£300 challange.

lexdalton

lexdalton

lexdalton

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hi there I am looking to get a Gaming pc for about £300. I don't need windows, hard drive or optical drive.
My current pc is an ancient:
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO

I am trying to build one that will run Shogun Total war 2, so spec me a gaming pc for as close to £300 as possible please!
Thanks.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Sub Total : £237.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.49
Total : £296.94

can you use your case also?
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £262.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £54.71
Total : £328.24
 
Or upgrade the video card

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £326.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.47
Total : £404.83
 
Also, you could buy a cheapo case/PSU combo and throw those bits in and sell them off?

If your hard disk drive is the same vintage as the rest of your kit I'd be looking at a nice shiny Samsung or Western Digital high performance drive
 
jamesfreddie said:
Or upgrade the video card

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £326.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.47
Total : £404.83
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thats so far from being £300 its not even funny, did you read the OP?

and the psu is crap.

HDD is naff.
 
Slightly refined, if your happy with your current case then how about this:

Asus GeForce GTX 460 TOP 768MB NVIDIA Graphics Card £110.39

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz £74.39

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £31.99

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98

Total £309.74 inc VAT

But for the £5 extra, might as well get a new case!;)

Some components from OcUK and others from competitors;)
 
then you got a problem, which is easily solved by buying a new SATA dvd drive.

the motherboard only has 1 IDE port.

putting a HDD and optical drive on the same ribbon cable as Master and Slave will cause the HDD to slow down to the transfer rate of the optical drive.
 
What size is the HDD and what make. May be worth just pushing the boat out a bit (if you can stretch the budget a wee bit) and pick up something like a Samsung F3 1TB drive rather than a new SATA optical drive. Great investment for the future and it'll be much better than using your existing IDE HDD.
 
shadow_boxer said:
What size is the HDD and what make. May be worth just pushing the boat out a bit (if you can stretch the budget a wee bit) and pick up something like a Samsung F3 1TB drive rather than a new SATA optical drive. Great investment for the future and it'll be much better than using your existing IDE HDD.
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This may be true but what if he can't afford to go over budget a bit it would be advisable to buy the cheaper thing which in this case is the optical drive
 
the HDD is tiny and ancient (Samsung SP2504C) 230Gig.I think you are right, perhaps I should replace everything rather than short change myself.
So with this in mind any suggestions on a build that won't bankrupt me!
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5830 PCS+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £275.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £57.15
Total : £342.92

found a 5830 for the same prices as the 5770, in the clearance section.

and new HDD and DVD drive, all from the same supplier so delivery costs are only paid once.
 
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Asus GeForce GTX 460 TOP 768MB NVIDIA Graphics Card £110.39

AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 445 3.10GHz £59.99

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £31.99

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99

Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £31.99

Total £319.34 inc VAT

5830 V 768MB GTX460 - Your decision but remember also the 460 comes with 2 year RTB warranty rather than just 90 days.

Use your existing IDE optical DVD RW.
 
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