£300 build needed

ad3eek

ad3eek

ad3eek

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Hi all ime due for an upgrade so i need Mobo, psu, cpu, gfx card and ram. will be takeing everything else from my current pc. ive come up with

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £114.99

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.9GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £50.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 400w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £42.99

OCZ Titanium 4GB (2x2GB) Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 Dual Channel (OCZ2T800C44GK)

Gigabyte GA-M52L-S3P nForce 520LE (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

what do you guys think?
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Corsair XMS3 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9DHX Twin3X (TW3X4G1600C9DHX) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate "Passive" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 400w Silent Power Supply £36.00
(£31.30) £36.00
(£31.30)
Sub Total : £273.09
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 15% VAT : £42.46
Total : £325.55
 
Well. If you could stretch the budget a little more you should probably get something like a 4770, or a 4850/4870, but it's still capable of running lots of games very well.
 
i basicly need a computer to play aion and lfd2 when there out, dont need the system to be amazeing just able to play them at a nice fps costing no more than £300 for the parts i have listed which shouldnt be a prob
 
You could get

Amd x2 4200+ £30
Asus A8V £20
x1950 512 agb £20
1.5 gb ram £15

Or so on the bay / MM

Then you should go with

Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3)

OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply

Total : £403.44
 
hmmm
Amd x2 4200+ £30
Asus A8V £20
x1950 512 agb £20
1.5 gb ram £15

and i dont have access to mm yet
is my current pc, if you scroll up you will see what i came up with, i just want to no if there is better for the same ammount.
 
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ad3eek said:
better for the same ammount.
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Better is very objective.


I personally feel your spec is slighty unbalanced.
And all I can say about your mobo is well its cheap for a reason.


For £300 I would get

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 400w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply

OCZ Titanium 4GB (2x2GB) Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 Dual Channel

total £302.07

But I still think you would be far better off staggering your upgrade buying my frist choice of cpu/mobo/ram then selling of your old bits & buying a new gfx card & psu also by the time you do that the new cards may be out.

Droping prices & giving you more to choose from.
 
PwnDirect said:
Better is very objective.


I personally feel your spec is slighty unbalanced.
And all I can say about your mobo is well its cheap for a reason.


For £300 I would get

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 400w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply

OCZ Titanium 4GB (2x2GB) Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 Dual Channel

total £302.07

But I still think you would be far better off staggering your upgrade buying my frist choice of cpu/mobo/ram then selling of your old bits & buying a new gfx card & psu also by the time you do that the new cards may be out.

Droping prices & giving you more to choose from.
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+1 on that build.
4830 is an excellent card, it OCs like hell and can almost match 4870 performance so it's more than enough for all the new games unless you run 1920x1200 with lots of AA and such.

The 550 is just great.
The only thing I would consider is stretching budget slightly for better mobo which will allow you for some OC ( or lucky quad core unlock ).
 
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