LifeOnMars - The eBay Project £300 AMD Build in 3 Months

[El_Mayo]

good to hear man

[Chryonn]

Congrats on the job and the rig, friend. i think for £450 that's one hell of a PC. a couple of years ago i'd have spent close to £1500 for something comparable. you've done well there.

[3volvedcombat]

That PC you are getting, will max all games at 1920x1080, i run a GTX 260 on crysis and get 25fps which is dead smooth on my rig, so i hope the best for ya.

Im acctualy shocked at the price you got that rig for thats pretty amazing. :P 644 Us dollars, for 160 dollar processor, 130 dollar case, 170 dollar video card, which alone adds to 400+ bucks and that dosnt even add to how much ddr2 ram cost which would be 100 bucks for 4gb now LOL!. You got in euro to which is ussauly overpriced, GOOD JOB!!!!

[(FIH) The Don]

Originally Posted by LifeOnMars

Hi guys I have fantastic news I now own a gaming PC (well, end of January) I recieved Xmas money from my family early as I'm not seeing them this year and have obviously been looking on eBay so decided to have a look at any gaming rigs going in my area. I found one that I felt had solid components and tried my arm at bidding (all the while asking him loads of questions lol). I won it for £450 and here's what it's got inside it -

Q6600 GO 2.4Ghz quad-core processor which he runs @3.6 but says it has more in it
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard
Inno3D GTX 260(216) OC 896 MB Nvidia graphics card
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Titanium DDR2 (PC2-6400) 800MHz memory
500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA2 Hard Drive
Creative Extreme Gamer X-fi soundcard
Scythe Ninja Plus CPU Cooler
Antec P182 black metal case
Corsair HX620W 620W Modular Power Supply
Samsung DVD-RW
Multi-card reader
5xAkasa 120mm fans (very quiet)
9 USB + 1 Firewire port

Now don't get me wrong I know it's somewhat dated by TPU standards but you have to understand that I have a massive backlot of games that I want to get through dating back from basically 2002 to now so I'm thinking 1920x1200 gaming for all the older titles and then dropping that somewhat for more modern titles. I think for £450 I'm going to get more than my money's worth And the components give a solid base for a swapout of the motherboard and processor when I want to upgrade at which point I'll go for a full on DX 11 setup. He's agreed I can pay £300 this month and the remaining £150 next month at which point I should be able to also purchase a 1920x1200 monitor and a keyboard to complete it

I also have a job and it starts beginning of January so I can't keep the smile off my face.

Just want to say thankyou so much to people for their kind words and generosity. You are all stars and I'll be sure to let you know how it performs when I get it.

Cheers

Big shout out to Dr.Pepper who had offered me his spare Antec P180 case for £30. Top Man

gratz with the new machine, and when you've worked for some months you can do the p55/x58 depending on your economy, it isnt that expensive.

[LifeOnMars]

Originally Posted by Chryonn

Congrats on the job and the rig, friend. i think for £450 that's one hell of a PC. a couple of years ago i'd have spent close to £1500 for something comparable. you've done well there.

Cheers and thankyou for your kind words earlier. I'm pretty stoked really and I'm very sure I'll get the most out of it

Originally Posted by 3volvedcombat

That PC you are getting, will max all games at 1920x1080, i run a GTX 260 on crysis and get 25fps which is dead smooth on my rig, so i hope the best for ya.

Im acctualy shocked at the price you got that rig for thats pretty amazing. :P 644 Us dollars, for 160 dollar processor, 130 dollar case, 170 dollar video card, which alone adds to 400+ bucks and that dosnt even add to how much ddr2 ram cost which would be 100 bucks for 4gb now LOL!. You got in euro to which is ussauly overpriced, GOOD JOB!!!!

That's nice to hear as currently its alot of money for me but like I said I have a huge catalogue of games that I want to work through and enjoy

Originally Posted by (FIH) The Don

gratz with the new machine, and when you've worked for some months you can do the p55/x58 depending on your economy, it isnt that expensive.

Thats my thinking. Cheers......roll on January, as thats when my Xmas is

[Sensi Karate]

Originally Posted by LifeOnMars

Hi guys I have fantastic news I now own a gaming PC (well, end of January) I recieved Xmas money from my family early as I'm not seeing them this year and have obviously been looking on eBay so decided to have a look at any gaming rigs going in my area. I found one that I felt had solid components and tried my arm at bidding (all the while asking him loads of questions lol). I won it for £450 and here's what it's got inside it -

