£250 Budget Build

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:22

I am interested in building a new pc, I am 15 and am very interested in Computers.
£250 Will be the max spending money..

I will be using it for Low End Gaming, such as WoW and maybe Cod4.

What I use now:
Intel Pentium 4 3.00Ghz
2GB RAM
ATI HD 3650 AGP Card
ASUS P4P800-F

I get 30-40 FPS on WoW with lowest settings.

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:28

You haven't stated what parts you need exactly?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
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)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £202.11
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 : £42.42
Total : £254.53

if you need an operating system then the budget is awful and the parts will suffer too much.

use the onbaord gpu of the motherboard until you can stick a 5770 or similar in.

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:33

stulid said:
You haven't stated what parts you need exactly?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
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)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £202.11
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 : £42.42
Total : £254.53

if you need an operating system then the budget is awful and the parts will suffer too much.

use the onbaord gpu of the motherboard until you can stick a 5770 or similar in.

Sounds good, but I could get Phenom II Dual Core 555 then unlock to 3/4 cores?
Will it need a lot more cooling?

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:35

tommyslaits said:
Sounds good, but I could get Phenom II Dual Core 555 then unlock to 3/4 cores?
Will it need a lot more cooling?

Its not guaranteed that you will be able to unlock one extra or two extra cores, the stock supplied cooler is fine.

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:46

stulid said:
Its not guaranteed that you will be able to unlock one extra or two extra cores, the stock supplied cooler is fine.

Orite, you didn't include a Gfx Card?

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:50

tommyslaits said:
Orite, you didn't include a Gfx Card?

Your budget is to low to include a graphics card that has any meaningful power, the onboard gpu of the motherboards chipset will have to do until you can scratch together another £80-100

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:53

stulid said:
Your budget is to low to include a graphics card that has any meaningful power, the onboard gpu of the motherboards chipset will have to do until you can scratch together another £80-100

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
What is that used for? DVD Drive?

I have a DVD Drive and HDD already, I could scrap them for a 5570 or something

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 21:56

tommyslaits said:
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
What is that used for? DVD Drive?

I have a DVD Drive and HDD already, I could scrap them for a 5570 or something

yes you could.

is the HDD and DVD drive SATA or IDE? the motherboard only has one IDE connector.

is the HDD a decent fast one? whats the make and model?

Cookeh · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:03

Stulid, he has 3 other threads all exactly same.

I've given him several specs. I've told him to wait and save more money to get a worthwhile PC that will last at least a year rather than mere months. Ah well.

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:04

stulid said:
yes you could.

is the HDD and DVD drive SATA or IDE? the motherboard only has one IDE connector.

is the HDD a decent fast one? whats the make and model?

250W IW-P250A3-1

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:05

tommyslaits said:
250W IW-P250A3-1

That would be a PSU, not an answer to the question asked.

And as Cookeh says, why three threads on the same subject?

tommyslaits · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:13

stulid said:
That would be a PSU, not an answer to the question asked.

And as Cookeh says, why three threads on the same subject?

Orite, I don't know what HDD I have, how do I find out?

And this is a different thread, I gave a budget, and someone finds a nice build for me, other then me finding a build and asking on advice.

stulid · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:18

tommyslaits said:
Orite, I don't know what HDD I have, how do I find out?

And this is a different thread, I gave a budget, and someone finds a nice build for me, other then me finding a build and asking on advice.

take the HDD out and read the name and model number on it.

and do the DVD drive and HDD have the wide ribbon cables? or the finger thin SATA style? im guessing its the later?

tommyslaits said:
And this is a different thread, I gave a budget, and someone finds a nice build for me, other then me finding a build and asking on advice.

your other threads seem to have a similar budget.

Cookeh · 8 Mar 2011 at 22:31

stulid said:
your other threads seem to have a similar budget.

And similar advice.

And lots of people saying wait - perhaps he doesn't want to wait and wants it down NOW though :confused: