Gaming system

[neocon]

I want to build a gaming system on budget. I want to play 'bad company 2' and games like that.

I'm thinking of using a GALAXY GTX460-OC/1GD as the graphics card, is it a good choice?

Also I have no idea which processor, motherboard chip, how much memory (4gb necessary?)and which version of windows (xp, vista, 7, 32 or 64?) to use.

Please help

 

[stulid]

better choice is with the gigabyte graphic card.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB
GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.59
(£151.99)
£178.59
(£151.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit -
OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63)
£82.99
(£70.63)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £76.36
(£64.99)
£76.36
(£64.99)
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H AMD 785G
(Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3
Motherboard £74.98
(£63.81)
£74.98
(£63.81)
Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9
1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC) £70.49
(£59.99)
£70.49
(£59.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £49.98
(£42.54)
£49.98
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB
Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£37.44)
£43.99
(£37.44)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97)
£26.99
(£22.97)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA
ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61)
£15.99
(£13.61)
Sub
Total : £527.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland
with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £94.58
Total : £635.05

or upgrade the CPU to the Phenom II X4 955 for £35 more.

 

[neocon]

the problem is I don't live in England so I can't order off OC. I have to buy everything from xxxxxxxxx in Japan and they don't sell exactly the same stuff.

would a Core i3 i3-530 2.93GHz go well with a GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD5?

or how about

an AthlonⅡ X4 640 and a ASUSTeK M4A87TD EVO

??

 

[franco_22]

Remove the name of the website as it's against the forum rules.

I would go for a quad, something like an i5 or a AMD 955. Unless this is a budget PC and you're not interested in future proofing. Then the i3 is perfectly fine and you're not interested in future proofing.

Take a look at the Gigabyte UD2H mb for the i3 it's a good overclocker and very cheap.

1GB GTX 460 is a great card, get the asus version and overclock it.

 

[Essexraptor]

Bin Vista for a starters.... Lots of people run Windows XP still but A copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit would do nicely for this build. The retail version if you can get it at a good price so that you can transfer it on to another machine. Although it is possible to transfer a OEM copy to another motherboard if you have a MB die on you.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

I guess it would be silly to ask how much the budget is, in Yen

It's probably best to go for a quadcore nowdays, Bad Company 2 is multi-threaded so would benefit your game and future games. You're on the right track with a GTX460.

Also go with Windows 7

 

[neocon]

I guess it would be silly to ask how much the budget is, in Yen

It's probably best to go for a quadcore nowdays, Bad Company 2 is multi-threaded so would benefit your game and future games. You're on the right track with a GTX460.

Also go with Windows 7

around 60,000 yen

a gtx460 can be had for 22,000