J4CKO

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I want to build a cheap gamin pc for the kids to keep them off mine as I want to use it and it is surrounded by all three of them, when they do allow me to use it, its generally fooked, by virtue of the fact that at least four games are running.

Anyway, have all the drives, floppy, cdrw, dvd, HD, a case. So am after a cheap motherboard,cpu, memory and video combo, not after ultimate performance as even my old Athlon 1700+, 512 ddr and Gforce 3 ti will still play all the games, even Doom 3 and Half Life 2 will run acceptably if not to ambitious with the detail and resolution. better performance than my old machine should be available at entry level I would imagine these days but to be honest I lose the will to live when studying specs, did it all for this set up so was hoping to hijack someone elses research.

I would prefer an AMD based solution, so its mainly down to motherboard and graphics card, quite happy with an integrated solution if not utterly rubbish, if it plays command and conquer etc then I am happy !

J4CKO

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Oh, is a Sempron CPU worth bothering with ?

ali_j

well get something likw a xp2500+ barton will lst you a bit, a ati 9550 gfx card about 40 quid, and abit motherboard should be fine have a llok on overclockers.co.uk and ebuyer.co.uk they ahve cheap stuff.

TonyBurns

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Have you checked out any of these places?

www.microdirect.co.uk
www.scan.co.uk
www.aria.co.uk
www.dabs.co.uk

Tony

DrEvil

motherboard: Asus A8V dlx
CPU: AMD64 3000+ (939pin Winchester)
MEM: Corsair PC3200 value or similar (check compat matrix on Asus site or RAM manufacturers site), get at least 512mb, if not a 1GB
GPU: ATi9700pro 128Mb (www.overclockers.co.uk do one for about 90 quid).

That'll keep you going

DrEvil

just found this suggestion on another forum, with some example prices, same as what I put above.

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail £99.95
Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939) Motherboard £63.50
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 £79.95
OcUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - OEM £77.50

Subtotal £320.90
Shipping (Amtrak Next Day (Mon-Fri) - UK Mainland) £8.50
VAT £57.65
Total £387.05

mj

Jacko - if you need any cheap games to go with your PC let me know, I've got a fair few cluttering up my office - all originals.

J4CKO

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Cheers for the replies, will go and price it up at the local places, cant be arsed with mail order as its such a pain to take it back.

MJ, pm me with lists and prices.

mj

Here you go, my "favourites" at the top:

Jedi knight/jedi outcast - joint favourite, mega game.

Max Payne - as above.

Return to castle wolfenstein - quite old, but still most excellent.

max payne 2 - better than the first, but the first had a bigger impact if you know what I mean

Project IGI 2 - brilliant, but computer says no ( graphics card a bit lame in mine )

medal of honour - no description Rq'd

call of duty - no description Rq'd

soldier of fortune - V good

soldier of fortune 2 - also V good

Half life blue shift - good - cd and manual, no box

gunman chronicles - so-so, never finished - cd and manual, no box

Deus EX - good at the time, bit dated now - cd and manual, no box

The thing - good, but never finished it.

Messiah - first PC game I ever got - still looks quite good now, quite a clever idea I thought.

Rayman 2 - bought for a fiver in the video shop - very little use

Hidden & dangerous - this was supposed to be quite good, but not my cuppa.

Rouge spear - as above

Daikatana - bag o' ****e

Dawn till dusk - bag o' ****

Alone in the dark - can't even use a mouse with it (would make a nice set of beermats )


what do you reckon for the lot? coasters included

Ver.4

I have a motherboard lying around somewhere with an AGP slot and should fit that CPU as that is what I had in it before. PM me and well see what we can sort out

JohnnyRob

www.cpucity.co.uk now have Xp-M2500 (the mobile super over clocker jobbies) in stock at £67...