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Dual & Quad Core AMD processors are prone to overheating, similar problem to the first generation of Pentiums, if you go for these ensure you have additions fans and plenty of space around the desktop case to allow ventilation. Also 2.7ghz is quite low these days, my PC is 2.7ghz and it’s about 8 years old.

4GB RAM is very low, I’d say 8GB minimum, more the better

Go BIG on the HDD, 1TB drives are cheap these days and you’ll be surprised how fast you fill it up

Graphics onboard memory, 1GB is fine for most things, but you never know what the next gen of games will need so if more dont cost much get it

If your looking for a gaming machine then cheap is not the way to go from what I understand. High end PC gaming is not cheap. Good luck though; cant help with the specifics been years since I used to build PCs. Have a look on ebuyer for parts they can be good value.

It is possible but your probably better off just waiting for a bit and saving up more, i’d reccomend atleast 400-500.
ebuyer is fucking ace for parts, i’d also reccommend building it yourself though as opposed to buying a prebuilt one; often you will just get mugged off and its not to difficult to build one plus theres so much information / tutorials on the net anyway

@thelog 516752 wrote:

Aye I could spend a wee bit more on it but that would wipe out a big chunk from my overall balance and it’s not all my money. So maybe I will hold off a bit more and wait until I have near 800. Since battlefield is a year old now and it isn’t exactly pushing the limits on things.

If you had £800 to spend you could almost get a top of the range machine!

A thou is probably the most you’d ever want to spend on a gaming rig as anything more and it’s overkill and/or you’re gonna be buying the latest hardware out that drops massively in price with in a few months (making your machine worth about a thou a few months later even if you spent 2 thou on it for example).

As awesome as things like that are..
..Just remember that if you save the money now and invest in a decent PC, you’ll have many hours of fun/gaming ahead of you, and it’ll last you longer, then you can buy more of those guiltfree!