1,297.46

Plenty of room to add more power if needed, and even the potential to add a second GTX480 for silly fps. An i7 system is within range too, but for gaming/general use, the performance you will see doesn't warrant the price tag. You would easily see 60+fps in Black Op's with a system running a GTX480. Just be aware that they're very hot, power hungry cards.


EDIT: Forgot to add Windows.
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This is a joke right?

Your kidding speccing this?
 
hubby1989 said:
I would definitely go for an Intel LGA1366 based system if you are spending £2000, as you get the added advantage of tri-channel DDR3 memory. Pick up about 6GB of Corsair XMS3 1600MHz, and i7-950 (this week offer!) and look for an Asus Rampage II Extreme..good board!
Graphics wise...ATI 5870 or with your budget go up to the 5900series...they are beastly...On my experience the 480GTX runs hot and gulps power!

Definitely look for an SSD, and about 800-900W power supply and definitely go for a decent sound system, kicks ass when online man.

There is so much great hardware choice on OcUK, I really couldnt give you a definite spec cause it would be unfair! Look around man :D
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No mention of the AMD 69XX series then? Just the dead tech 59XX series?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17642675&postcount=3

You clearly have very little knowledge of pc hardware
 
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