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hibeesmad

hibeesmad

hibeesmad

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Hi, I am going to build my friends PC for the first time. He has a budget of around £500 for a gaming PC. No monitor or keyboard and mouse required.
He would like the Antec Sonata III case and Vista home premium and will be gaming at 1680 x 1050.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
What do you think about this?

Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cach
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Extreme 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD
Total : £502.75
 
BENdage said:
Quite nice, but the graphics card is weaker than in the other specs
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Yeh, but will there be a noticable difference in fps? He will not play Crysis, just games such as Call of Duty 4, CSS and PES.

Thanks for all the advice guys, appreciate it,

Johnny.
 
semi-pro waster said:
The PSU is easily fine for that sort of system, the 8800series isn't all that power hungry considering how good they are.

As BENdage says your specification is fine but it isn't quite as good if your friend is a gamer.

Any particular reason for Vista 32bit?
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Well to keep costs down. There will be no point in getting 64 bit if he is not going to use over 2gb RAM. What benefits are there over 32 bit?

Thanks again.
 
Thanks. Its hard when the budget is tight. Do you know if the 8800GT will fit into that case and if that PSU has the required power connector?
 
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