Spec me Cheapo please

whatalegend123 · 9 Nov 2008 at 16:50

Hi guys im a student looking for a cheap build as close to 200 as possible

,without need of screen or os.
Im looking to spend as little as possible but i want to be able to run games moderately well,namely farcry 2,cod4 etc.

Cheers

Glaucus · 9 Nov 2008 at 16:58

for £200 it's not going to happen..

mattheman · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:01

yes it is with a 8600gt card as well.

whatalegend123 · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:04

i know 200 is pretty tight but i can stretch but i really dont want to be going much over the 300 squid mark,I was just tryin to say shave corrners where possible

Glaucus · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:07

You would be much better buying 2nd hand parts.

mattheman · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:07

whatalegend123 said:
i know 200 is pretty tight but i can stretch but i really dont want to be going much over the 300 squid mark,I was just tryin to say shave corrners where possible

Casecom KB-7760 Black ATX Midi Tower Case - No PSU, No Case Fans Included 108280 192 in stock £10.99 £9.35 £10.99 £9.35
Hitachi 160GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache - OEM 124291 173 in stock £28.42 £24.18 £28.42 £24.18
AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 LE-1640 (2.6GHz) Energy Efficient L2 1MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 141243 112 in stock £32.32 £27.50 £32.32 £27.50
OCZ 2GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 5-6-6-15 Value Series Memory with Lifetime Warranty 142376 81 in stock £19.96 £16.98 £19.96 £16.98
Arctic Power 500W PSU With PCI-E 2x SATA, 20+4 ATX12V 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed 124922 209 in stock £27.35 £23.27 £27.35 £23.27
Sony DRU-190A 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM IDE internal - Retail With Multi Bezel & Nero 142275 428 in stock £16.56 £14.09 £16.56 £14.09
ECS 8600GT 512MB DDR2 DVI VGA TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card 149369 79 in stock £40.99 £34.88 £40.99 £34.88
(click if you have changed any details) Cart total inc vat: Cart total ex vat: £176.59
Asrock AMD AM2 ALiveNF7G-FullHD Micro ATX Motherboard for £30 and there you have your pc.

Pilky01 · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:09

AcidHell2 said:
for £200 it's not going to happen..

mattheman · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:16

look above ive done it, took me 5 mins yesterday.

hp7909 · 9 Nov 2008 at 17:37

That single-core CPU might struggle especially with the latest games

But for a gaming rig, you need to up the budget. Figure around AcidHell2 spec.

Be good to know what else you have i.e salvageable or sell-able? Also what's the screen size/res?

mattheman · 9 Nov 2008 at 18:12

hp7909 said:
That single-core CPU might struggle especially with the latest games

But for a gaming rig, you need to up the budget. Figure around AcidHell2 spec.

Be good to know what else you have i.e salvageable or sell-able? Also what's the screen size/res?

but add £20 and youll get a dual core.

but for £200 pounds thats a great pc and nope single cores still hack it iam still running a venice 3000, but upgrading soon, already have my chip and graphics card, now i just need board and chip and possibly power supply.

whatalegend123 · 9 Nov 2008 at 18:30

Is it still possible to get the 2 series cpus these days i heard the 2180 used to be a good cheap buy.

whatalegend123 · 9 Nov 2008 at 18:37

hp7909 said:
But for a gaming rig, you need to up the budget.

Not really a gaming pc in mind more of a pc which plays games,im not looking to run everything top spec high res,just playable: )

fobose · 9 Nov 2008 at 18:51

Asus Vintage V3-P5G31 Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST3160815AS)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Total : £273.65 inc P&P

I dont think you could get any cheaper unless you drop the graphics to something even cheaper. The PSU should be fine on the barebones to handle the 8600GT as its quite a low wattage system and the asus barebones generally have decent PSUs in them.