Peter Venkman
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« on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 15:15:21 » |
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I have just made myself a cheap gaming machine after reading in Computer Shopper that they can make one for £682....I thought that seems a lot!
I set myself a budget of £350 max.
So I bought this little lot....
AM2 Brisbane X2 4200+ (overclocked to 3.02Ghz from 2.31Ghz on stock cooling & voltage)
2Gb PC5300 Kingston Ram (overclocked from 333mhz to 380mhz voltage upped to 2.0v)
MSI-7369 K9N Neo-F v3 motherboard
Lite-on SATAII 20x DVD dual layer writer
500gb SATAII 7200rpm 32mb cache HD
8800GT 512mb Inno3d OC card
Casecom basic Tower Case with 500W budget PSU
Wireless mouse & Keyboard
Installed with Windows XP Pro (already owned)
£327 inc VAT
This set up runs benchmarks of -
3dMark01 - 36012
3dMark03 - 39618
3dmark05 - 19210
3dMark06 - 11920
Crysis - 51fps high settings @ 1280x1024
Prey - 82fps @1280x1024 with 4xAA 16xAF
not bad benchmarks for such a cheap PC.
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 15:40:29 » |
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How much would you sell it for?
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 18:19:57 » |
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The Computer Shopper does seem a tad expensive. Surprised you went for that RAM though, I thought some slightly better lower latency might be more suitable.
I really need to get a better graphics card :|
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 18:34:46 » |
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I went for the 5-5-5-12 mainly because I was working to a budget and as its fairly cheap I can upgrade it later for cheap, the PC6400 was double the price for the only type that was compatible with the mobo as its fairly fussy about 800mhz+ ram so thats why I went for the overclock in the end. I can hugely recommend the 8800GT graphics....even better f you go for SLi!  My next project will be dual 8800GT's on SLi which I can do for about £450. This is just my play machine, I set myself a strict budget and had to stick to it. |
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 20:46:12 » |
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3dMark01 - 36012
I just ran that on mine out of curiosity. 2763  |
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sonic youth
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 20:57:36 » |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 22:19:50 » |
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I went for the 5-5-5-12 mainly because I was working to a budget and as its fairly cheap I can upgrade it later for cheap, the PC6400 was double the price for the only type that was compatible with the mobo as its fairly fussy about 800mhz+ ram so thats why I went for the overclock in the end. I can hugely recommend the 8800GT graphics....even better f you go for SLi! My next project will be dual 8800GT's on SLi which I can do for about £450. This is just my play machine, I set myself a strict budget and had to stick to it. I really don't recommend sli, unless you're going for high resolutions. It's the only thing I regretted doing when building my machine. Of course - if you're using an old 8800gt and buy another on the cheap it could be worthwhile. |
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 14:39:48 » |
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I have just made myself a cheap gaming machine after reading in Computer Shopper that they can make one for £682....I thought that seems a lot!
I set myself a budget of £350 max.
So I bought this little lot....
AM2 Brisbane X2 4200+ (overclocked to 3.02Ghz from 2.31Ghz on stock cooling & voltage)
2Gb PC5300 Kingston Ram (overclocked from 333mhz to 380mhz voltage upped to 2.0v)
MSI-7369 K9N Neo-F v3 motherboard
Lite-on SATAII 20x DVD dual layer writer
500gb SATAII 7200rpm 32mb cache HD
8800GT 512mb Inno3d OC card
Casecom basic Tower Case with 500W budget PSU
Wireless mouse & Keyboard
Installed with Windows XP Pro (already owned)
£327 inc VAT
This set up runs benchmarks of -
3dMark01 - 36012
3dMark03 - 39618
3dmark05 - 19210
3dMark06 - 11920
Crysis - 51fps high settings @ 1280x1024
Prey - 82fps @1280x1024 with 4xAA 16xAF
not bad benchmarks for such a cheap PC. 3dMark01 - 37383 |
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 18:44:41 » |
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i think next month calls for the same 500gb SATAII 7200rpm 32mb cache HD as used by JJEdmunds and also an Nvidia 9600. Unless other people know better but i've heard they're faster than the 8800's
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 21:31:53 » |
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Only the 256mb version of the 8800gt, otherwise the 8800gt gives better frame rates. Hope that helps  |
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sonic youth
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 22:46:47 » |
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the 9600 is also probably double the price for a relatively insignificant performance boost which will only be noticeable on the most modern high-end games. if you want to waste some money go for it, otherwise a 512mb 8800gt would do - the gts are nice too
oh and 42133 3DMarks on 01 on my new machine.
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 22:50:13 » |
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The 9600gt 512mb is comparable in price to the 8800gt 256mb version I think.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 23:36:06 » |
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3DMark01 - 36129
Pretty happy considering my machine is 12 months old and my graphics were not top spec back then.
My 3DMark06 score was around 7000 last I checked though - definitely limited graphics wise.
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magicroundabout
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, April 4, 2008, 06:14:20 » |
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i'm limited graphics wise too. my 7900GT is a bit dated now which is why the upgrade is needed.
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