After some advice on what to use...

DKong · 15 Jul 2008 at 14:23

Basicly i decided to upgrade my 4 year old PC, and im after just basic on small budget gaming tower. I just got a E6850 CPU with Thermalight 120 cooler for £70 of a friend, although im not sure if the cooler is the Extreme version, now i need some help with getting rest of the stuff like
Motherboard, Gfx, Big enough case, etc...

Thx

jak731 · 15 Jul 2008 at 14:25

how much do you have to spend?

what games do you play?

what resolution do you game at?

DKong · 15 Jul 2008 at 14:42

17" Monitor, Got around £400 to spend and planing to play age of conan.

decrypt3r · 15 Jul 2008 at 15:16

well a 4870 or 4850 is a must and very cheap

jak731 · 15 Jul 2008 at 15:23

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.2 Zen Black Case - No PSU £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £98.99
(£116.31) £98.99
(£116.31)
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £330.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £59.83
Total : £401.71

you may want to invest in a 64bit OS as well if you want to see all your ram, otherwise you will get about 3.5GB

mp260767 · 15 Jul 2008 at 15:27

could swap the case/psu for the antec sonata III (includes psu)

Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£16.44)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £98.99 (£116.31)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £23.99 (£28.19)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £49.99 (£58.74)

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99 (£35.24)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99 (£70.49)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99 (£58.74)

Sub Total : £326.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £59.13
Total : £397.01

DKong · 15 Jul 2008 at 17:09

OK, thx guys.... if there's anymore suggestions before i order please do post.

mitch212k · 15 Jul 2008 at 17:31

I'd probably get something along the lines of below. Still £12 to spare if you wanted to up the hard drive or whatever.

PhoenixUK · 15 Jul 2008 at 19:11

DKong said:
OK, thx guys.... if there's anymore suggestions before i order please do post.

4gb PC6400 C4 memory
GA P35DS3L
HD4850
~500-600 PSU from either enermax, tagan, corsair, thermaltake, seasonic.

Age of Conan is an ass till they fix the performance :/.
I think even 3x4870 isnt enough to handle it as for now :S.