Nevakonaza

forgett that pc you linked to

hows this £499 lol






case is nice eh?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/101679


that will handle cod4 no probs

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daisymtc

Are you prepare to build it yourself?

Here is the list from ebuyer.com. approx £475
E8200
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139967

Gigabyte GAP35-DS3
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136363

OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116755

Point Of View 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 256bit Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135258

Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131301

LG GH20NS10 20X SATA DVD1RW/DL/RAM - Black Bare Drive OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141833

OCZ StealthXtream 500W PSU
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123067

Case not included. Get what ever you like. But make sure it have some case fans.

Asterix

Ah, okay, please disregard Newegg then.

Many, many thanks for taking the time to do that. I can't see a hard drive there, though?

Thank you Daisy. Yes, I'm definitely happy to build it myself.

Some questions

1. One thing I had forgotten is that I have a brand new, spare hard drive. It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9, 500 GB. Would this hard drive work with either/both of the above set-ups? Daisy, I've noticed the hard drive you suggested is a Barracuda 7200.10, so I assume the 7200.9 would be fine?
2. How loud will the above set-ups be?

Some notes

• I think I want 4 GB of memory as I often run various memory hogging programs at once.
• If I can make use of the Seagate Barracuda hard drive, then I don't need another.
• It doesn't matter what the case looks like as only the front will show.
• My budget of £500 is flexible, if it helps.

oscaryu1

1. SATA or PATA(EIDE, IDE, ect)

2. Motherboards have "SMART" fan to automatically downclock the fan speed to save power/noise. Video cards usually use only 30% of their max fan speed during regular use. As temperatures rise, so will the speed of the fan.

Overall though, you should be fine.

4GB is fine, as long as you get DDR2-800 and a 64 bit OS (Not XP x64)

That's fine, hopefully it is SATA.

Then save your $$$ and get a case that's cheaper, but not necessarily worse.

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Asterix

It's SATA.

daisymtc

In that case, you can go drop that 250GB HDD, go for 2 x 2GB RAM.

And if you can stretch your budget a bit, I recommend you go for E8400 OEM + Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro.

Case: ebuyer have its own brand case. They are quite cheap. I have had own one of them, not sure the rest of their quality. You need to look up reviews yourself.
However, I feel the cooler master/ antec case are easier to hide the cables

reddevil6

why not xp x64 i have been using itr for about 1 year now an it is great

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oscaryu1

Cause pretty much 99% of all softwares don't support it. Unpopular, ect.

Vista x64 is another story.

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Asterix

Excellent. Thank you once again Daisy. So here is where it is currently at:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz £129.95

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 iP35 £63.16

Memory: Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz £64.39

Graphics Card: Point Of View 8800GT 512MB £119.98

Hard Drive: Already got (Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 7200.9) £0

DVD/CD Drive: LG GH20NS10 20X SATA DVD±RW/DL/RAM £14.77

Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream 600W PSU £47.58

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium £62.96

Cooling Fan: Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P £15.24

Case: Extra Value Shiny Piano Black Mid Tower Case £13.99

Total: £532.02

I had to change the power supply because the 500W one was sold out. I just went for the next one up (600W). What should I do?
Is the case compatible with everything else?

daisymtc

That case is big enough for your Motherboard, but it have no case fan.
Get one at the front and one at the back and make sure they come with screws or you already have fan screws