I want to play Steel Division Normandy 44

[Matt Carr]

Can someone please help me put together a PC that can run it as cheaply as possible?


Thanks in advance!

 

[ExoMale]

how cheap you talking?

 

[Matt Carr]

Anywhere up to around £500 but ideally £300-£400, thanks!

 

[ExoMale]

what do you currently own to possibly salvage?

 

[Matt Carr]

I'm entirely new to PC gaming, I do not require a monitor/keyboard/ mouse and I have been given a Radeon 7950 2GB Graphics card.

 

[ExoMale]

Having the graphics card saves you a few quid and all these will play the game medium or high according to Game-debate: can I run it feature. Intel are generally better, but it comes at a price. The top one is skylake, the middle one is haswell and then FM2+ for amd.

The bottoms 2 leaves some change for an os if you require one and anything else. Best of all you can get a decent size SSD in the budget rather than a 1tb mech drive.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX421C14FBK2/8)= £68.99
• 1 x WD Green 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G1G0A)= £89.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £21.95
• 2 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95

Total: £503.55
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Green 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G1G0A)= £89.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £21.95
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01)= £59.99

Total: £380.96
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Green 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G1G0A)= £89.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £21.95
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x AMD Athlon X4 880K Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket FM2+) Kaveri Quad Core Processor (AD880KXBJCSBX)= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01)= £59.99

Total: £345.96
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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[Minibiker]

Will the G4560 be any good for OP to save money over the i3

 

[ExoMale]

Will the G4560 be any good for OP to save money over the i3

well i looked at the 4400 version and put it in the game debate and suggested low settings as that was greyed out meaning it was the weaker link and that was 1080p(have to sign in to adjust resolution), mean the site is very good, but my system in sig suggested my gtx 750 be no good for now mans and while its lower than 1080p it runs on medium just fine with the occasional stutter, so the G range could be doable.

the game isnt released yet, but these are the requirements, copied from steam as it was easier.

• 
  MINIMUM:
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7
    
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz) or equivalent
    
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: 1 GB AMD 5570 or nVidia 450
    
  • DirectX: Version 11
    
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    
  • Storage: 32 GB available space
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

• 
  RECOMMENDED:
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7
    
  • Processor: Intel i5-2300 or equivalent
    
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: 2GB AMD 7970 or nVidia 770 or greater
    
  • DirectX: Version 11
    
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    
  • Storage: 32 GB available space
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

and from the Game-Debate site as their inbtween spec

GD Adjusted Requirements
Core i3-4150 3.5GHz
FX-4350
GeForce GTX 660
Radeon R7 370
2 GB vram
4 GB ram
Win 8 64
DX 11
32 GB

so its a mixture of demanding and not so, but never heard of the game till now, but looking at those specs, the game may favour GPU grunt more.

oddly enough while the G4560 is listed, it comes up on GB as not playable and shows no % bar and so the setting are low..