£500-£600 Gaming Spec

chrismscotland

chrismscotland

chrismscotland

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Been looking into building a PC but was wondering if its possible with a budget of say £500-£600 to build a machine that would run Armed Assault II well?

Not including Monitor,mouse or OS, but could do with a new keyboard,
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£130.43) £149.99
(£130.43)
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XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £114.99
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
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Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
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OCZ ModXStream 780W SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £59.00
(£51.30) £59.00
(£51.30)
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OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3G16004GK) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
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Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)
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Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £31.99
(£27.82) £31.99
(£27.82)
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Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple £29.99
(£26.08) £29.99
(£26.08)
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Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £511.24 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £78.45 Total : £601.44
 
Yes, although you would have to buy into the soon to be retired Core 2 platform. Nothing wrong with Core 2, it's an awesome platform and will be good for another few years. The setup below will destroy just about any game currently out. The Q9450 should overclock happily to 3.2GHz (400*8) on that mobo with a 1600FSB then you'll be flying ;)

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Meh.!

you do know you will need a cpu cooler with that OEM cpu, and you are already over budget....

and he would have to overclock to get the same STOCK speed as my cpu :p
And half the HDD space lol
 
Cheers folks, I think I would be more likely to go down the AMD route to be honest, if I was to go Intel I think I would probably save some cash to get an i7 or i9 cpu in the hope it could be upgraded later.
You say that Core 2 is going to be retired, how long do you think that for example that setup there would still be capable?
 
If you going for AMD, go for this setup.

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  • Don't skimp on the PSU, 520W Coolermaster is ideal wattage and good quality
  • The 7200.12 Barracuda drivers are single platter meaning better performance than the WD Caviar drives
  • 4890 obviously better GPU than the 4870
  • Antec make awesome cases and the 300 is no exception (Check out all the reviews)
  • OCZ Alchemy is a sound keyboard

chrismscotland said:
You say that Core 2 is going to be retired, how long do you think that for example that setup there would still be capable?
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Couple years at least. Until massively mutli threaded gaming kicks in, Core 2 Quads will be sufficient. The 4890 is ATI's current flagship GPU (RV790) so that will remain a solid performer for another 12 months atleast!
 
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Cheers guys, I think I will be ordering one of the AMD setups this weekend!
Although would I get a much better spec for say £800 or maybe even £1000?
 
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Gone for a lesser cpu but you wont notice the 4th core in games.
Also you may be able to unlock the 4th core & you will certainly be able to clock it to 955 levels.

Speced a 4890 that dosent sound like a hairdryer & a case that dosent feel like it was bulit by the tech department of a special school.
 
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