Budget gamer pc build

AdamUK

I want to build a pc which will play new games. Im looking to spend around £300 - £350 on the motherboard, graphics card, ram, CPU, Case, PSU and the CPU fan.

heres what im thinking so far,

OcUK Huntkey 500W PSU£34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail£94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)£24.99
(£29.36) £24.99


Casecom Black Mid Tower Case - Front Blue LED 120mm Fan - With Side Window115479663 in stock£17.99 £15.31 £17.99 £15.31 Intel E2160 Socket 775 Pentium Dual Core 2x1.8Ghz 800FSB Retail Boxed Processor127248121 in stock£47.42 £40.35 £47.42 £40.35 Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler105994965 in stock£15.91 £13.54 £15.91

Total comes to about £350, i would appreciate it if anyone who knows about building pc's could tell me if this will be a good setup and if not can you give me a better one?

ps. also i want to overclock the components

Adam.

epz_2

my understanding is the gpu is the biggest factor in games preformance so i would look at a 8800gt, if you get a sli mobo then you could whack a second (and 3rd on some boards) card in an near double the gpu perfomance.

robt_2

Are you building it because you want to for experience etc, or are you doing it because you think it is cheaper?

AdamUK

cheaper mate, im happy to buy if you know a good deal

U've_been_framed

The ATI Radeon 3850 chipset is getting excellent reviews. Check out the Asus version. I believe that it is already overclocked.
You may find that the cooling fan that comes with the processor will do the job so you don't have to spend extra money on that.
I would try and spend more money on a faster cpu.

turbobob

Looks like a lot of PC for the money. I'm not familiar with that motherboard but that processor should be easy to overclock quite substantially on a motherboard with decent oc'ing options.

banger9365

it looks ok for a nice diy pc put for £300 to £350 is not enough for a good gaming pc in my option (£450 many be better)has a good graphics card can cost over £150 to £400+(not saying the ati are not any good put nvidia are way infront at the moment)
personal i would wait until you have more money to spend
thats not bad for your first try (nothing can play crysis on high yet unless you can spend lotts eg £950 for two top end graphic cards out of my league too)

turbobob

The ATI HD3850 certainly isn't a slouch though. It beats the mid range 8600 GTS by a large margin anyway. Yep the 8800 series is a step up but it costs more and you'd have to increase the overall budget.