Gaming build Max £200

jack.m

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Hi guys one of my friends wants a new rig. he has a max of 200 pounds and wants a gaming rig to play mid end games e.g. Garry's Mod and CSS he does not need a monitor, keyboard or anything like that. but he does need everything else.

any ideas please reply and he wants to have AMD not intel.


Thanks Jack
 
You can get more then adequate PC second hand.
Anything really like E2200/E5200/300 or older Athlons 5600-6000x2, 2-4gb pc6400 mem, 8800/9800gt/4830/4850. Second hand the prices for this should be around ~35for cpu, ~35mem, 50gpu, ~35mobo so that comes in at ~155 + cheap PSU/case around 200 total. More than fine for avarage gaming : ). Just for CSS could do even cheaper with older stuff at around ~150gbp total I guess.

Unfortunately only second hand.


Cheapest spec I can come up with will be something like this I guess:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4650 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4650 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Card £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (VS2GB1333D3 G) Corsair Value Select 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (VS2GB1333D3 G) £40.85
(£34.77) £40.85
(£34.77)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Asus TA-K51 Case - Black (No PSU) Asus TA-K51 Case - Black (No PSU) £20.42
(£17.38) £20.42
(£17.38)
Sub Total : £224.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £41.10
Total : £275.98
 
yes i would consider saving more. quiet a bit more. ;) £300 at least and thats for a relativly basic spec aswell.
 
pimper said:
yes i would consider saving more. quiet a bit more. ;) £300 at least and thats for a relativly basic spec aswell.
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I wouldn't exactly say a basic spec; my PC was around £650 when it was built, and added in the 9800GT last Christmas (I think?), yet is probably worth around £200-250 max second hand, and I'm yet to find anything to really make it struggle from the games I've played and applications I use.
All the HL2 Engine-based games it runs with ease (CSS/TF2/DODS/HL2).
GRID it ran fine in full detail.
UT3 was fine in full detail.
Heck, even CRYSIS ran in full detail with no AA and was certainly playable...
Very intesive Photoshop sessions.
Lots of video editing (After Effects + Vegas) and rendering.
Lots of 3D work (Solidworks).
Just my two cents...
 
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this is cheapest you could probs get, intall linux or something for an OS :D

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