low budget upgrade (€200)

Tea_Bag

Right so got a PC here that I can throw €200 at.

friend isnt a big gamer, literally only plays DotA.

caveat is that I definitely need a new case, and ram.

any recommendations?

current specs are:

Athlon II x4 640 3.0ghz
Nvidia GTS 250
Asrock 770 chipset something or other.
Samsung F3 1Tb
SuperFlower Amazon 550W PSU


any suggestions?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i can give you an xfx black edition 5850 for 50 quid if you want

Procrastastudy

Just keep the current setup and stick it in a new case with some more ram and a GFX card?

Tea_Bag

would I be better upgrading the GPU or CPU for Dota2?

also, what would a second hand gts 250 sell for?

Tea_Bag

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i can give you an xfx black edition 5850 for 50 quid if you want

depending on budget, maybe we can work something out

Skylinehead

Item|Price
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.61
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.71
Sapphire HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€119.32
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€206.63

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Tea_Bag wrote: »

depending on budget, maybe we can work something out

i was gona throw it up on adverts for 100~ next week when I get my new gfx, but without you i'd never have heard of the korean ips screens so I'd be willing to cut you a deal and save myself the hassle of puttingitup on adverts and checking every day to see if some bastard bought it

send me a pm if you want it anyway.. 50+p&p btw dunno what a gfx costs to post, but id imagine its not a little.

Eboggles

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i was gona throw it up on adverts for 100~ next week when I get my new gfx, but without you i'd never have heard of the korean ips screens so I'd be willing to cut you a deal and save myself the hassle of puttingitup on adverts and checking every day to see if some bastard bought it

send me a pm if you want it anyway.. 50+p&p btw dunno what a gfx costs to post, but id imagine its not a little.

It's about 15-20 euro I think. I'd say a large padded envelope? As in a really large one with extra padding. And bubblewrap!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i think I have he largest envelope my post office has and the box doesnt fit in

15-20 euro though, yeesh

Tea_Bag

I dont really need the box or CD/manual, if it makes it any easier.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i guess I could wrap it in loads of newspaper to keep it safe in the envelope

ill see next week anyway

Tea_Bag

do yea. as long as it doesnt bend. I dunno really. let me know either way.

smileyj1987

This could be a very good upgrade for your friend .

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/4029338/art/amd/phenom-ii-x4-965-3-4-ghz.html

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/11391849/art/amd/radeon-hd-6870-oem-1-gb-g.html

This will work out at about 260 with shipping .

You could sell on the gpu and cpu to fund the upgrade , I would say you could get somewhere in the region of 80 to 90 for them or maybe a little bit more .

Brian

I believe Dota 2 uses the Source engine, so CPU Is the main drag there.

thenightrider

Would cost 12 euro to send with city post i send laptops and other things all the time with them never costs more then 12 and they pick what ever you are sending so you don't even have to leave the house

Tea_Bag

smileyj1987 wrote: »

This could be a very good upgrade for your friend .

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/4029338/art/amd/phenom-ii-x4-965-3-4-ghz.html

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/11391849/art/amd/radeon-hd-6870-oem-1-gb-g.html

This will work out at about 260 with shipping .

You could sell on the gpu and cpu to fund the upgrade , I would say you could get somewhere in the region of 80 to 90 for them or maybe a little bit more .

thanks for the suggestion. I absolutely have to get a half decent case with it though.

Tea_Bag

Brian wrote: »

I believe Dota 2 uses the Source engine, so CPU Is the main drag there.

its been a while since i ran source games (the shame)

how does an athlon II x4 640 handle it? id say easily really.

hellboy99

Tea_Bag wrote: »

I definitely need a new case

I've a case on adverts if your interested:

http://www.adverts.ie/towers/xigmatek-midgard-mid-tower-atx-case/1801713

Monotype

A sempron with integrated 4250 handles portal 2; you don't need to upgrade the CPU.
That's DOTA 2 that runs on the source engine (minimum req Pentium 4 3 GHz, rec Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz) while DOTA runs on the ancient Warcraft 3 engine (rec 600MHz CPU!).

Either way, the CPU is more than enough.

Tea_Bag

Monotype wrote: »

A sempron with integrated 4250 handles portal 2; you don't need to upgrade the CPU.
That's DOTA 2 that runs on the source engine (minimum req Pentium 4 3 GHz, rec Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz) while DOTA runs on the ancient Warcraft 3 engine (rec 600MHz CPU!).

Either way, the CPU is more than enough.

yea I don't know what I was thinking there. it was 3am

Tea_Bag

hellboy99 wrote: »

I've a case on adverts if your interested:

http://www.adverts.ie/towers/xigmatek-midgard-mid-tower-atx-case/1801713

thanks for the offer, I think I'm sorted for a case.

any one else really love xigmatechs case names though?

asguard, midgard etc

smileyj1987

http://www.maplin.co.uk/jet-turbine-atx-pc-case-48124

I have one of these lying around if you want to take it off my hands , If you do pm me but I would rather you collected . I can take a few photos of it if you needed me too .

Tea_Bag

I'm in Limerick and without a car, so I'd say chances are bleak I'll be able to collect. thanks for the offer though.

I'm going to go through HWVS, just waiting on bloody banks to sort out this mess they're in. you'd think after we bail them out they'd at least work properly. ugh. rant for somewhere else