Need to Build Comp for Friend (Budget £800-900)

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:confused:Dear all,

I need to a PC for my mate who has a budget of around £800-900.
The main aim here is to build a rig that'll play Empire Total War.

Is this feasible @ this price?

Any Spec reccos will be graciously accepted.

Residual.


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Build the system around the intel e8000 series CPU and use a good motherboard to overclock the socks off it. I use an e8400, but I see that the e8600 is the latest kid on the block. Perhaps worth considering if it fits in the budget.
 
Yup I need the full works I'm afraid. I built a powerhouse rig around a year ago, however i've been out of touch with the recent developments, thus am asking for your divine insight.

Many thanks in advance
 
managed to come up with the following for a starting point, went with a gaming mouse but it can be down to personal preference/feel.

could go for the 320gb version of the hard disk, and maybe swap the psu out for the corsair 450w or similar.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £95.99 (£112.79)

Samsung SM-2253LW Aqua 21.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £144.99 (£170.36)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £44.99 (£52.86)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £49.99 (£58.74)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £39.99 (£46.99)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99 (£70.49)

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99 (£35.24)

Samsung TS-H653B/DEBH 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 (£15.26)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99 (£117.49)

Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black £11.99
(£14.09)

Razer Diamondback 3G Frost Blue 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail £22.99
(£27.01)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99 (£69.31)

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£65.99
(£77.54)

Sub Total : £738.87
Shipping : £21.91
VAT : £133.14
Total : £893.92
 
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went back to the spec, swapped the disk for the 320gb version, psu to the OCZ StealthXStream 600w and swapped the 4850 for the HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512Mb, price ends up as £918.59 if thats do able.
 
Gives you a bit of room to work if spending £900 you could swap the p5q for the p5q pro or perhaps an e8400 or radeon 4870 or even squeeze a 24" ocuk monitor in

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Might be worth going for a quad core if your friend is in to RTS games. I would assume that the game would support quad core, and would probably get a large-ish boost from quad
 
It will do eventually, and from the little I have read on the game mentions it deals with massive amounts of units.

If the guy doesn't upgrade often quad is probably going to be a better choice, especially since Alan Wake, Supreme Commander, Crysis, Unreal based engine games and more support quad.

Still, that is my personal point of view :)
 
I Would up the RAM to some 1066 stuff. With the massive overclocks you can get from an 8400 Wolfdale the additional flexibility is a real bonus (Speaking as someone whose overclocking is seriously limited on an IP35 by the DDR2-800 Corsair XMS memory in use).
 
With regards a quad I would bear in mind that a E8400 will happily overclock to 3.6 without breaking a sweat. This means low power usage and strain on system components compared to an overclocked Q6600. Personally I swapped out my Q6600 running at 3Ghz for the Wolfdale and have found most games (and windows in general) have run better.
 
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