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psweeney123

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hey guys,gona try and build my first pc over the next few weeks but just need some expert advice on what i can get for my money...unfortunatly my budget is quite low £450? would it be possible to build a pc that would run cod4 on high?
 
psweeney123 said:
hey guys,gona try and build my first pc over the next few weeks but just need some expert advice on what i can get for my money...unfortunatly my budget is quite low £450? would it be possible to build a pc that would run cod4 on high?
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Definately :D

AMD 940 Black CPU
AMD 4850 Graphics
Antec 300 Case
2 or 4GB Memory
etc
 
would this not be a better cpu for the price?and i think for £450 your gunna have trouble making a gaming rig like that. im building one and it comes to £600. thats going for the cheapest parts i can get away with. dont forget the psu will be around £80. not to mention fans, cases, cpu coolers, they all add up. so much that i had to ditch most of them in my rig
 
wupwup said:
would this not be a better cpu for the price?and i think for £450 your gunna have trouble making a gaming rig like that. im building one and it comes to £600. thats going for the cheapest parts i can get away with. dont forget the psu will be around £80. not to mention fans, cases, cpu coolers, they all add up. so much that i had to ditch most of them in my rig
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Well I just built a gaming rig for my bro for £323 so it can easilly be done. All parts from Overclockers too. :)
 
 
AMD 940 Black isnt a AM3 socket Cpu, it's AM2+

Will post a spec after

edit: Hows this, tenner over budget I know but you could always swap the ram for something slightly cheaper.

You could maybe also get a slower Cpu and buy an aftermarket cooler and Oc It, not sure if that would be cheaper alternative?


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By mrnick at 2009-05-30
 
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I'm assuming you don't need an OS and monitor/peripherals:

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That would be a sweet budget gaming rig, would run COD4 very well.

If you need an OS too, change the graphics for a 4850, get something like an E2200 CPU, smaller HD and more basic case. If you need a monitor then it's not really doable for £450.
 
Heres another spec with slower Cpu, it's cheaper than £450 which leaves you money to either upgrade one of the parts, or buy an Os, don't forget you could always use Windows 7 release candidate until June next year, that should give you plenty of time to save up to buy it.


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By mrnick at 2009-05-30
 
wupwup said:
it can be done but not with an AM3 board.
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Really ;)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £120.74
(£104.99) £120.74
(£104.99)
Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £98.99
(£86.08) £98.99
(£86.08)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £75.99
(£66.08) £75.99
(£66.08)
OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3250318AS) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
Hiper 425W HPU-4S425 Silent ATX2.01 Power Supply £33.98
(£29.55) £33.98
(£29.55)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)
Samsung TS-H493B SATA DVD-ROM / CD-RW Drive - OEM (Black) £6.98
(£6.07) £6.98
(£6.07)
Sub Total : £395.35
Shipping cost based on delivery to Emerald House, WN7 3XZ with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £59.30
Total : £454.65

This would be an awsome gaming rig, and lots of future upgrade potential. AM3 socket and crossfire capable. Not to mention DDR3.
 
Mattus said:
But it has a slow graphics card, a small HD and a dubious PSU, just for the sake of going AM3.
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Just proving it could be done ;) the 4850's a capable card unless your running high resolutions (plus the option to add a second later pretty cheaply). Hard drives are easilly added later (besides who needs a tetrabyte really? I use just over 100Gig on my system). Admittidly I'd spend an extra £15 and get a better PSU, but ive used hipers before without any problems :)

I like Mattus's spec above, but TBH which is easier to upgrade later a CPU with a new socket design or an extra graphics card?
 
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A 4830 is more than capable of running Cod4 on the highest settings with a decent resolution.


My cousin has an Athlon (Not sure which model with no Oc), 2gb Ram, and a 7000 series nVidia graphics card (Not sure which one) and his Pc runs Cod4 on highest settings with at least a reolution of 1290x1024 (Possibly higher).
 
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yeah, the 4830 (my sig) is more of a beast of a card than people give it credit for, mine oc's to 700/1125 and is almost the speed of a 4850 and idles at 35C, load 55C. I had a 7950gt before my 4830 and it ran Cod4 on max at 1440x900
 
Thanks for the replys guys...some nice looking specs there. I think im probably going to go down the intel road rather than amd,you sure 450w psu is enough to handle a 4870?...il prob make a mess of the build,but i suppose every1 has to start somewhere
 
Mattus said:
I'm assuming you don't need an OS and monitor/peripherals:

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That would be a sweet budget gaming rig, would run COD4 very well.

If you need an OS too, change the graphics for a 4850, get something like an E2200 CPU, smaller HD and more basic case. If you need a monitor then it's not really doable for £450.
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+1

Looks awesome, just clock the hell out of the CPU
 
psweeney123 said:
you 100% sure a 450 psu is enough?
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Maybe go with the OCZ one suggested a bit earlier. Its cheaper as well...

Although if you can afford it, i'd say go for a 650 Be quiet, it will also not likely need to be upgraded anytime soon.

Correct me if im wrong :)

I have an 850W Coolermaster Real Power Pro myself. SLI certified and all that balls. Basically it can handle a heavy multi GPU setup. So like i said, its the one component in my rig that i will not be looking to upgrade for a hell of a long time... Unless i have a lot of money to burn or something.... ?
 
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