my brothers budget is £500

[Zulu]

he wants to buy the following upgrades so you can play newer games:

motherboard
processor
video card
ram
harddrive

thanks

 

[caithomas44]

what games is he wanting to play? what case does he have? (so we know what we can fit inside it )

 

[Zulu]

tabula rasa, battlefield 2 and age of conan when its comes out.

I don't know what case he has but it looks bigger than most.

 

[caithomas44]

one last question, what res will be be playiong at (check the maximum res on his monitor )

 

[Zulu]

he like to play all his games at 1024*768

 

[jak731]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P3-E841-AR) £169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
Sub Total : £417.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £74.71
Total : £501.61

maybe overkill on the graphics card but its just over budget

according to OCuk, the MB supports the e8400,

i didnt put a 3rd party cooler in as i dont know if your brother wants to OC or not.

it may be worth knowing what PSU he has, so we can put one in if it is needed

 

[caithomas44]

quad core for future quad core compatible games, a ncie new 3870 xt which will play cod4 etc at full effect at that res

4gb of ram too so you can upgrade to vista and not get any stuttering etc

all arround a good board, i decided on a quad core instead of the wolfdale as it has more stock power and potential, and i decided on ATI instead of Nvidia due to the 8800 being overkill, and it would be cheaper to upgrade to crossfire for games released in the next 6 or 9 months for your brother , if he wanted to play them at full quality

 

[swinnie]

4gb of ram too so you can upgrade to vista and not get any stuttering etc

64-Bit OS needed to recognise and utilise 4Gb of RAM.

 

[caithomas44]

64-Bit OS needed to recognise and utilise 4Gb of RAM.

yes, i am aware of that!

but it will still see 3.25gb of ram, which is considerably better than 2gb of ram

and for 22 quid, it is most certainly worth it :F