Building a computer for gaming New Parts!

jellyspots

Hi does anyone know where I can get new parts at a good price? Amazon or somewhere else please thanks

-TangleFoot-

I suggest you read this first.

• Ebuyer
• OcUK
• Scan
• BT Shop (Dabs)

This might be of some use to you too.

banger9365

CCL another but can be a little dear with some thing
the same as ocuk buts more for nutters like me,that like overclocking stuff,and ocuk better than the overs in my option

and if your ordering online use quidco and get some money back about 3% its not much but everything helps apart from scan

Cisco001

pcpartpick.com will help you to find cheapest retailer.

Apart from ppl mentioned above, Aria/ Novatech

ChiefGrasscutter

to be honest I would have thought someone who was knowledgeable enough about building a system from scratch and who knew all about matching memory speed ratings to motherboard specs and the rest would know of all the various appropiate retailers for the components.

here are some threads on here a while back about the merits and pitfalls about building your own computer which attracted a lot of comment.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3339298

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3849049

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3801403

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3659991

Toxteth_OGrady

I spec all the parts I need for a build and then scope out the cheapest prices using:

http://www.megashopbot.com/

Also use Dealtime, Pricegrabber, Pricerunner and Idealo then see what's available through Quidco and TopCashBack.

jellyspots

Hi thanks for you tips. Think ill let my son read up on all this! Looks like it may cost me a fair bit too...

banger9365

it only cost a lot if you let it
YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £49.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
Total : £279.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).






that will play most games on low and you need an operating system

-TangleFoot-

banger9365 wrote: »

that will play most games on low

And that's supposed to be good enough? I for one wouldn't settle for anything less than medium.

You'll probably want faster memory and a better PSU too...

Niv

banger9365 wrote: »

it only cost a lot if you let it
YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £49.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
Total : £279.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).






that will play most games on low and you need an operating system

I wouldnt touch that set up with yours mate. Would never trust on board graphics for a start.

banger9365

just showing how low end you can get ,that would play the latest games and showing him that you do not have to spend the earth to do it, unlike hard core games like us that's spent thousands on a systems over the years ,to play the same games on ultra setting,where fps count,
and every thing apart from the case and hdd is in my HTPC