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Hey guys havent posted much on these forums but im in need of your wisdom. Iv wanted to get into PC gaming for a long while now iv always had steam and buy games in the sales even thoughi know they wont work on my shitty integrated graphics laptop tragic right?
i would like to build my own pc that can play games from the last year relatively well, things like Dawn of War 2 and Civ 5 then also TF 2 and CSS game of that nature.
My budget is probably around £500 for the computer and screen maybe that isnt enough to get a computer like i would like but hey thats why im here asking you guys :) any help would be appreciated.
Hi, that pc you posted is outdated, so you probally want some DDR 3 ram, maybe a X4 phenom amd processor and a AM3 mobo. There are a ton of graphic card choices you can choose from, depending on your budget. I don't know exactly how much is L500 eurodollars is. The gts 250 obviously isn't powerful enough. Also don't expect a starting price for a built pc to be cheap, certain things like hardrives or operating systems, will always be around the same price regardles of the build and adds to the overall cost. Good luck.
HitmanAgent47 is absolutely right, you should really be thinking about a system with DDR3 ram. If you get a good motherboard with the Core unlocker (Asus, MSI or Gigabyte are all good brands) then you might be able to pick up a cheaper X2 or X3 and unlock hidden cores to get a free upgrade to a 3 or 4 core CPU, you will need to research which CPUs can be unlocked this way, and that could save you over £50 doing it this way.
Some of the parts on that list, particlularly the mobo and graphics card, look like clearance items, where the price has been reduced to get rid of it.
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