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Upgrading PC for girlfriend

Loony BoB

Loony BoB

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Now that I've got my PC up and running (gorgeous!) I'm wanting to upgrade my older PC so that I can play LAN games with her as it's just no fun having one of us looking over the shoulder at the other playing. So... I have the hard drives and optical drives and all peripherals. That leaves me wanting a cheap but gaming-able spec for the following...

Case
PSU
System Board
CPU
Memory
Graphics Card
Wireless Modem

Budget... £450 max, but any less that will still run the latest games well enough would be great! :D
 
Noctua NH-U9F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
£27.99(£32.89)

Belkin 54Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Internet Gateway Router (F5D7230UK4) £32.99(£38.76)

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£89.99(£105.74)

Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) £41.99(£49.34)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£47.99(£56.39)

Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
£39.99(£46.99)

Thermaltake VC3000SNA Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Silver
£39.99(£46.99)

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£59.99(£70.49)

Sub Total : £380.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £68.93


Total : £462.80

bit over budget, but perfectly overclockable, and should run very well
 
Not too bothered with overclocking, really. If I have to in order to get the games working, then okay, but otherwise if they'll run without overclocking then I'll probably leave learning about OC'ing for a rainy day.

EDIT: Don't need the router, just the wireless card. Probably should have clarified on that.
 
o right, well, if you arent going to overclock on a cheap PC you wont get it playing the newest games *that* well
im sure either way that CPU could handle most *new* games
 
This spec should handle most games effortlessly. The mobo may overclock slightly ( certainly to 1066FSB ) which will get you a bit more out of your CPU. The 8800GTS is a nice card and will handle almost any game you like to play. Also the case has a decent 500w PSU built in and works out cheaper than a seperate case/PSU

Belkin 54Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Internet Gateway Router (F5D7230UK4) £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) £41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Sub Total : £396.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £71.38
Total : £479.27
 
Belkin routers are terrible. Glad you don't need one, in any case.

The above spec looks good. If you're not overclocking, remove the third-party heatsink+fan and go for a better CPU. The E4300 or E4400 would still keep you within your budget.
 
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