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YorkshireMan

07-01-2008, 11:39 AM

Yeah sorry to do one of these crappy threads, but im finally gonna get a new PC next month, so before I spend alot of money I wanted to get some opinions on the rig.

Basically im working off the UK PC Gamer Rig, where they give you all the recommended parts to build yer own PC.

So I would be buying:

Motherboard - MSI P35 Diamond - £70

Processor - Core 2 QUAD Q6600 - £137 (Don't want to overclock it)

Memory - Geil 1066MHZ, 4GB Black Dragon - £90 (Might also add the 1GB of RAM i have at the moment.

3D Card - Point of View 8800GTS 512 - £152

Chassis - Coolermaster CM690 - £60

PSU - PC Power & Cooling 610 - £60

Hard Drive - 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 - £128 (As well as my 150GB hard drive i have now)

Total = £675 - Gonna be the minimum it will cost, especially if my dad is gonna buy from the local PC shop and get them to build it.

Also just read this thread http://www.computerandvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=74078&highlight=gaming where they were saying to replace some parts, not least the graphics card for a 9800GTX (obviously more expensive.....)

Ideally I want to play all the new games (COD 4, Bioshock etc) on mostly high settings at 1680 x 1050 resolution.

BTW at the moment I have a 6600GT, 1GB Ram, and a Sempron 2600+ Processor.

Any advice appreciated.

rand0m

07-01-2008, 11:47 AM

I can't really see much wrong with that, I would personally bump the Graphics card up, although the 8800gts will rape Bioshock and COD4 easily.

The_Canadian

07-01-2008, 11:49 AM

Moar Ram!!!

YorkshireMan

07-01-2008, 11:52 AM

Moar Ram!!!

Yeah I was thinkin along the 8GB lines :D

How will a 8800 GT play Crysis? I know it wont play it all on high, but as long as it looks decent I aint to bothered.

The_Canadian

07-01-2008, 12:03 PM

Yeah I was thinkin along the 8GB lines :D

How will a 8800 GT play Crysis? I know it wont play it all on high, but as long as it looks decent I aint to bothered.
Shit, Crysis on all low looks better than most FPS games released today! 8800GT should be no problem, but are you doing SLI or just one card?

YorkshireMan

07-01-2008, 12:05 PM

Just the one.

I tried to play the Crysis demo on my 6600GT, needless to say it was not pretty.

aooga12

07-01-2008, 01:10 PM

i suggest the 8800gt myself... especially 2 of them... rapes any game.

but yeah thats a good build for a pc... you did go0d.

Gloaming15

07-01-2008, 04:14 PM

I'm getting a Macbook Pro for 600 euros (barely used, it was my dad's) and I'm going to Bootcamp it so I can install Windows. A Bootcamped Macbook Pro can easily run all new high-end games these days. It owns

The_Canadian

07-01-2008, 04:26 PM

NRS

07-01-2008, 05:08 PM

Motherboard - MSI P35 Diamond - £70

Processor - Core 2 QUAD Q6600 - £137

Memory - Geil 1066MHZ, 4GB Black Dragon - £90

3D Card - Point of View 8800GTS 512 - £152

Chassis - Coolermaster CM690 - £60

PSU - PC Power & Cooling 610 - £60

Hard Drive - 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 - £128

The joy of watching porn in HD... priceless.

h4z4rd

07-01-2008, 05:30 PM

4 gigs of RAM is more than enough. If you add any more memory, the operating system will not be able to recognize it (assuming you're running a 32 bit operating system like Vista or XP) Even if you're not, there are downsides to having too much RAM. Stick with 4 gigs and you'll be ok.

Also make sure all your RAM is the same capacity and clock speed so you can take advantage of dual channel.