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Gerald746   02-05-2012 at 03:01:47 PM
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I am in the market for a computer and I am wishing to build one. It is my first build but I have researched throughly and I know what to do, but I don't know what parts to use. I have £510 ($805) to build one and need a screen and an OS (prerably Windows 7), but I have a hard drive I can use. I will be using my computer for games like minecraft and Battlefield 3 and I would like at least 50fps on both games.

Thanks for any help

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tlmck   02-06-2012 at 01:25:35 AM
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You do not make it easy, but I love the challenge of a low cost build.

Motherboard - ASUS H61 - £56.99 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] ay00z.html

Processor - Intel Core -3-2100 - £87.59 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] 32100.html

Ram - Corsair 4gb - £19.99 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] 333c9.html

Video card - Sapphire 6850 - £112.99 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] 0-20r.html

Case - Novatech Vulcan - £24.98 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] ulcan.html

PSU - Novatech 500w Black - £42.98 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] sg500.html

DVD/RW - Samsung -£13.98 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] bbebe.html

Windows 7 64 bit - £79.98 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] 02050.html

Monitor - Novatech 19" - £67.98 - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products [...] lcd19.html

Total - £507.46

I cannot speak to the picture quality of the monitor, but it does come with a 2 year warranty. My advice is to shop around as the monitor your eyes like is the one to buy regardless of price or brand. The machine should play most games at high settings on such a 19" monitor.

------------------------------ The power supply is the most important component in any computer. Without a good quality one, you usually wind up with a really expensive door stop.
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Gerald746   02-06-2012 at 06:17:37 PM
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Would it be benifial to save up for the i5 2500k?

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Gerald746   02-06-2012 at 06:18:58 PM
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And also will it run the games on a 21 inch monitor at 1080p

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tlmck   02-06-2012 at 06:45:51 PM
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I would take any extra monies and put them into a 6870 card, and a 23" monitor. The i3-2100 is plenty fast, and 23" has sort of become the gaming standard. And once again, I would go some place where you could actually try one out with a game if possible.

I am lucky enough to have a store called Fry's that builds up gaming machines and puts them out with the latest games for demo to show off the parts they sell. They always have them hooked up to 23" these days.

------------------------------ The power supply is the most important component in any computer. Without a good quality one, you usually wind up with a really expensive door stop.
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Gerald746   02-06-2012 at 07:00:54 PM
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If I wanted a motherboard with two pci-e x16 slots what would you recommend. I found the Asrock P67 Pro3 SE for £72 off another website, however one of slots is running @x4 mode and also it has some other nice features

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tlmck   02-08-2012 at 11:54:53 AM
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We are kind of getting out of your budget range now, but a good dual card motherboard would be an ASUS or Gigabyte with a z68 chipset. Any model will do. Just get the one that has the features you want.

------------------------------ The power supply is the most important component in any computer. Without a good quality one, you usually wind up with a really expensive door stop.
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