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what is needed for a good gaming pc, capable of runnin shit like for example BATTLEFIELD 3 properly on a decent quality?

RAM, gfx card?

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Hmm. If u want thses things straight up i would suggest using Alienware.

hmm im not sure about the graphix card look up the specs on BF3 i suggest getting one withe much bigger specs than is suggested but the exact specs... i'm not to sure.

Worth checking out alienware though.
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Gtfo with Alienware before I lynch you. They're horrendous value and quite frankly anyone who knew anything about computers would slap you for such a ludicrous comment.

Budget?

Well basics I think you'll need to run it on decent (medium-high) settings will likely be

3.0GHz + quad core CPU
4GB RAM
GTX 460/ ATi 5850.
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i seen a tower with something close to that spec for £400 in argos although u may not have argos where u live but it show that it can be cheaper than aleinware
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Penguin wrote:3.0GHz + quad core CPU
4GB RAM
GTX 460/ ATi 5850.
I'd go for an Intel i5 Sandy Bridge. Like 2400 oder the 2500 with 8GB RAM and AMD 6950 or Nvidia GTX 560 Ti.

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I said minimum to play it on decentish settings.

I was not suggesting him getting any specific components because I was waiting for budget before suggesting any specific components. If you look on the back of a game case at the recommended hardware requirements it's going to have end of line components because you don't need all current gen hardware to run it. That was just what it is generally thought the hardware requirements for med-high will be.

Foxy will you be building it yourself?
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You suggest hardware what does not exist anymore. That's what I said. :-)
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They all exist?

AMD do a 3ghz quad
Intel do an unlocked one and a standard one.
460 and 5850 are for sale in many component shops still.

End of line is different to non-existent.
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They're not available mostly and since the newer ones went very cheap, it would be silly thing to buy the old products.
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But I never said to buy them?

I said that is what I think the specifications will be. I would not recommend anything without a budget :)
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Penguin wrote:I said minimum to play it on decentish settings.

I was not suggesting him getting any specific components because I was waiting for budget before suggesting any specific components. If you look on the back of a game case at the recommended hardware requirements it's going to have end of line components because you don't need all current gen hardware to run it. That was just what it is generally thought the hardware requirements for med-high will be.

Foxy will you be building it yourself?
Not sure yet, just curious, atm I got

Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
4 GB RAM
Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset

forcing me to play mw2 @ 640*480..

also buildin like puttin shit in place myself or just pickin the stuff manually? ^^



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would this be any good? ^^

http://www.pcdumpwinkel.nl/pcd-game-pc-w7-p-2314.html
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Foxy wrote:would this be any good? ^^

http://www.pcdumpwinkel.nl/pcd-game-pc-w7-p-2314.html
Not really, CPU + graphics card are too weak, and 4GB RAM are not enough since 8GB are +15/20€. Furthermore the PSU and mainboard are probably crap.

I suggest that you build your PC on your own, maybe you can even keep some of your current hardware hence you can spend more into the core of your PC (CPU, mainboard, RAM) instead of buying a DVD drive, PSU, HDD which you actually already have.

That's what you should do now:
1) Tell us what you already have or can keep:
-HDD?
-DVD drive?
-Power supply?
-Case?

2) Tell us how much money you would have, so we can suggest detailed things:
Here is what you need, and a price behind how much you should spend into each part (I guessed 550-600€ since you suggested a 600€ PC on your own, a bit less so you could buy optional stuff as well)
-Mainboard (70-130€)
-RAM (35-50)
-CPU (150-200€)
-Graphics card (~200€)

Optional:
-Soundcard (recommended when you got decent speakers)
-Another HDD
-CPU cooler (you can either use the default AMD/Intel one, that's why this is optional)
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Nothing looks to be salvageable from your old PC.

So, what is your budget?
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Penguin wrote:Nothing looks to be salvageable from your old PC.
I would not say that, SATA HDD + case and DVD drive can definitely still be used into a new PC, would save about 100-150€ that could be spend into the CPU or graphics card instead, and that's a lot. Depending on the power supply he can save another 40-80€ by keeping it.
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PSU definitely won't be any good, case will be terrible as well (it's clearly a pre-built). DVD drive / HDD may be IDE - incompatible with Sandybridge setups.
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