Q6600 GO 2.4Ghz quad-core processor which he runs @3.6 but says it has more in it
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard
Inno3D GTX 260(216) OC 896 MB Nvidia graphics card
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Titanium DDR2 (PC2-6400) 800MHz memory
500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA2 Hard Drive
Creative Extreme Gamer X-fi soundcard
Scythe Ninja Plus CPU Cooler
Antec P182 black metal case
Corsair HX620W 620W Modular Power Supply
Samsung DVD-RW
Multi-card reader
5xAkasa 120mm fans (very quiet)
9 USB + 1 Firewire port

Now don't get me wrong I know it's somewhat dated by TPU standards but you have to understand that I have a massive backlot of games that I want to get through dating back from basically 2002 to now so I'm thinking 1920x1200 gaming for all the older titles and then dropping that somewhat for more modern titles. I think for £450 I'm going to get more than my money's worth And the components give a solid base for a swapout of the motherboard and processor when I want to upgrade at which point I'll go for a full on DX 11 setup. He's agreed I can pay £300 this month and the remaining £150 next month at which point I should be able to also purchase a 1920x1200 monitor and a keyboard to complete it

I also have a job and it starts beginning of January so I can't keep the smile off my face.

Just want to say thankyou so much to people for their kind words and generosity. You are all stars and I'll be sure to let you know how it performs when I get it.

Cheers

Big shout out to Dr.Pepper who had offered me his spare Antec P180 case for £30. Top Man

I'm really happy that you achieved your goal of a gaming rig! You got a pretty good deal out of your money spent and I hope you have a great timing playing some classic and new titles down the line! I'm seriously similing atm because I'm so happy for you achievement, a rare thing on a internet forum. Hopefully this and your new job interview are your first steps into a new, better life for you and your girlfriend!

Congratz!

[MK4512]

Good luck! Hope things turn up for you! If I see anything, I'll let you know.

EDIT: Read through, big Congratulations!

[LifeOnMars]

Cheers guys, will be nice to actually play the games rather than watching videos on youtube and drooling Another plus is I'll get to play some online games with my older bro who lives in the US, he's got a kick ass rig by the way. It's his fault I got into PC gaming.

[LifeOnMars]

UPDATE- The deal fell through....he needed funds quicker due to financial reasons which I understand totally. He refunded the initial £300 without a problem so it's fine. Since then I've been looking at components on here, ebay and other rigs. I'm now pleased to say I have another rig that I bid on and won for £450 again which I am recieving next Saturday...this time its been paid for in full and its slightly better Heres the specs -

Q6600 B stepping Revision G0 (the best for overclocking) at stock 2.4Ghz (oc's to 3.4/3.5)
Asus P5N-T Deluxe
4 GB Corair DDR2
BFG GTX 275 OC 896mb DDR3
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with 120mm fan
Antec 900 case
Everest 800w PSU
320 gb Sata hdd Western Digital
500 gb ide hdd - Will probably sell/trade this and get a samsung F3 1tb
Sony dvd rw
Card Reader

I'm thinking I will probably get a newer case and power supply at some point but should do everything I want it to do until its swapped out for a more modern setup What are everest power supplies like?

EDIT - Also has Vista Ultimate 32 & 64 bit retail with it. Can you upgrade this to windows 7 for a cheaper price?

[Fourstaff]

Still an awesome system, it beats everything I have owned before. You can upgrade to a win7 cheap if I am not wrong

[Sensi Karate]

Originally Posted by LifeOnMars

UPDATE- The deal fell through....he needed funds quicker due to financial reasons which I understand totally. He refunded the initial £300 without a problem so it's fine. Since then I've been looking at components on here, ebay and other rigs. I'm now pleased to say I have another rig that I bid on and won for £450 again which I am recieving next Saturday...this time its been paid for in full and its slightly better Heres the specs -

Q6600 B stepping Revision G0 (the best for overclocking) at stock 2.4Ghz (oc's to 3.4/3.5)
Asus P5N-T Deluxe
4 GB Corair DDR2
BFG GTX 275 OC 896mb DDR3
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme with 120mm fan
Antec 900 case
Everest 800w PSU
320 gb Sata hdd Western Digital
500 gb ide hdd - Will probably sell/trade this and get a samsung F3 1tb
Sony dvd rw
Card Reader

I'm thinking I will probably get a newer case and power supply at some point but should do everything I want it to do until its swapped out for a more modern setup What are everest power supplies like?

EDIT - Also has Vista Ultimate 32 & 64 bit retail with it. Can you upgrade this to windows 7 for a cheaper price?

At least your getting a better rig in the end! That computer is actually better in some points then my own. I feel jealous now. Also heres a chart that shows your options upgrading from Vista to Windows 7. You can buy the cheaper upgrade pack.



Best of luck mate.

[LifeOnMars]

Cheers Sensi Do you think I should trade/sell the GTX 275 whilst it still has some value and get a DX11 card ?

[Reefer86]

personally i would say no DX11 is still along way away from mainstream yet.