Spec me a gaming rig

bfmv661 · 25 Apr 2010 at 22:46

Hi all, I want to get into pc gaming but only have a budget of £400. I already have a monitor, OS etc. Just need a base unit.

Thanks in advance.

stulid · 25 Apr 2010 at 22:51

this is very similar to your price.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18139050

Sycho · 25 Apr 2010 at 22:53

Just buy the Titan Nero it will be good enough unless you wish to play Crysis/Metro 2033/BFBC2 maxed but it should still run those decent however you could call them and ask them to add a 5770.(i have the Nero downstairs, tried Resident Evil 5 on it which it played 1920x1080 60fps constant not overclocked.)

cmndr_andi · 25 Apr 2010 at 23:00

How does this look?

Out of interest, what is the resolution of the monitor? The 4850 graphics card is a good bit of kit for the money, but your gaming performance will be heavily influenced by your monitor resolution as well.

The CPU is plenty fast enough for almost all modern games, and the motherboard is AM3 - so can be upgraded to future AMD CPUs when you feel the need to upgrade.