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Hello people! I'm not quite sure if this is the right place to post, but it seemed half right, so don't bite my head off please. :)

I've been gaming now for a few years on my PC and I've come to the point where I cannot stand it anymore. I've always managed to play the games I enjoy the most (Call of Duty 1 and 2) quite decent. Recently though, the lag (which I assume comes from my processor or graphics card) is becoming a joke and my DVD drive has stopped working, so I cannot install Call of Duty 2 after I uninstalled it ready for a re-install.

I've looked around your site for pre-built PC's, but everyone has told me that building one gets your more computer for your money. Me being me, I don't have a clue about PC's.. well a little bit, but not enough!

Now, my budget is something preferably around the £500/£600 mark. I'm going to need everything, although I do have a DVD drive here (not sure if it's working or not). I want the PC for gaming, not an over the top PC which is going to go over my budget, just something that will give me the maximum fps on the Call of Duty games and allow me to play some of the newer ones. I will also need an OS as the windows XP I have is running on this PC now. I'd like to point out aswell, I cannot use the case of this PC or anything else as for starters this PC should die in a hole (yes, it's that bad) and my brother/parents use this PC.

Just as a side note, I went to a little PC shop in the summer as I planned to buy from them when I needed a new PC. I was told that the i3 processor wasn't worth buying as a decent dual core was better and there is no need for a quad core processor as only the new games like crysis 2 require 4 cores. Is this true?

Thanks for any help at all :)

Jamie.
 
if its just a tower unit and operating system? then this.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £141.98
(£118.32) £141.98
(£118.32)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £496.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £101.47
Total : £608.83

stuck a dvd writer in, as yours may not work/be older IDE connection that wont fit.
 
Hey man, thanks for the quick reply!

Monitor, mouse, keyboard, headset and speakers I've got. The DVD drive may work, but that isn't for sure.. so may be worth just buying a new one as they're so cheap anyway.

That PC sounds and looks better than all of the other stuff I've been looking at. The only thing I would have to say is, a friend mentioned about ATI graphics cards giving fps problems on Call of Duty, especially the older games, are there any decent optional nvidia cards that would work or?

Cheers :)
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £141.98
(£118.32) £141.98
(£118.32)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £484.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £98.97
Total : £593.83

But to be honest i wouldnt trust your friends judgment, Nvidia/ATI both have games that ones better than the other in, and usually not be a huge difference, ATI drivers get updated every month and Nvidia are good at keep upto date too.

heres a comparison between the two above cards - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/295?vs=315
 
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Ah right thanks a lot for the help, appreciate it.

Do you have any idea how much the psu, fans or/and cooling would cost if I was to purchase the above items say?

Sorry for so many questions, feel like an idiot :)
 
razRR said:
Ah right thanks a lot for the help, appreciate it.

Do you have any idea how much the psu, fans or/and cooling would cost if I was to purchase the above items say?

Sorry for so many questions, feel like an idiot :)
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do you mean separately?

the case includes a 500w psu in a Bundle price, but its this psu here - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-230-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

the cpu comes with a Intel stock heatsink with pre-applied thermal paste.

The case comes with a few fans as standard - http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?category_id=3592&product_id=6640

Top: 120 mm fan x 2 (optional)
Front: 120 mm blue LED fan x 1,140 mm fan x 1 (optional)
Rear: 80/90/120 mm fan x1(optional)
Side: 120 mm fan x 1(optional)
Bottom:80/90/120 mm fan x1(optional)

actually after reading that, I would add 1or2 120mm extra fans.
 
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Oh right, that makes sense. Well, just to make sure.. with the spec you've provided me not require some extra cooling or a better psu at all?

Just don't want to buy all them parts then I've not got the right wires or not enough cooling! Better safe than sorry.
 
Just put all the items into a basket and went to pay via finance for 36 months.

"Confirm your order

Processing. Please wait.....

You will be taken to Hitachi Capital's website to complete the finance application but first payment of the Deposit and credit brokerage fee must be taken. This shall be charged to the card listed below. If your application is refused this shall be refunded.

Amount to be paid: Deposit £60.18

Clicking confirm will charge £60.18 to your card"

Can I ask if this is safe? Also is the £60.18 deposit taken off the total price of £600+ in the basket or is that extra?!

Just if I went into PC world or whatever and asked for something on finance, a deposit wouldn't be needed. I'd either get accepted or refused.

Thanks.
 
have you read this,

www.overclockers.co.uk/financefaq.php

there's a break down box, deposit is 10% of the total.

it depends on which finance option you want, but it sounds like a deposit taken off the total amount, but there will be a £29 admin fee.

if still unsure, phone ocuk in the morning for clarification.
 
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