Low Budget gaming pc

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DooMeR

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This isn't for me but its for a friend. The budget is only 300 pounds she might be able to stretch it a bit more if i can help her out.

I am giving her a old monitor 1680 x 1050 it needs to be capable of running gw 2 at that res.

Is it even possible to get a gaming pc for that price?

I am a bit out of touch when it comes to low budget pc gaming. And i don't have much experience buying 2nd hand parts online.
 
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Hows this comes to £294.92

Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-270-AS

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £47.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-268-SE

Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £43.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-384-IN

MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-MS

Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-KS

OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply 32.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-063-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case 19.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-OP

i think i would spend a bit more and get her a better case.
 
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Thanks for the help lads she gets paid on Thursday and she seems keen will be going with the 6850 for sure.

Looking forward to building it :)
 
Lemin said:
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Special offers running from 11/07/12 to 18/07/12
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If anything I'd grab the PSU on offer. The 6850s (single and dual fan) have been alternating on offer at £83 from week to week lately.....I cant guarantee that will continue to happen though obviously.
 
nkata said:
You are of course right. However the 6850 with a pentium processor will not demand much power.
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The H61 mobo in that prebuild doesn't do sataIII either. Which is why many of us suggest the GB D3V mobo....i used one, it's a nice lil mobo.

Case is personal preference really, I tried to use something half decent and getting a modular PSU is a help too especially for £40ish.

Although I went over budget it's worth keeping in mind that you are getting more than 1 year warranty on the parts (length varies between parts and my B grade 1TB HDD is under 1 year warranty, being an exception). She is definately better off than buying a PC off the shelf retail by having it built by the OP. The cheap systems use the G620 and we have tried to get the G840 in which I have used and does have a fair bit of poke for the price :D

If an OS is needed you can use the developers copy of windows 8. It's officially released in Oct. so you could choose an OS then ;)
 
If you don't fancy building yourself.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Express One" Intel Celeron G530 Sandybridge 2.40GHz DDR3 Dual Core System - No Operating System £219.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
Total : £303.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



Or if your happy to build yourself.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M7 320GB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HM321HI) £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £302.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




and personally I wouldn't worry about not having SATAIII the only time it would ever come into play is if you bought a SSD and even then only with large file transfers. The self built system has a better PSU but a smaller Hdd.
 
Had no idea you could build such a cheap gaming rig. Would this actually run GW2 ? I guess i should check the min specs. 8-)
 
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