First Build! :D

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 01:29

Just need tokin to sort the trust thing out, done mine, But honestly tokin it's fine honestly, i don't want anything.

Just help me to overclock it when it's finished

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 01:42

Tokin, Now that you've mentioned graphics cards......

I want to play BF3 what graphics card anyone???

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 11:28

Tingle said:
Hmm, I think a card good enough to run BF3 will be bottlenecked by the P4 processor.

EDIT:
I've been thinking more about this since posting... So long as you put a decent CPU cooler on that P4, overclock it and have some good RAM it should be able to pull through.

Also, how much are you willing to pay for a graphics card?

CPU will be a q6600 (£50 budget)

£50 budget for graphics card??

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:17

Got my artic clean and silver 5 from ama.........zon

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 16:15

Tingle said:
Ah okay.
Hmm, £50 is a bit low. I'd usually recommend a NVIDIA card, but ATI seem to be cheaper for what you get.

This card is £10 over budget, but should be able to play BFBC2 and BF3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

If you want to go over the budget a bit more, then get this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-024-HS

Another alternative would be to buy a NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT; I used to play BFBC2 on one of these, it's a good card for what you pay. I don't think Overclockers stock them anymore, but you'll be able to find another one somewhere. People say if you can run BFBC2, you'll probably be able to run BF3... so check this table out:
http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/BattlefieldBadCompany2-OPS-GeForce-9800-GT
You should be able to play BF3 on at least medium settings based on those results.

I could raise it to £100 + but i would have to save for it, I also fancy a nvidia card as i quite like them

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 16:15

Tibbz2 said:
Woah this is an awesome thread!

I will be doing all this in the next few months to make my first PC, so this is really interesting and helpful! Keep it up!

And i can't wait to see your PC when it's done

Your welcome

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 16:16

Tibbz2 said:
Maybe there could be a nice and cheap HD 5770 on Ebay?

Knowing this guys luck thats likely!

Instead of saying ebay just put on the bay as it's classed as a competitor

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 16:17

I started another thread on the graphics card section and on there they are telling me to ditch the board and get a sandybridge board :S

luke123 · 2 Sep 2011 at 16:34

Yeah i know it's better, but aslong as it will do what i want it to im not to bothered, even if it lags abit in game.

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:34

Tokin said:
Mate no matter where you post,people will always say get sandybridge!For example i could say my keyboard has broke spec me one,The answer would be get sandybridge!

Lol

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:46

Got one of the fans today that i won for......£1.45 and 50p postage

Giving it a grand total of £1.95 for a new never used 120mm fan 3pin

So some pics:

Fitted it as an intake one, so in total i will have 4 intake fans and 1 exhaust?

Or should i make a side fan an exhaust as well???

I just missed out an q6600 at £49.99 it whent for £51.88

But oh well, i have found a slacr malay

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 01:18

Subliminal Aura said:
Saw 8gigs of DDR2 go for £25 on MM today ... It was obviously taken at asked within 2 mins :/

oh...I have not actually been on the mm yet

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 01:21

Tingle said:
On the topic of graphics cards again, I know somebody who's running an Intel Quad Core, 4GB DDR2 who's using an ATI 5750 and he's able to play on high in Bad Company 2 with random little lag spikes when there's some action. He tends to play on medium as it's smooth game play. So in short, consider buying an ATI 5750 if you need to keep within budget, they're decent cards for what you pay, despite it being an ATI card, the drivers seem to be stable, they're not too expensive so you should be able to pick one up for cheap.

OOO....Thanks for letting me know Tingle

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 01:25

I have a couple in mind to look for, from other threads i have posted on Gpu's so im still looking, but the main priority is cpu

Oh i also got a Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro rev.2 for £15.65 including postage and it's brand new, This is the cheapest i have found im sure??

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 02:02

It is £21 with postage

tingle

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 02:12

Tingle said:
Only another 105 posts until you can get free post and packaging

Yeah along way to go yet

But it'a 104 now

I keep looking at ocuk's nvidia 1 year warranty gpu's i have roughly £50 -£65 to spend??

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 02:24

found a saphire ati radeon hd5750??

or do i need the xfx version???

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:14

Tibbz2 said:
Yeah it really doesn't matter if it's a legit make...

You mean either saphire, xfx etc it just has to be a 5750?

What about other cards that support x11 and i will report back here if i find any??

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 20:13

got a palit gtx460 im keeping my eye on

I quite like nvidia, better than ati, but ati have cool images on the cards

luke123 · 5 Sep 2011 at 20:56

BringTheRain said:
Do not be fooled by pretty pictures on graphics cards. They will be upside down in a normal atx build, and all you will see is a dull circuit board

Yeah but the look so cooool

Im after the gtx460 or hd5770