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Budget Gaming PC

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jasondugo

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This will be my first build.

1. Gaming.

2. £300 - £350

3. UK most likely.

4. Any brands.

5. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, OCZ Stealth Xtream 500W PSU, DvD Rom drive and Windows 7 Home.

6. People have recommend Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300 2.8GHz Socket 775 2MB Cache.

7. Default speed.

8. 1400 x 1050

9. ASAP
 
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177117 ATI HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 £104.18inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166518 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz £69.46inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174597 ASROCK M3A770DE 770 £53.75inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844 Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 £80.00inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150296 Sunbeam 3D Storm Black Mid Now £21.17inc. vat

total:£328

This should do you, the Asrock motherboard I listed has a SB710 so u should have a shot at unlocking that phemon II x2 into a quad core. But thats if you get luck with the chip. I haven't included a a cpu cooler, if I were you I would get a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for £16.80inc. vat ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157 ) instead of using the stock fan, i have heard amd stock fans are pretty crappy but I don't know first hand.

Also the Asrock motherboard supports CrossFireX so u can crossfire another 5750 gpu later on if you want to upgrade. The second pce 2.0 slot is only x4 but thats actually x8 by pce 1.0 standards and you will have no penalty at all, performance wise.
 
Definitely you get more machine for the money if you go PC, but you get more peace of mind with Apple. Personally, I would get the MacBook Pro, and not the mini.
 
titan131 said:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177117 ATI HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 £104.18inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166518 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz £69.46inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174597 ASROCK M3A770DE 770 £53.75inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844 Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 £80.00inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150296 Sunbeam 3D Storm Black Mid Now £21.17inc. vat

total:£328

This should do you, the Asrock motherboard I listed has a SB710 so u should have a shot at unlocking that phemon II x2 into a quad core. But thats if you get luck with the chip. I haven't included a a cpu cooler, if I were you I would get a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for £16.80inc. vat ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157 ) instead of using the stock fan, i have heard amd stock fans are pretty crappy but I don't know first hand.

Also the Asrock motherboard supports CrossFireX so u can crossfire another 5750 gpu later on if you want to upgrade. The second pce 2.0 slot is only x4 but thats actually x8 by pce 1.0 standards and you will have no penalty at all, performance wise.
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That's an AM3 board but those RAM chips you've got there are DDR2. Not compatible. Might want to go with an AM2 board, then you can use cheaper DDR2. AM3 processors are backwards compatible with AM2 boards.
 
Here you go.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174597 ASROCK M3A770DE 770 £53.75inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166518 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz £69.46inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150296 Sunbeam 3D Storm Black Mid Now £21.17inc. vat
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228 Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199404 Sapphire HD 5770 512MB GDDR5
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/178943?ref=dynamitedata.com Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
 
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