spec a new budget build!

[Indie]

Hi All,

my dad has decided he wants to get back into the swing of gaming, as hes seen me playing a few games and is now addicted again (ahh old times lol)
looking to get a new box sorted out, but only really have a budget of £200-£250max

dont need a monitor or OS. nor any other peripherals, just need the box.
want it to run some oldish games smoothly, i.e World Of Warcraft, C&C generals, Company Of Hero's (if possible!) as this + net browsing will be its main uses.

 

[mp260767]

best i could come up with is still over budget by £10 .

but heres something to give you an idea, would really prefer a better cpu/gfx card for WOW to run smooth but doesnt go into the budget.

HIS ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO 1024MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H240PRHMF256-R) £22.99 (£27.01)

Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 (£16.44)

Intel Celeron E1200 1.6Ghz Dual-Core Processor (LGA775) - Retail £30.99
(£36.41)

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £27.99
(£32.89)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS) £25.99 (£30.54)

Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £39.99
(£46.99)

OcUK Value IP35-S Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £46.99 (£55.21)

Sub Total : £208.93
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £38.48
Total : £258.36

 

[melbourne720]

If you had an old case/PSU/DVD you could use, that would be a help to the spec. Otherwise it would be hard to beat mp260767's spec.

 

[Indie]

had a rummage, got on ollllld desktop case, and a fairly small tower. both with PSU's not sure how good they are didnt get chance too look

 

[mp260767]

have a look at them, check the psu's are see what sort of details are on them, would be nice to use them if possible but no point chancing new hardware on a dodgy psu.

 

[Indie]

will do when i get home tonight, thanks for the info so far guys much appreciated! if theres any other suggestions let me know

 

[Indie]

found this for £20.... would this run WoW and games similar...

Intel Celeron 2.66GHz Processor
- 1024MB DDR II 667Mhz RAM
- 160GB SATA II Hard Disk Drive
- 18 x DVD-Rw Multi-burner Drive
- Intel 945GC Motherboard
- Integrated Intel GMA 950 Graphics
- Realtek ALC888 7.1 Channel Sound
- 32-in-1 Card Reader
- 6 x USB 2.0 Ports
- 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet/LAN
- 350W Power Supply
- Multimedia Keyboard
- Optical Mouse
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

i know some parts on there arent needed, but its a bundle on offer... opinions?

 

[A[L]C]

£20? bargain!

 

[Indie]

LOL 220 ^^

my mistake!!

 

[Quixote]

My question : why the intel obsession ? Note the spec I made will eat the Celeron dual alive, not to mention twice the hard drive space & a far supirior graphics card.
Of couse, one could mix & match the parts, if gaming is of no consequence, then the 2400 as recommended by mp260767 is a good recommendation.
Likewise, I agree with him on the case & PSU ; there is no way you can get a reliable quality either for less.
For what it's worth, this mobo is also compatable with phenom quad core.

Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)

Point of View GeForce 8600 GT "MotoGP Edition" 512MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Point of View GeForce 8600 GT "MotoGP Edition" 512MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £36.99
(£43.46) £36.99
(£43.46)

Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0Y30006) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)

Asus M2A-VM HDMI Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus M2A-VM HDMI Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64

 

[riddler]

i agree intel is best for a cheap spec, i'm current running

6800GT
Asus a8n-sli
AMD 3500+
1GB OcUK value

I can run wow, css, cod4 etc. on a spec worse than the one stated above, go for it.