Hey there, just a progress update from me on my quest to build a custom PC. My mother has now said that I can order and build this PC after my final exam which is next friday, so I can't wait!
Next, I want to share my final build with you and I need YOUR help on choosing a graphics card for my build. I'm not a hardcore gamer, if I'm honest, I would like to be able to play games like the Call of Duty series of games and that's about it. I would also like to be able to watch HD movies on my PC, so it needs a HD connector for my HD monitor / TV.
Scroll down for the 4 graphics cards I have found. They all look similar but there are probably small differences between them, which could make one better than another. Also, my budget for this build is £501, but I can go slightly over if I have to (£20 max tbh).
Here is my build as of 09/06/09 ~
Case ## £20.00 ## - Piano black tower case.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150289
Processor ## £200.00 ## - AMD Phenom II X4 3.2Ghz black edition
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047
Motherboard ## £52.00 ## - ASUS HDMI GeForce 8300 AM2+
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145753
DVD-RW ## £16.00 ## - LG 22X SATA DVD±RW/DL/RAM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999
PSU (600W) ## £45.00 ## - Arctic Power 700W PSU
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124927
Hard drive (500GB) ## £40.00 ## - Samsung HD502HI 500GB GREENDRIVE
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164274
GPU (Graphics Card) ## £40.00 ##SOLD OUT!
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161559
Memory (RAM) ## £40.00 ## - OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066MHz Gold Memory
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149202
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### Total of eBuyer: £416.00 (INC P+P) ##############
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Processor cooler ## £24.00 ## - OCZ Vendetta II
http://www.amazon.co.uk/K%C3%****ler-...3177153&sr=8-1
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Case fan (220mm) ## £9.00 ## - Akasa, el cheapo
http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/A...-Fan_6320.html
Case fan (120mm) ## £7.00 ## - Akasa, el cheapo
http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/A...-Fan_1786.html
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## Total of Overclock £18.00 (INC P+P) ##############
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So overall the current total is £458 out of £501, meaning we have potentially £43 to spend on a GPU. So comment and critisize, flame me for having three threads and suggest me a graphics card, here is the two I found:
- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/153214 -
Sapphire HD 4650 512MB with 1GB HyperMemory GDDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161314 -
Sapphire HD4350 1GB DDR2 DUAL DVI HDTV PCI-E Graphics Card
Any other HDMI suggestions are welcome, now get searching people =)