Budget Diablo 3 ready PC - £450 Max

xNytramx

xNytramx

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Hey guys

Been a little while since I speccd a PC maybe 2 years. Just need the Go-ahead with this build for my mate, Diablo 3 playable only - not going to be used for anything more taxing than that. Its alright to be played on medium graphics setting too.



Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
£79.98

MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£77.38

Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£64.99

Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ)
£59.99

OcUK GeForce GT 440 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£49.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2)
£44.99

Xigmatek Asgard III Windowed Gaming Case - Black
£31.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A)
£22.99

Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98

Total : £451.27
 
 
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You're right, £448 with the Crucial :)
Its amazing how quickly you get out of the loop! My build was a bit sad now I look at it
 
Crucial M4 128GB is a good drive. Probably much better than the SanDisk, which is a older generation (SF-1200 SATA II) technology.

I selected it over the M4 because it was cheaper than a HDD, and enough capacity to do stuff.

I would probably pick up a HDD for that budget though. If he starts loading up his computer with **** (mp3's games, videos), 500GB would be useful. HDD's are more than fast enough for anyone's expectations.
 
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xNytramx said:
You're right, £448 with the Crucial :)
Its amazing how quickly you get out of the loop! My build was a bit sad now I look at it
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that 6850 is a steal at £80 they were over £100 last week. Olivier has done well there for you :)

and the M4 is double the speed of the sandisk so worth the extra as it can be spec'd in budget. Olivier makes a fair point over space but 128GB is better than 60GBish. Your friend could always add a 2TB storage drive later if he wanted to
 
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xNytramx said:
You're right, £448 with the Crucial :)
Its amazing how quickly you get out of the loop! My build was a bit sad now I look at it
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The GPU was a major bottleneck. Rest looks all right. Z77 allows for upgrades, but if your budget is restricted, H61 is a good and cheap fall-back.

Keep in mind that these offers (PSU, GPU, case) will hold until next wednesday morning.
 
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Well ive gone with your original specc but with the Crucial Real SSD - came in bang on budget.

Cant go anymore over that as 450 is already pushing it for him :)

I realised the graphics card was nasty in my spec but couldnt see a way around it - always nice to have a fresh pair of eyes!

Thanks very much oliver
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Order is placed :)
 
Rusty0611 said:
What? You didn't spec him anything :)
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I didn't have to as olivier had already done a good job. I just pointed out he could get a much better SSD in budget. Oliver included the P&P in the price.

I could have spec'd a llano build but with the 6850 now on offer using the amd APU doesnt make any sense
 
olivier renault said:
Keep in mind that this mobo (H61) doesn't support SATA3. but in any case, the Crucial will work, just not at full tilt.
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it does have 2 sata3 ports @ 6Gb/s. Oh and we should have mentioned to the OP to upgrade the SSDs firmware before installing windows and to the sata mode to ACHI in the bios
 
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I've upgraded my firmware a year after win7 install from 0009 to 000F no problems. On two M4's actually.

But do use AHCI mode before installing Windows.

The firmware flash on the M4 is dead easy. It's an executable you run from the desktop, and it reboots and flash for you. Do it after you install Win 7.
 
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