help building pc

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  1. culpeck

    culpeck Regular member

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    hi im going to build a pc i found a mother board processor graphics card bundle withExtreme performance gaming bundle
    PC Upgrade kit with CPU, Board, Graphics
    AMD Phenom™ 8750 X3 Triple Core CPU
    XFX ATI Radeon HD4650 1GB O/C Graphics Card
    Sapphire RS740G2 ATI motherboard with performance cooling fan
    AMD 740G + SB600 Chipset
    320 Stream Processors
    PCI Express 2.0
    DirectX 10.1 Support
    ATI PowerPlay™ Technology
    6 Channel Integrated High Definition audio
    10/100 Ethernet for fast networking and broadband
    2 x DDR II Dimm slots supporting up to 8GB memory 1066/800/667/533 Dual Channel
    Expansion slots: 1 x PCI-E X16, 2 x PCI, 1 x PCI-EX1 slots
    4 x SATA II RAID, 4 x USB 2.0
    Includes Call of Duty Modern Warfare Game
    could someone let know exactly everything else ill need if you do this as a list for me thanks also whats your thoughts on this bundle its 160.OO POUNDS THANKS
     
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  2. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    By extreme performance, it means 'bare minimum', that's about the slowest PC I'd recommend to play a game like COD. It's not worth £160, barely £100, the CPU is ancient and very slow (worth about £15-£20), and the graphics card is pretty cheap and low-grade (worth about £30), which just leaves the board. It's a bottom-end basic board, so is worth about £25. Totals £70 tops, nowhere near the £160 being asked of it.
    Avoid.
     
    sammorris, Jan 20, 2011
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  3. xDhopz

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    What you need is more money and from my advice as ive built many pcs don't purchase packages get your stuff separate then assemble it, it usually works cheaper that way. If you need any help or advice email me at edited by ddp ill be happy to help.
     
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  4. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Well, you can still build a PC that can play games (just) with only spending £160 on the performance-deciding parts. The problem is, the minimum price of the rest of the parts will be at least £100 as well, so we need to ascertain that the OP does in fact have all the funds required.

    For the CPU/RAM/GPU like in this post, you can actually do far better for the same £160 price:
    Athlon II X2 250 for £50
    Gigabyte AMD 740G board for £36
    XFX Radeon HD5750 for £85

    A little bit over the £160 mark but not by much, and it's vastly better than what the OP posted.
     
    sammorris, Jan 24, 2011
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  5. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    xDhopz, no email posting as per forum rules, post edited. all posts are to be on site not via emails as per forum rules.
     
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