Help me to buy a good price/quality computer

[Ferski]

I have to choose one of those options in each section. I dont´t want

the best options but an overall good balance between price/quality computer, and of course be able to run DCS:BS quite decent.

Could you help me?

 

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All prices (except PSU) are without taxes. Tax = +16% of the total value.

 

1 € = 1.35 $

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1.ATHLON 64x2 4800 2,50GHZ 2x512KB FSB2000 USB2.0 RED-RJ45 177 €

2.AMD ATHLON 64x2 5600 2,80GHZ 2x1MB FSB2000 USB2.0 RED-RJ45 199 €

3.INTEL CORE DUO E2200 2,20 GHZ 2x512KB FSB800 USB2.0 RED-RJ45 195 €

4.INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8200 2,66 GHZ 2x3MB FSB1333 USB2.0 RED-RJ45 280 €

5.INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8400 3,00 GHZ 2x3MB FSB1333 USB2.0 RED-RJ45 289 €

 

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RAM

 

1. 2GB (2048MB) DDRII KINGSTON 29 €

2. 4GB (4096MB) DDRII KINGSTON 59 €

 

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VIDEO CARD

 

1.PCI-E 1024MB FX9500GT TV DVI DUAL 69 €

2.PCI-E 512MB FX9600GT TV DVI DDR3 95 €

3.PCI-E 1024MB FX9600GT TV DVI DDR3 120 €

 

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SO

 

1.WINDOWS XP HOME 73 €

2.WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC 73 €

3.WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM 84 €

 

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PSU

 

1.ATX 450W SA ROHS 20 €

2.ATX 460W SA 12CM 21 €

3.ATX 500W 22,00 €

4.ATX 600W SA 12CM 27,00 €

5.ATX 600W NOX UR. 52 €

6.ATX 520W TACENS RADIX II 57 €

7.XPC SHUTTLE 84 €

Edited January 10, 2009 by Ferski

[okolovos oko]

1.AMD 64x2 5600

2.2 gig ram (later is easy to upgrade to more if need.

3.none of these cards i used ever so dunno.

4.vista premium

5.Psu you should pick carefully with good name behind it. dont go cheap on this one regardless of wattage ( go for brand name even if more expensive with less W)

 

And motherboard???? You don't need one?

[Rastus]

"and of course be able to run DCS:BS quite decent."

 

I currently building a new machine & discovering that for just a little more monitary output you can get a lot more without breaking the bank. Trying to save money on your initial build almost always costs a lot more. Especially when you get your new puter running & find yourself turning everything down to lowest settings, which was probably not the point of spending all that money.

 

1: E8500 is a great processor @ 3.16 Ghz & cheap at the moment. Read other posts & you will soon realize BS is CPU (Ghz) dependant. You can go cheaper & OC if you are confident with that sort of thing. I am not sure about AMD stuff, just get the fastest (Ghz) you can afford in Dual core.

2: min 2 GB 800

3: as far as I am aware the 9600 series are not really meant for gaming, they are a low budget card for low performance applications. Most people here seem to use the 8800 series quite happily and these are at a reasonable price as well.

4: your choice, some have mentioned a FPS improvement with vista using multiple cores.

5: Re-read post by okolovos

 

I am not sure if your prices are from retail shop or internet, but shop around, especially Ebay. It is easier $$ (psychologically harder) to get the parts slowly as you can afford them, & you end up with a higher quality build that WILL run BS & other games "Quite Decent".

 

Spend some time doing the research, It costs nothing & will save you wasting money. You also learn a lot about the all different components & how they go together which is great for getting value for money & a few extra FPS while you are at it.

My friends of the 169th_Panthers have a few good articles here:

http://169thpanthers.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=eb718a122d1e5151c2d8150965322c6c

 

Cheers,

Rastus.

Edited January 11, 2009 by Rastus

[AlphaInfinity]

"and of course be able to run DCS:BS quite decent."

 

I currently building a new machine & discovering that for just a little more monitary output you can get a lot more without breaking the bank. Trying to save money on your initial build almost always costs a lot more. Especially when you get your new puter running & find yourself turning everything down to lowest settings, which was probably not the point of spending all that money.

 

1: E8500 is a great processor @ 3.16 Ghz & cheap at the moment. Read other posts & you will soon realize BS is CPU (Ghz) dependant. You can go cheaper & OC if you are confident with that sort of thing. I am not sure about AMD stuff, just get the fastest (Ghz) you can afford in Dual core.

2: min 2 GB 800

3: as far as I am aware the 9600 series are not really meant for gaming, they are a low budget card for low performance applications. Most people here seem to use the 8800 series quite happily and these are at a reasonable price as well.

4: your choice, some have mentioned a FPS improvement with vista using multiple cores.

5: Re-read post by okolovos

 

I am not sure if your prices are from retail shop or internet, but shop around, especially Ebay. It is easier $$ (psychologically harder) to get the parts slowly as you can afford them, & you end up with a higher quality build that WILL run BS & other games "Quite Decent".

 

Spend some time doing the research, It costs nothing & will save you wasting money. You also learn a lot about the all different components & how they go together which is great for getting value for money & a few extra FPS while you are at it.

My friends of the 169th_Panthers have a few good articles here:

http://169thpanthers.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=eb718a122d1e5151c2d8150965322c6c

 

Cheers,

Rastus.

 

 

I agree, the e8500 is probably the BEST bang for the buck out there right now, especially for this game. If you are on a budget, go with that processor.

[Ferski]

Thank you for the reply, at last i am going to buy this:

GEFORCE 9600GT 512mb DDR3

PSU NOX URANO 600W 12CM SATA Motherboard GIGABYTE G31M FXB1600 DDR2-1066 GIGABIT

CPU INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8500 2X3MB 3,16GHZ

RAM 4GB DDR2 PC800 KINGSTON

WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM

[Napa]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk

 

I highly recommend them. Just bought 4 items from them and they shipped the next day. Very cheap, very trustworthy.