Well following on from this thread http://forums.hexus.net/chassis-syst...od-advice.html
This pc will be for light gaming on a 17" screen, mainly mmo's and some slightly older fps's (eg prey, quake4) as well as web browsing and such.
I'm considering scavanging fleabay, old junk from work and donations from friends.
I've got an 80gb sata, ide CDrw/DVD rom drive, as well a 7900gs 256mb card which could be donated.
Although I know that that 7900gs will struggle slightly with the settings maxed, idealy something better would be best.
The main things I'm looking at here are cpu, motherboard, psu, low cost gpu
E5300 @£52
new p45 (Biostar TP45 HP) @£78
Or
new p43 @£55 (Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L, not sure what it's like, but cheap on scan)
or
2nd hand p35 (as long as it's a good one and under £50, although you run the risk of bad parts.
Or AMD set up
if so what? I'm behind on the AMD situation as to what's a good lowcost cpu and board.
PSU, something decent around 400-450w
OCZ 400W StealthXStream @£35 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152505
gpu
2nd hand
8800gt or 3870 or 3850 or 4830
maybe a 8800gts 320mb??
new, current 9800gt or 4850 or 4770??
something around £70