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skipper847

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Hi. Whats the cheapest PC you can build from scratch but still good to play todays games on low medium settings. I have no idea what goes with what apart from looking around the web at simular builds. What i want to do is see if i can make a cheapest PC you can get to see if i can build one my self. My PC at the moment is a Q6600 quad core at 2.40GHZ and Asrock p43DE mobo and 5770 graphic card and still plays most games on medium settings. Im willing to buy even cheaper if possible.

Thanks for any info.
 
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Probably this,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3) Motherboard - Retail £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £279.10
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £57.92
Total : £347.52


If you need a operating system,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 450 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3) Motherboard - Retail £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £339.43
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 : £70.14
Total : £420.82

The motherboard others the chance to unlock extra core in the CPU>
 
Xenon AMD Athlon X2 255 3.10GHz Bundle - Dual Core £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
XFX Pro 450W Core Edition Power Supply £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £336.10
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £69.92
Total : £419.52

the graphics card could be swapped for a cheaper one but I'd say that's the best cheap pc that you could build unless you don't need an os
 
This is the cheapest gaming PC I would go for.

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It includes a quad core CPU, a solid DX11 graphics card, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and Windows 7.

Edit: Going for this windows + HDD bundle pointed out by stulid and KiiYzOo will save you almost a tenner. So the total price would be £451.79
 
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I just saw this:

skipper847 said:
My PC at the moment is a Q6600 quad core at 2.40GHZ and Asrock p43DE mobo and 5770 graphic card and still plays most games on medium settings. Im willing to buy even cheaper if possible.

Thanks for any info.
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In that case you already have a pretty nice PC.

May I ask what PSU you have and have you tried overclocking the CPU?
 
Thanks for the reply all.

My PSU is Pro X Stream 1000WPSU. I no abit over the top PSU and yes its still very good to play today games.

Im wanting to see if i can build one from scratch with out wasting too much money and sell on. So cheaper the better so if i blow anything up i dont waste too much money :P.

I no its cheating but what about buying a cheap barebone motherboard bunle and then buying ceratin things around the mother board.
 
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skipper847 said:
Thanks for the reply all.

My PSU is Pro X Stream 1000WPSU. I no abit over the top PSU and yes its still very good to play today games.
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Sounds good - should be fine with pretty much whatever you throw at it.


skipper847 said:
Im wanting to see if i can build one from scratch with out wasting too much money and sell on. So cheaper the better so if i blow anything up i dont waste too much money :P.
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Ok, but if you are doing this make sure you get a decent performance boost over the Q6600 or you will basically just be wasting your money making a new PC with similar (or worse) performance. I would suggest an i5 2500K and a P67 motherboard.

skipper847 said:
I no its cheating but what about buying a cheap barebone motherboard bunle and then buying ceratin things around the mother board.
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It really depends on the bundle and what kit is included. Any reason why you don't want to buy the CPU and motherboard separately (unless it is pre-overclocked)? You will save a bit of money buying separately and you get to pick the exact CPU and board that you want and fits your needs the best.
 
KiiYzOo said:
Fitting the CPU isn't the hardest part I'd say is fitting the CPU cooler that's even not that hard
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Agreed, installing a CPU is a 1 minute job - so long as you are careful and don't do anything stupid it will go in fine.

As for the CPU cooler - after using a wide range of CPU cooler types I finally used Prolimatech's mounting mechanism. This is the way CPU mounting should be done and worth the price premium IMHO due to the ease of use and solid mounting.
 
Ive been looking at barebone PC on this site and i came across this cheape BareBone PC which is £59.99. If i did get a bare bone pc i would get one with a better PSU then this but below is a list what ive put to gether for this PC. I was wondering if i was on the right track and putting the right components in this machine. Also do i need to buy extra cables fans etc for the cpu and case fan and any other things i need?.

Thanks for any info

"Primo Horizon" Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad DDR2 Ready Barebones (Socket 775)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-269-OK&groupid=43&catid=1817&subcat=

£59.99
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CPU

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail [BX80571E6500]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-321-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

£59.99
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Memory

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) [KHX8500D2K2/4G]

£59.99
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HDD

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) [ST3500418AS]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-206-SE

£30.98
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DVD/BluRay drive

Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Black (OEM) [SH-B123L/BSBP ]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-140-SA

£59.99
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Graphic card

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [HD-577X-ZNFC]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-149-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

£89.99
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Total with out Operating system and delivery 360.93
 
To be clear - in most games that PC will be about the same speed or slower than your existing one - since the graphics card is the same model and the CPU is a 2.93GHz Dual core compared to your 2.4GHz Quad core. Also, if this is a barebones were the motherboard is already installed into the case then this makes CPU, CPU cooler and RAM installation more difficult compared to if you just took a motherboard out of it's retail box and installed this kit onto the board while it was sitting on a non-conductive surface outside of the case. Also, please note that the PSU used in that barebones is not great quality and I would not suggest running a HD 5770 graphics card with it.

If you want to make a PC yourself then I suggest you either upgrade your existing one (perhaps a new case, graphics card, SSD and overclock it) or invest considerably more an build a PC that is significantly faster than your existing one. It doesn't make sense to me to build a PC of around the same spec as your current one and try and sell your old one.
 
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Intel Core i3 550 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail Intel Core i3 550 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
MSI H55M-ED55 H55 Express Chipset (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard MSI H55M-ED55 H55 Express Chipset (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £392.75
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 : £80.80
Total : £484.80

without windows its about £410
 
skipper847 said:
Ive been looking at barebone PC on this site and i came across this cheape BareBone PC which is £59.99. If i did get a bare bone pc i would get one with a better PSU then this but below is a list what ive put to gether for this PC. I was wondering if i was on the right track and putting the right components in this machine. Also do i need to buy extra cables fans etc for the cpu and case fan and any other things i need?.

Thanks for any info

"Primo Horizon" Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad DDR2 Ready Barebones (Socket 775)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-269-OK&groupid=43&catid=1817&subcat=

£59.99
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CPU

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail [BX80571E6500]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-321-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

£59.99
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Memory

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) [KHX8500D2K2/4G]

£59.99
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HDD

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) [ST3500418AS]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-206-SE

£30.98
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DVD/BluRay drive

Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Black (OEM) [SH-B123L/BSBP ]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-140-SA

£59.99
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Graphic card

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [HD-577X-ZNFC]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-149-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

£89.99
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Total with out Operating system and delivery 360.93
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So you want to spend over £350 on DDR2 memory, old crap LAG775 socket etc and a 5770 card?

did you not see post #2?

You come here asking for advice on what to get, and you come up with that?


Tri core 450 vs E6550 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/189?vs=61
 
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