building computer need help picking parts

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 17:43

hi im planning on building my on computer basically i have £800 to spend on it and i was wondering if use could help me pick the best parts to get for my money

i will be using this computer for playing games such as cod4 and mw2
i will also be using it to edit my videos i make in hd

Marine-RX179 · 28 Apr 2010 at 17:47

Will you need a Window 7 and a monitor included in that budget? Also, do you know how to overclock?

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 17:49

no ive already got a copy of windows 7 home premuin and no i dont need a monitor and i have no idea on how to over clock lol

CliffyBiro · 28 Apr 2010 at 17:51

I'll give you a hand with overclocking if you want.

I'll get a parts list sorted when I get home at about 8.

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 17:52

yea tht would be good and thanks

cmndr_andi · 28 Apr 2010 at 18:01

Hi there

How does this look?

This kit will be great for modern games and the motherboard and PSU are ready for crossfire should you wish to add a second 5850 in the future.

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 18:14

sounds good

Marine-RX179 · 28 Apr 2010 at 18:25

Tried to squeeze in an overclock bundle, but still end up £100 above budget...

Compare to cmndr_andi's build:
The bundle include a Titan Fenrir CPU cooler (£30), and the Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H motherboard can crossfire and has extra 2xUSB3.0, 6x SATA 6Gb/s at £20 more than the Asus M4A79XTD Evo motherboard. The Corsair memory at £18 more than the OCZ Gold memory...and so the overclock 'fee' costing around £33.

Not trying to recommend or anything, thought you would be interested to have some comparisons.

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 18:44

both sound brilliant

CliffyBiro · 28 Apr 2010 at 21:08

Had a look, and honestly, cmndr_andi has picked out the best bang-for-buck rig available. Can't go far wrong with that at all.

JaIVIesIVIcC · 28 Apr 2010 at 23:05

does the motherboard in his selection have a hdmi port?????

cmndr_andi · 28 Apr 2010 at 23:08

JaIVIesIVIcC said:
does the motherboard in his selection have a hdmi port?????

It doesn't, but the HDMI cable (presumably for a monitor or TV) would instead be connected to the 5850 graphics card - which does have a HDMI port.

CliffyBiro · 28 Apr 2010 at 23:09

JaIVIesIVIcC said:
does the motherboard in his selection have a hdmi port?????

Nah, HDMI connects to the graphics card directly dude.