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topshot_2k

 posted on 17th Feb 07 at 17:30

TBH your better of with 1 gig of decent fast ram than 2gig of slower buget ram


ed

 posted on 17th Feb 07 at 17:04

RAM costs about £30 for a gig so you may aswell get two.

A 350gig HDD costs fuck all now so get one of them.

a DVD writer costs about £10 now so you can't go wrong...


Anton2K3

 posted on 17th Feb 07 at 16:54

Well, the hdtv has a res of 1366x768 16:9. Well, i mid range graphics car that would run the correct resolution would be good...and 2gb ram preferable. HD does not need to be massive, and cd drive need not be great. Case just need to be good enough to house it all.

Ta,

Anton


--Dave--

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 12:56

I played Battlefield2 quite a bit with 1GB, was playable but when I put another gig in there it was so much better. Quicker to load maps, faster drawing of textures etc..


DarkBahamut

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 12:56

quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
for gaming I'd recommend 2GB of RAM really.


That would be recommended, it might be limited by the budget though. Your going to struggle to get 'awesome' anything on a £500 budget. I had a quick look at prices and even with using the lowest end Core 2 Duo and a cheap motherboard and 2GB of ram adding a highish end graphic cards took it up to £500, before any case, PSU, hard drives or dvd drives were added. Its going to either have to have a mid range graphics card (that might not be all too bad with a low native res HDTV) or it will need a higher budget(£600-650) .


Liam

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 12:49

If you want 2gb of RAM its alot more :|


--Dave--

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 12:14

for gaming I'd recommend 2GB of RAM really.


Simon

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 11:56

I'd recommend signing up to overclockers.co.uk forums and posting in the hardware section, I got them to spec me a comp and are a very helpful bunch when you get stuck. Might not be cheapest buying from them though


Liam

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 11:12

Ill take a look for you. ;)

1gb RAM? or more?

[Edited on 16-02-2007 by Liam]


Anton2K3

 posted on 16th Feb 07 at 00:38

Yea thats a good figure...any ideas then?


Liam

 posted on 15th Feb 07 at 20:43

Under £500?

[Edited on 15-02-2007 by Liam]


Anton2K3

 posted on 15th Feb 07 at 19:24

Not really got a budget set in mind, but wat to build it as cheaply as possible.


flash22

 posted on 15th Feb 07 at 19:20

whats your budget ????


Anton2K3

 Icon depicting mood of post posted on 15th Feb 07 at 19:16

hi guys,

Ive built a pc before, but it was some time ago now. I was wondering if someone could draw up a spec, list of parts and the best place to purchase them from?

Its going to be promarily a gaming computer, and must support a 27" lcd HD tv screen.
So...hard disc space does not need to be massive, but chipset/motherboard, ram and graphics must be awesome, yet good value. Any ideas people?

Ta,

Anton