• £350 - £400 Build
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I'm looking to build a computer for a total cost of between £350 and £400, mainly for gaming. I don't know what kind of performance I'd get for that price, but would I be able to play a lot of high-end games (e.g. Crysis) on medium settings at a decent framerate? Also, since I live in the UK, newegg is sadly out of the question.
Gaming build for £350. No.
[QUOTE=CombineGuru;18385279]Gaming build for £350. No.[/QUOTE] I'm not meaning to run everything on high. It's mostly source games I'm playing, and even then I'm willing to play on low graphics.
unless you're able to reuse a lot of stuff, highly doubt it
[QUOTE=reapaninja;18385319]unless you're able to reuse a lot of stuff, highly doubt it[/QUOTE] Okay. Thanks anyway :smith:
[img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/5c8e00capture.jpg[/img]
Thanks for that. I'm new to PC building so I don't really know what sort of performance I'd get for my money.
Like 300fps in gmod singleplayer. [editline]04:54PM[/editline] I [b]think[/b].
[QUOTE=CombineGuru;18385569]Like 300fps in gmod singleplayer. [editline]04:54PM[/editline] I [b]think[/b].[/QUOTE] And what do you think I'd get in say, GTA 4? Also I'm running this at quite low resolution, probably 1280x1024.
Idk, never played GTA4. [editline]05:03PM[/editline] Look up benchies
I've done some googling, from what I've seen it looks very reasonable.
overclockers.co.uk
[QUOTE=CombineGuru;18385511][img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/5c8e00capture.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I would spend the extra money and get this psu [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=[/url] Bit higher wattage and I haven't been a fan of the antec basiq.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;18386363]I would spend the extra money and get this psu [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=[/url] Bit higher wattage and I haven't been a fan of the antec basiq.[/QUOTE] Is the extra wattage necessary?
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;18387110]Is the extra wattage necessary?[/QUOTE] Not sure but it is the next cheapest psu on overclockers.
I'd say yes. I personally would never go under 400w with a 4850.
Yeah get the better PSU. That's very low.
350W is fine. [editline]04:01PM[/editline] [IMG]http://media.bestofmicro.com/2/X/112857/original/065.gif[/IMG] It's starting to get annoying how everyone assumes you need 500W to run the most basic of things. That is total system power consumption, by the way.
[QUOTE='Odellus[v2];18390167']350W is fine. [editline]04:01PM[/editline] [IMG]http://media.bestofmicro.com/2/X/112857/original/065.gif[/IMG] It's starting to get annoying how everyone assumes you need 500W to run the most basic of things. That is total system power consumption, by the way.[/QUOTE] I would still go with a 400 watt if he would like to upgrade of overclock.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;18390707]I would still go with a 400 watt if he would like to upgrade of overclock.[/QUOTE] Because overclocking is going to make his card use 120W more. Try maybe 15W more at the most.
u dum
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;18391041]u dum[/QUOTE] Another quality post from the OIFY-retard-gone-PCHS-troll.
[QUOTE='Odellus[v2];18390917']Because overclocking is going to make his card use 120W more. Try maybe 15W more at the most.[/QUOTE] Upgrading card later and overclocking a cpu. Also the other psu is an antec basiq they are crappy.
[QUOTE='Odellus[v2];18391109']Another quality post from the OIFY-retard-gone-PCHS-troll.[/QUOTE] Jokes on you, I've posted in OIFY once. I started as PCHS troll.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;18391155]Upgrading card later and overclocking a cpu. Also the other cpu is an antec basiq they are crappy.[/QUOTE] CPU =/= Case.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;18391591]CPU =/= Case.[/QUOTE] and case =/= PSU.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;18391676]and case =/= PSU.[/QUOTE] Give both of us bad readings.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;18391676]and case =/= PSU.[/QUOTE] Typing fail. :suicide:
[QUOTE=sbradford26;18391155]Upgrading card later and overclocking a cpu. Also the other psu is an antec basiq they are crappy.[/QUOTE] Well if you take a look at that chart again, you will see that the 9800 GX2 only uses 322W on load. Again, overclocking the CPU is not going to raise the wattage by any more than 15W.
[QUOTE='Odellus[v2];18392883']Well if you take a look at that chart again, you will see that the 9800 GX2 only uses 322W on load. Again, overclocking the CPU is not going to raise the wattage by any more than 15W.[/QUOTE] Still you get a nice psu. I haven't heard very good things about antec basiq.
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