£300 - $400 for a gaming pc

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** Sorry i meant £300- £400

May sound silly but i dont really need an amazing spec PC, how ever i would like to be able to play some of the new games of a reasonably high setting.

I suppose it the graphics card that needs to be good.

Any idea if i can buy something custom built or maybe have something built?

Thanks
 
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Do you need an Operating System included for that kind of money? I put together a pretty nice i3 gaming MITX build for my brother for ~£430 a little while back, but that wasn't with OS, keyboard, mouse or monitor.
 
Hmmm ideally with an operating system. I have a the Qpad 5k mouse and a semi good keyboard waiting for the new Qpad keyboard to come out and will buy that. so just need the Build really. any suggestions or builds are greatly appreciated :)
 
You will save a bit of money if you build it yourself. Its also quite satisfying when you have finished :) Are you looking at running Windows 7 then if you want an OS? Any other factors like size?
 
Or for a couple quid more you could build yourself almost the same spec as above, but using the OcUK barebone 775 and a E6600 which would knock the socks off the Athlon X2. And I'd go with a HD5770 for your graphics rather than the GT430.
 
s innes said:
or with the gpu option (gigabye geforce oc gt430 1024mb £368.59
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Apart from a GT430 is poor...

A 5750 or 5670 would suit you better, and both can be had pretty cheap. It does of course depend on what PSU they put in there, and whether it has a PCI-E connector for the GPU.
 
Guardsmon said:
Or for a couple quid more you could build yourself almost the same spec as above, but using the OcUK barebone 775 and a E6600 which would knock the socks off the Athlon X2. And I'd go with a HD5770 for your graphics rather than the GT430.
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Hey,

Thanks every one for your feebback its very usefull. My cuz has offered to build it for me so i have around 350 to now spend on parts, Can you advise the links to buy the products you listed as it sounds like this is the best option.

I suppose i will need large amounts of memory aswell?
 
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.95 (£64.96)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6600 "LGA775 Core 2" 3.06GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £64.99 (£54.16)
"Primo Horizon" Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad DDR2 Ready Barebones (Socket 775) £59.99 (£49.99)
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5C) £57.59 (£47.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98 (£23.32)
Sub Total : £240.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £51.18
Total : £307.10

Then your gfx on top was my suggestion - thats without GFX. I don't see why you need large amounts of memory. 4GB should be more than enough for most things.
You're cousin's not charging you £50 to make it for you? Slap him and build it yourself. Read a couple of guides, its really very easy and not worth spending £50 out of £400 on.
In essence, you put the CPU in the slot it fits in, the memory in the 2 slots it fits in, the graphics in the slots it fits in. Slide the hard drive into the bay it fits in, connect the cables that fits in it to the motherboard, where they fit. Plug the power cables that fit into hdd and gfx and attach screws... job done. :D - cut down version, a little care is needed.
 
ahhhhh nice work on that. nah my cuz wont carge me i just spoke to him. im gonna give it a go myself! but get ready for a lot of questions :))

So i have around £100.00 to spend on gfx card. any suggestions as i want to play mafia 2, cod etc on quite good settings?
 
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