Gaming Rig

Mr.Nick · 31 May 2009 at 00:58

The Corsair should be able to handle it, their a good brand, but for future proofing youd want to go for something a little more powerful.

Mattus · 31 May 2009 at 02:12

The 450W PSU will run that rig fine, but if you have £30 extra to spare, it definitely wouldn't be a bad idea to go for one in the 600W region for the sake of future-proofing.

psweeney123 · 31 May 2009 at 14:24

i just realised i cold do this

it works out a few pound cheaper and (i think) the ocuk guys build the barebones system?could be wrong though

psweeney123 · 31 May 2009 at 14:28

and yes i am irish

psweeney123 · 31 May 2009 at 18:19

any1?

aries2580 · 31 May 2009 at 18:20

psweeney123 said:
and yes i am irish

Yeeooo!

psweeney123 · 31 May 2009 at 20:43

na im from the good part of ireland

is that spec i posted above all i need?and do ocuk build the barebones system?

aries2580 · 31 May 2009 at 20:45

psweeney123 said:
na im from the good part of ireland

lol

wupwup · 31 May 2009 at 21:15

Mattus said:
But it has a slow graphics card, a small HD and a dubious PSU, just for the sake of going AM3.

agreed. when i said cant i meant shouldnt. i totaly agree with the above + it has a small case

psweeney123 · 31 May 2009 at 23:48

is that spec i posted above all i need?and do ocuk build the barebones system?

psweeney123 · 1 Jun 2009 at 14:09

anyone??

Mattus · 1 Jun 2009 at 14:13

OcUK do build them, yeah. But it's not cheaper - it's £50 dearer than my spec?

psweeney123 · 1 Jun 2009 at 20:55

ye it is 50 pound dearer but ur spec has free shipping and charged 15% VAT...im irish so im charged dearer shipping and 21% VAT

...other than that...is all i have in that spec ok?

Gabe · 2 Jun 2009 at 10:45

I built this system 2 years ago, maybe more:
Asus A8N-SLi Premium mobo
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1mg L2 cache
1 gig of DDR400
Asus N6800GT+ 256mg grfx
450W PSU
Fatality soundcard 64mg (Game)

That PC plays CoD4 very nicely indeed!

Minimoke · 2 Jun 2009 at 12:54

I would think that Pentium wouldn't OC that high, but it should be enough for what he needs it for. Interesting seeing how cheap you can make a system these days, I'm still buying bits for mine and I've gone over the £600 mark easily and I've still got a few bits to add

jamest · 2 Jun 2009 at 14:02

Minimoke said:
I would think that Pentium wouldn't OC that high, but it should be enough for what he needs it for. Interesting seeing how cheap you can make a system these days, I'm still buying bits for mine and I've gone over the £600 mark easily and I've still got a few bits to add

My e5200 overclocked very nicely, but I think it might be luck of the draw

wbc1 · 2 Jun 2009 at 15:06

Why not get the new phenom II 550? oc to 3.7ghz easily and can potentially unlock the 2 extra cores

review: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/phenom-ii-x2,review-31594-4.html

psweeney123 · 2 Jun 2009 at 16:26

na im going to go with intel over amd....what sorta speeds would be achievable with stock cooler on e5200?

jamest · 2 Jun 2009 at 16:55

psweeney123 said:
na im going to go with intel over amd....what sorta speeds would be achievable with stock cooler on e5200?

I never tried mine with a stock cooler, but I'd imagine 3-3.2ghz would be easily achievable with stock cooling.

I managed 3.8ghz on mine with an Artic Freezer 7 Pro