cheap gaming rig spec

Paul_Canning · 12 Jan 2008 at 16:30

My pc is old in the tooth now, and am looking to get a cheap new rig, mainly for gaming. i mainly play TF2 and WoW, with other games being older and less demanding then TF2, or on par.

my current pc is an old amd athlon 1.5ghz, 1gig RAM and a Radeon 9700. TF" plays OK, but WoW lags a lot when in busy places, i.e.5fps

My budget is £250, optical drives not needed. Also, no need for a MASSIVE hard drive, just enough to install a few games.

thanks.

Cr0fty · 12 Jan 2008 at 16:47

What psu do you currently have?

Paul_Canning · 12 Jan 2008 at 17:52

erm, its an old Enermax thing, most probably 300W?

if thats is enough, will it fit new motherboards? it uses the long 12(?) pin plug and the 4 pin one, for an ATX motherboard.

jamjar1383 · 12 Jan 2008 at 19:42

Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 200-Pin SODIMM Module (VS2GSDS667D2) £33.99

Abit AN52 nForce 520 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £38.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £47.99

Antec Basic 500W PSU £33.99

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99

Asus GeForce 8500 GT 256MB DDR2 DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £43.99

Total : £266.94

Thats the same upgrade that im going to get it should meet your gaming needs.
edit- thats better.

Blackhawk47 · 12 Jan 2008 at 19:52

jamjar1383 said:
Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 200-Pin SODIMM Module (VS2GSDS667D2) £33.99

Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA (Socket AM2) AGP DDR2 Motherboard £32.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ Black Edition 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £57.99

Antec Basic 500W PSU £33.99

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99

Asus GeForce 8500 GT 256MB DDR2 DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £43.99

Sub Total : £229.94
Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £41.81
Total : £280.70

Thats the same upgrade that im going to get it should meet your gaming needs.

im sorry but that wont work seeing as the gfx card u picked is pcie and the mobo is agp . i would recommend a pcie mobo and a 8600 gt or x1950pro to be honest

jamjar1383 · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:04

my bad sorry. lol

jrodga2k5 · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:18

I would just stick the OCuK 8600GT in there as it would be much better and if i remember without checking its £49.99 or there abouts and destroys the 8500

Paul_Canning · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:34

jamjar1383 said:
Corsair 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 200-Pin SODIMM Module (VS2GSDS667D2) £33.99

this is notebook memory, isnt it? :confused:

jamjar1383 · 13 Jan 2008 at 02:13

Paul_Canning said:
this is notebook memory, isnt it?

sorry mate i really not with it today hence why i made two really silly mistakes.

Jonny L · 13 Jan 2008 at 10:03

Hi, mate, will you be wanting to overclock this machine? Because that will affect what sort of spec we will give you for the price.

Paul_Canning · 13 Jan 2008 at 17:06

not looking to OC (ok, the most it might be is a bit on the CPU) so thats not an issue.

case can also be left out of the equation, although i think i might need a new PSU (dont know if this old one will work with new stuff)

so im need:

CPU
Motherboard
RAM
Graphics
HDD
PSU

all for £200-£250 (including the vat)

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