Budget build for Diablo

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YOUR BASKET

OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99

**B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £49.99

OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £35.99

MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £33.90

OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99

Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £29.99

OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99

TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98

Sub Total: £338.97
Shipping: £19.10
VAT : £71.61
Total: £429.68

Is this good enough for Diablo 3 at medium settings or so? £400 was my original budget and I was going to use my 32" 720p tv as a screen but I've heard things about the resolution being too bad and text in games being unreadable.

I'm not interested in overclocking, which I know the motherboard can't do, just wan't a pc that will last at least 1 year and can play some games. Opinions and recommendations please, thanks.
 
Taking a quick look at the minimum and recommended specs, I would say you have done quite well with such a limited budget, I would say change the power supply. My advice would be to save up a little more.


YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2008HDS 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £34.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £33.90
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £22.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £21.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
Total : £474.19 (includes shipping : £17.85).



Better graphics, power supply.
 
Basically, if you intend to keep your build then I would change the power supply to the one I have specified, if not then I would save up for the build I have put there. Ideally more money would have been better, but as always, more money would always be better and I know its not always possible, so that would be my advice :)

Also, the screen you have specified I would probably have put in my build if I had noticed it before haha :cool:
 
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black **GET THE VAT BACK** £99.95
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £33.90
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
Total : £480.72 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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A few points,

1) A Bgrade monitor maybe missing cables (power+display) plus its general condition could be poor?

2) Same for the case, whats it missing and is it marked at all?
 
stulid said:
A few points,

1) A Bgrade monitor maybe missing cables (power+display) plus its general condition could be poor?

2) Same for the case, whats it missing and is it marked at all?
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@OP, as Stulid has rightly pointed out, you never know what you might be getting. It would be best to check with OCUK sales on the actual condition of any "B" grade items.

Thanks, Stulid for pointing out my oversight.:D
 
And it is still way over budget unfortunately haha ;) and whos to say the OcUK monitor wouldn't be better than a B-grade monitor? I'd go for a new one over a B-grade any day.
 
stulid said:
A few points,

1) A Bgrade monitor maybe missing cables (power+display) plus its general condition could be poor?

2) Same for the case, whats it missing and is it marked at all?
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How bad are the conditions of B grade items then? If ocuk are selling them..can't be that bad? They at least work right?

The Geforce GT 430 is not good enough for Diablo 3? £100 graphics card would be nice but only want to spend £400-450 overall and still need to buy the game at £45. Also, is the OCZ power supply no good? I thought OCZ branded would be enough even though its cheap. I can see this system not using much power so thought that power supply would be okay.
 
From my experience, Diablo is way more GPU intensive. It hardly uses my CPU on both my desktop and my Llano laptop.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £34.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £33.90
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £22.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £427.75 (includes shipping : £12.50).



EDIT: Whoops, forgot the wireless adapter. Just add anyone you like, but honestly, it's best to have a wired connection if possible.
 
Thanks guys, Idleman's spec seems like the one. Been thinking if I should just get a laptop though cause I'm only really going to play Diablo 3 and I think I would prefer the mobility of a laptop.

HP Pavilion g6-1331ea:

Processor AMD Quad-Core A8-3520M (1.6 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
RAM 6 GB (1 x 2 GB, 1 x 4 GB)
Graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6620G + 7450M Dual GPU
1 GB DDR3 dedicated
Screen type HD LED BrightView
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 750 GB

£380

Anyone had experience with this laptop and would it run Diablo 3 ok? Do they get hot? Good screen?
 
That's the very Llano laptop I have. It can run the game fine on medium settings. However, I did use a program called K10stats to overclock the speed from 1.6ghz to 2.4ghz.

The screen is fine enough to play games on, and the laptop is pretty cool when running Diablo III.
 
Orcvader said:
That's the very Llano laptop I have. It can run the game fine on medium settings. However, I did use a program called K10stats to overclock the speed from 1.6ghz to 2.4ghz.

The screen is fine enough to play games on, and the laptop is pretty cool when running Diablo III.
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That's good to know, thanks. I've had problems with dell laptops where they get too hot and underclock, any problems with that? and is there any chance I can get a screenshot of your temps and windows score? :)
 
Couldn't get a screenie of my Diablo III settings for some reason... Screenshot appears grey :confused:.

83c was the highest after an hourish play on the game. The laptop only feels warm to touch however, and not searing hot.

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