Help Needed Building Gaming Computer

[JordanB]

I need help building a gaming computer for about £800 including moniter. I understand that i wont be able to play stuff like crysis on high but something decent would be nice

[Terbinator]

I need help building a gaming computer for about £800 including moniter. I understand that i wont be able to play stuff like crysis on high but something decent would be nice

£800 now will get you Crysis on high my friend. If you have any preferences anyway that will help with some of the replies you'll get i.e. Intel/AMD ATi/nVidia.

Personally i think you should be able to get a Intel Core i7 rig for that amount

[JordanB]

well im new to pc gaming so i dont know much about any processors, video card etc, so as much help as possible would be helpful

[Terbinator]

Processor
Motherboard
RAM
PSU
GFX Card
Hard Drive
DVD-Drive
Case
Monitor
Total price @ time of writing = £741.63 [without monitor]
Obviosuly this is below your £800 budget and you would be able to swap in some more powerful components, hopefully these will give you a run down of what can be achieved - however these parts will be able to run Crysis on Very High at 1680*1050 res

Edit: I missed that you needed a monitor (embarassed) what size are you after ? You can pick up 22" close to £100. You could swap the hard drive out for a smaller capacity and maybe use 3GB of RAM instead of 6GB to free up some more pennies, in addition to this you could also get a cheaper case. Have a look around as prices vary daily.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

AMD Phenom II X4 940 ~ £144

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...Hz-125W-Retail

Asus M4A78-E 790GX motherboard ~ £95

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...X-On-Board-VGA

4GB PC2-8500 DDR2 ~ £40

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-(...S-5-6-6-18-EPP

HD4890 1gb ~ £145

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-X...-DL-DVI-I-HDTV

Samsung 1tb ~ £66

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-S...ache-89-ms-NCQ

Enermax 500w modular PSU ~ £76

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500W-...PeakPower-550W

DVD writer ~ £16

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Optia...SATA-Black-OEM

Antec 300 ~ £46

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec...r-Case-w-o-PSU

Acer X243HQ 24" TFT Monitor ~ £154

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165391

Including the postage at Scan and using the free postage at Ebuyer the total should come to just under £800. I would use Windows 7 RC1 as the OS until early next year when you will have to pay for a retail copy. This setup will be fine at the native resolution of the monitor which is 1920x1080.

Here is a review of the CPU:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16147/4

Here are some reviews of the graphics card:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16681

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...0-review-test/

The cheapest GTX275 on Scan is currently around £175.

You should also check the Today Only webpage on the Scan website for daily offers and you will be eligible for free postage on Scan after 20 posts on Hexus.

[aidanjt]

I slapped this list together on overclockers.co.uk quickly, but make sure you shop around, use froogle.co.uk to find cheaper prices. But anyway, this spec. will easily handle any game you throw at it, probably for the next 2 years.