Spec check

LiamD · 24 Nov 2007 at 14:10

Hi, was wondering if anyone could check out this new PC. I am planning on using it to play games (CS:S/COD4). Will it be enough to play COD4??

Is there anything I can change? max budget is £450... Thanks.

Cr0fty · 24 Nov 2007 at 14:12

Could add a nice heatsink for overclocking

closeratio · 24 Nov 2007 at 14:16

Yeah if like crofty says you if get a heatsink (I'm lovin my AC freezer 7 pro) then go for the E2180 and clock it past a stock E4500. You can clock the E2180 up to and past 3 Ghz, and I don't think the 4500 goes that far either.

Other thing is you might want to get a slightly higher quality power supply. As far as I know there's nothing wrong with the Huntkeys, it's just for less than a tenner more you could get this and have a PSU with a great reputation

LiamD · 24 Nov 2007 at 14:18

Thanks for the quick reply's. I will change the PSU, for the one you suggested closeratio. I am not to fussed about overclocking tbh, for now..

Vintastic · 24 Nov 2007 at 15:07

hey there, I made you a quick spec. I personally really don't like Thermaltake cases, and the Zen gets a pretty good rep so I switched that. I think a x1950 with 512mb ram could give you a good performance increase too. Corsair makes badass PSUs, and the 450w should do you fine. Also, this should give you some great overclocking potential in the future, with faster ram, a more clockable processor and a nice cooler.

closeratio · 24 Nov 2007 at 15:45

And with the spare cash from Vintastic's spec you could us the extra £50 to either geta bigger HDD (depending on what sort of work you do), or a better gfx card. You might not be able to stretch to an 8800GT, but you should be able to get an Ati 3850 or maybe a 3870 with that extra money, and it's not that much slower than the 8800GT as well.

It'd be a big jump up from the 1950 pro in any case

LiamD · 24 Nov 2007 at 16:11

Would that spec vintastic posted play COD4? as I would upgrade the GPU with the extra cash saved.

closeratio · 24 Nov 2007 at 18:05

Vintastic's spec would play COD4 fine. Not sure what it's be like on high but if you can play it pretty well on a 7600GT on medium, thenyou should be able to play it on high without any touble (provided your gaming resolution isn't massively high lol).

However it might be a good idea to upgrade the GPU anyway. If you get a newer one noe (like the 3850/3870) it means you won't have to buy a new one for at least another year, maybe two (depending how many more games liek crysis come out

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