i'm looking to build a new pc... or get a friend to do it for me... i just wanted to know if you could give me some specs for a rig around £600? £850 max. all i'm looking for is the actual tower and a new screen everything else is fine. i'm just after something that can run bf2 on full spec? it will usually be left on 24/7 so perhaps water cooling? any input grateful. thanks!!!
new gaming/general pc! £600-850?
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MO-028-SA Samsung SM730BF 17" LCD Monitor (MO-028-SA)
£159.95 £159.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£59.95 £59.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£119.95 £119.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£184.95 £184.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£46.95 £46.95
Subtotal £708.60
VAT £124.01
Total £832.61
Its without a case and unfortunately to put one in will push it over the budget. The 3700SD could be swapped out for a 3500 venice and you could maybe get away by putting a less powerful PSU in. BF2 requires 2GB of RAM but I don't think you'll be playing it with settings THAT high at 1280x1024.
£159.95 £159.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)
£59.95 £59.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
CP-150-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
£119.95 £119.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£184.95 £184.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£46.95 £46.95
Subtotal £708.60
VAT £124.01
Total £832.61
Its without a case and unfortunately to put one in will push it over the budget. The 3700SD could be swapped out for a 3500 venice and you could maybe get away by putting a less powerful PSU in. BF2 requires 2GB of RAM but I don't think you'll be playing it with settings THAT high at 1280x1024.
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£146.82 Including VAT
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£82.19 Including VAT
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£205.57 Including VAT This Week Only
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£55.17 Including VAT
Philips SPD2400BM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-006-PH)
£25.79 Including VAT
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£58.69 Including VAT
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£77.49 Including VAT
Viewsonic VE710b 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-042-VS)
£170.32 Including VAT
Total = £822.04 Including VAT
Great CPU with good mobo & fast graphics card, should run BF2 well.
1 gig ram should be good, but can go for 2 gig, but over your budget.
DVDRW is a good & quiet. HDD is plenty big. Case & PSU are good & should run system fine. Monitor is pretty good also. Gives you everything & keeps you in budget.
£146.82 Including VAT
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£82.19 Including VAT
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£205.57 Including VAT This Week Only
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£55.17 Including VAT
Philips SPD2400BM 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-006-PH)
£25.79 Including VAT
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£58.69 Including VAT
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£77.49 Including VAT
Viewsonic VE710b 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-042-VS)
£170.32 Including VAT
Total = £822.04 Including VAT
Great CPU with good mobo & fast graphics card, should run BF2 well.
1 gig ram should be good, but can go for 2 gig, but over your budget.
DVDRW is a good & quiet. HDD is plenty big. Case & PSU are good & should run system fine. Monitor is pretty good also. Gives you everything & keeps you in budget.
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Welcome to the forums, watercooling is almost certainly not an option at this level of budget if you want a good overall gaming PC so how about this with a slight re-jig of parts as suggested by Eliminos and ACESHIGH. It comes in just about bang on the budget but includes 2gb Ram, a great monitor, great graphics card and good solid sundry components.
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£124.95 £124.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
MO-022-HY Hyundai Imagequest L72D+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-022-HY)
£159.95 £159.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£174.95 £174.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
Subtotal £722.60
VAT £126.46
Total £849.06
CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3700BNBOX) (CP-121-AM)
£124.95 £124.95
MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-006-OK)
£89.95 £89.95
MO-022-HY Hyundai Imagequest L72D+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-022-HY)
£159.95 £159.95
CA-048-AN Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£51.95 £51.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£174.95 £174.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
Subtotal £722.60
VAT £126.46
Total £849.06