Hardware knowledge anyone?

by J • 11 Nov 2008, 18:13 • Journals
Dear crossfire

My computer called its day few days back and I am in need of your help now. I need to get the best possible outcome with this budget of 250€. I myself know nothing about computers so I asked my friends for an advice. I will go to military in January so I don't need to buy the latest stuff since it is expensive and will most likely be "last season" when I come back from service. I'll recycle my old harddrive seagate 320gb, dvd burner and power nexus nx-4090 (400w).

So without a further ado, judge yourself and give feedback and suggestions for better alternatives, please:

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2GB 800MHZ DDR2 NON-ECC CL6 DIMM

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MSI AM2 NF520 DDR-2 SATA-2 GBLAN 8-CH

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PALIT HD 4650 PCIE 512MB DDR2 DVI-I HDMI

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AMD ATHLON 64 X2 5200+ AM2 (65W) BOX

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COMPUCASE MICRO ATX, MINITOWER, BLA/SIL

This costs: € 235,65 (shipping inc.) from www.multitronic.fi
Yours? (FinlandFins can give some feedback about that netstore if will)

Thanks in advance

ps. Will play oblivion and fallout3 with it, so the system should be good enough to handle them, don't need and want to play it with all the fancy stuff turned on
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J 11 Nov 2008, 18:15
Would like to add that do I need more cooling for it? There is 0 fans in the case.
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S2xtuS 11 Nov 2008, 18:15
take core 2 duo e8400 ^^

and if the vid card is as good or better than 8800GT u can play oblivion + fallout 3 @ ultra high
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vokki 11 Nov 2008, 18:19
that graphic cost 63,60e so its most likely much slower that 8800GT
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S2xtuS 11 Nov 2008, 18:20
didnt look @ the price tbh but 8800GT is like 120 now right?
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J 11 Nov 2008, 18:25
http://www.multitronic.fi/showprod.php?prod_id=CGNX-G882DDF-1&stock=own&b=1
Recommend?
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vokki 11 Nov 2008, 18:27
ye, clearly better than HD4650 which is on the same level as 8600GTS or something
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ETNiES 11 Nov 2008, 18:26
Wouldn't get and AMD, and id get better ram, 2 mistakes I made :>
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anzz 11 Nov 2008, 18:43
buy minilaptop
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dunno 11 Nov 2008, 18:49
AMD is good for low-budget, so you are on a right way.
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akshukovitzky 11 Nov 2008, 18:56
i'd take e8400/8500 instead of AMD
e: +asus mobo
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Celeron 11 Nov 2008, 19:37
e8400/8500 is a little out of his budget from what I see him buying.

I would go with a E5200 and a P43 mobo if possible. Switch out the 4650 for a 4670 if you want to stay in a similar price range. Get a little better memory... Kingston Value is decent... but here in the US you can get Kingston Value for $30 or some awesome RAM for $40. I would try and get a Antec 300... It shouldn't be too much more. It's basically a Antec 900 just a little smaller.
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J 13 Nov 2008, 13:56
INTEL DUAL CORE E5200, ASROCK S775 I945GC, SAPPHIRE HD 4670 and 2gb of Kingstons 800mhz ddr2. 244e
Your post made me to think of switching from amd to intel, thanks for it, if it actually works better! AND, hopefully those parts will co-operate nicely. Oblivion here I come!
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inflix8 11 Nov 2008, 20:15
This i just copy-pased from a Swedish computer site just to give you something.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5Q-E
Corsair XMS2 TwinX PC6400 2x2 GB
Radeon HD 4850
Samsung SpinPoint F1 32MB 1TB
Pioneer DVR-215
Zerotherm Nirvana NV120
Antec Performance P182
Corsair CMPSU-650TXEU 650W

This is around 7300 swedish kronor = 720.76 EUR

You can get a cheaper chassis and a smaller harddrive but its a good starting point for a system and it has lots of expansion possibilities.
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