spec me the minimum rig that will play todays games

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:14

got a mate who has *some* money to spend on getting himself a new rig

most of us on here are enthusiasts anyway, and i know what i would spec, but i wanted to throw it open, and see what you would offer.

he wants something to run todays games reasonably well, but isnt in to the benchmarking, ninija-turbo PC scene, so isnt looking for the most insane harcore rig ...

what say you?

Indy500 · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:16

I'd say about ~£550 is enough, which would get you an Athlon 64 3200, 1GB RAM, 160GB SATA drive, and an X800GTO16 (if its still on offer) etc.

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:23

at the end of the day the more the better

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:24

kinggost said:
at the end of the day the more the better

i know that mate

but what would you suggest?

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:28

Toryglen-boy said:
i know that mate

but what would you suggest?

Ive allways spent 1k lasted me a year til i wanted sumot new was still runing the games well tho. The new comp i got costed me 4k so far :eek:

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:30

kinggost said:
Ive allways spent 1k lasted me a year til i wanted sumot new was still runing the games well tho. The new comp i got costed me 4k so far

thanx for that ...

care to suggest a spec?

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:35

Toryglen-boy said:
thanx for that ...

care to suggest a spec?

justn the base unit you want

what the comp used for as wel

Any good at overclocking or any going to be done

wpetew · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:36

Toryglen-boy said:
got a mate who has *some* money to spend on getting himself a new rig

most of us on here are enthusiasts anyway, and i know what i would spec, but i wanted to throw it open, and see what you would offer.

he wants something to run todays games reasonably well, but isnt in to the benchmarking, ninija-turbo PC scene, so isnt looking for the most insane harcore rig ...

what say you?

What would You Spec?

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:38

kinggost said:
justn the base unit you want

what the comp used for as wel

Any good at overclocking or any going to be done

if you read the first post in the thread and ... ah forget it

:rolleyes:

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:41

for mian part would reconment something like this

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX)
£283.95 £283.95
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£124.95 £124.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit
£129.95 £129.95
XFX GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£199.95 £199.95
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.50 £55.50
Subtotal £794.30
VAT £139.01
Total £933.31

Could go sor sumot cheaper but just really what you want it for

Hlebio · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:45

Going by the guy's first post I'd guess he is wanting to spend a lot less than £900.

£500-£600 perhaps?

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:46

kinggost said:
for mian part would reconment something like this

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX)
£283.95 £283.95
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£124.95 £124.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit
£129.95 £129.95
XFX GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£199.95 £199.95
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.50 £55.50
Subtotal £794.30
VAT £139.01
Total £933.31

Could go sor sumot cheaper but just really what you want it for

thanx for your input ...

although it seems a bit overkill for me ...

:confused:

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:48

Toryglen-boy said:
thanx for your input ...

although it seems a bit overkill for me ...

i only put that as i didnt not kno what you wanted the pc for and that is a pc that is really going to last a while what will the pc be used for

Toryglen-boy · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:49

kinggost said:
i only put that as i didnt not kno what you wanted the pc for and that is a pc that is really going to last a while what will the pc be used for

press HOME, scroll down ever so slightly, read the first post

Phemo · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:51

kinggost said:
i only put that as i didnt not kno what you wanted the pc for and that is a pc that is really going to last a while what will the pc be used for

As the topic itself and the first post quite clearly states, it's going to be for gaming but without spending a lot of money. A decent gaming machine but as cheap as possible - something with an X2 and 7900 does not fit that description.

I'd probably suggest something like this:

GX-080-LT Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-080-LT) 1
£119.95 £119.95
CP-141-AM AMD Opteron UP 144 San Diego 1.8GHz 1MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-141-AM) 1
£104.95 £104.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL) 1
£48.95 £48.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) 1
£64.95 £64.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£24.95 £24.95
HD-088-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-088-MD) 1
£52.95 £52.95
CA-026-EN Enermax Liberty 400W ELT400AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-026-EN) 1
£41.95 £41.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS) 1
£34.95 £34.95
Subtotal £493.60
VAT £86.38
Total £579.98

I just slapped a random case on for the hell of it, but that's what I'd suggest and it's a pretty nice PC for under £600. Could save a few quid by going for a 3200+ too. That's pretty much the minimum PC I'd personally recommend although there's many ways of making it cheaper without sacrificing much.

kinggost · 16 Apr 2006 at 23:56

how does this look for everything then

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail
£127.95 £127.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express
£64.95 £64.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory
£94.95 £94.95
CD-029-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM
£23.95 £23.95
GX-033-OK OcUK GeForce 7800GTX SILENT Extreme 256MB GDDR3 TV-
£224.95 £224.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU)
£47.95 £47.95
CA-008-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Red UV
£52.95 £52.95
HD-090-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6V200E0 SATA-II 8MB
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £687.60
VAT £120.33
Total £807.93

Toryglen-boy · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:02

kinggost said:
how does this look for everything then

CP-121-AM AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail
£127.95 £127.95
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express
£64.95 £64.95
MY-006-OK OcUK Value 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory
£94.95 £94.95
CD-029-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige) - OEM
£23.95 £23.95
GX-033-OK OcUK GeForce 7800GTX SILENT Extreme 256MB GDDR3 TV-
£224.95 £224.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU)
£47.95 £47.95
CA-008-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Red UV
£52.95 £52.95
HD-090-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6V200E0 SATA-II 8MB
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £687.60
VAT £120.33
Total £807.93

nahh, a 7800GTX will JUST run todays games?!?!?!

i think the X800GTO suggested earlier, was an excellent choice

Raikiri · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:05

Toryglen-boy said:
nahh, a 7800GTX will JUST run todays games?!?!?!

i think the X800GTO suggested earlier, was an excellent choice

You know what would help...?

A budget, because cheap for one person is not the same for another person. Same as just being able to play a game is diferent for people, for example I use a 20inch widescreen so an x800gto would be naff.

kinggost · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:09

Raikiri said:
You know what would help...?

A budget, because cheap for one person is not the same for another person. Same as just being able to play a game is diferent for people, for example I use a 20inch widescreen so an x800gto would be naff.

Yhat rite mate as i have a 24" dell

A gto as wel wil not last as long as a gtx with sm3 and hdr

Indy500 · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:09

I said about £550 because I thought it was a reasonable amount for a rig that can play today's games. You could lower it to £450 but you'd have to sacrifice somewhere.