GUIDE: Build a high-performance PC for £450

[Jess Stingray]

Some people think that it's impossible to build a gaming rig for under £1000. This guide will prove them wrong.

Note: At this present time, Newegg won't work for me, so I can't get US prices... sorry.

Case: Cooler Master RC-330 V2 (£24.55)
Optical Drive: NEC 20x DVD Burner £15.97
PSU: 500W FSP Blue storm II £58.62
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 (OEM) £42.49
RAM:2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 £33.65
HDD: 120 GB Hitachi 0Y30013 Deskstar 7K160 £27.42
GPU:Leadtek 8800GT 256MB £125.13
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA P31-DS3L £48.05
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM £60.03
HSF:Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro £15.26

TOTAL: £451.17


If you don't know how to build a computer, I'd recommend reading zekrahminator's guide while I type one up (it'll be a couple of hours till I have mine up, specialised for this system, so sorry).

Also to come with it:
Overclock the CPU to 3GHz+
Tweaking Crysis: Forget Maximum Armour, Maximum Performance
Optimising Windows

 

[cdawall]

i like my build a PC for $200 better