£450 Build

Terrapin · 9 Feb 2010 at 21:51

Hey guys my friend is wanting to buy a new computer. I told him its would be cheaper to build one.

his main use for it is gaming wants to runs games such as BF:BC2 on high settings or best as possible with his budget of £450

needs

vista or windows

mobo
gpu
cpu
psu
ram
case

thanks

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 9 Feb 2010 at 22:01

Do you need a hard disk and optical drive??

Terrapin · 9 Feb 2010 at 22:02

Cookeh · 9 Feb 2010 at 22:08

I would contribute, but within seconds CAT will have something up that I cant disagree with.

InB4CAT: Dont get a HD5770 unless you're going to CF - which you wont be on that budget. Get a HD4870 or HD4890 instead

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 9 Feb 2010 at 22:08

If you want a build which needs a copy of Windows 7 this is what I would get:

Phenom II X3 720BE ~ £100

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM

Asus M4A77D ~ £60

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-376-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1482

4GB 1066MHZ DDR2 ~ £72

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

Corsair CX 400W ~ £37

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS

Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case ~ £28

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-184-CM

HD4770 512MB ~ £74

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-117-PC

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit ~ £76

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS

The total comes to around £447 excluding postage.

The game the OP mentioned will work better on triple and quad core processors.