Help! Machine for £300?

JimaaaH · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:22

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mufcmark · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:28

Do you need a case or os?

Quixote · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:29

Its really important in this case if you specify what you need exactly.
Do you have a monitor already ?
Do you have an operating system already ?
Do you have any Drives, RAM, KB mouse, etc you can re-use ?
People may be able to make you something really good if they know the exact requirments. If they can't, at least they can tell you why your proposal might be unrealistic.

JimaaaH · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:32

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mufcmark · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:33

Just to give you an idea of a system that could run css at max at 1600x1050

512mb hd 5670 (I got this for £59 and you could get a 1gb version now)
amd x2 5000+
2gb ram

This gives 180fps average, probably higher in fact

mufcmark · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:40

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)

Sub Total : £262.46
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 20.00% VAT : £54.49
Total : £326.95

A little over budget but this will run newer games and play css at max with ease

edit: forgot hard drive and dvd drive

Quixote · 14 Mar 2011 at 23:55

It's a good spec ^^
If you want to bring it strictly in budget, a 3 core CPU of the same speed will save £20 :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-282-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1945

and the difference in most games will be near unnoticable.

You might also be able to save on the motherboard but to be honest, I think it's worth paying for the one mufcmark has chosen

mufcmark · 15 Mar 2011 at 00:01

If you feel like spending an extra £100 heres a good system. It includes a graphics card thats a lot better than the hd 5770 and includes a hard drive and a dvd drive.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)

Sub Total : £327.45
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 : £67.59
Total : £405.54

mufcmark · 15 Mar 2011 at 00:09

double post

JimaaaH · 15 Mar 2011 at 08:02

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Johnz0r · 15 Mar 2011 at 08:10

@ OP do you have a reasonable PSU, if not you will have to factor that into the equation as well. Remember, never ever skimp on a PSU as it will 9/10 come back to bite you on the bottom!

mufcmark · 15 Mar 2011 at 16:47

Johnz0r said:
@ OP do you have a reasonable PSU, if not you will have to factor that into the equation as well. Remember, never ever skimp on a PSU as it will 9/10 come back to bite you on the bottom!

The case comes with a psu