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Do you have a total combined budget for everything?

If I was you and the budget really cant stretch out much I think I would get the Mobo, CPU & RAM I listed then settle on a budget Graphics card until I can afford a better one.

Reason being Once you have the CPU, mobo and RAM thats the "bones" of your system. If you can push to that Phenom II set I listed you have a base of the rig that will last a while. The GPU while important is in the long run the 1 thing you can probably settle on as its cheaper and easier to upgrade that later than it is to do the entire CPU/RAM/Mobo again.

GPU wise watch out on auctions like these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-280-GTX-1024-MB-Graphics-Card-/160783610819?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item256f7333c3
GTX 280

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nVidia-GeForce-9800GT-1Gb-Graphics-Card-/270958754141?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3f1666795d
9800GT 1GB

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zotac-GeForce-GTS-450-AMP-Graphics-Card-/251043602809?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3a735d6179
GTS 450

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSI-GeForce-GTX-550-Ti-1024-MB-Graphics-Card-GREAT-CONDITION-/280868666244?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item416513bb84
550ti

None of those will set the world on fire but should push medium settings with some high
 
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The best of those is socket FM1 and still not great. The £20 you would save on the Phenom 2 you would then spend on an FM1 mobo

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index [...] t_id=68819
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The money you save on these athlons instead of phenoms will bite you hard on the ass when you find it has no L3 cache so is slower clock for clock and the multiplier is locked so you cant overclock it properly to extend life/boost performance.

The one i linked is cheapest i can find including Ebay and paired with the cheapest AM3 motherboard I can find.

hey guys i searched every where and asked a lot of people and they say that i can play on the motherboard i selected and that it will run on medium because i got 4GB ram, is this true because i cant go higher that £115
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Whoever told you that is really full of cr@p mate. RAM has nothing to do with the framerates and quality.... I have 16GB RAM I still cant play ultra.

If £115 is top budget for the mobo bundle surely you can find £20.88 for the phenom 2 setup or even an extra tenner if you plan to settle for the athlon. I would err hard at getting second hand CPU's and mobo's from flEaBay you dont know how abused they are. You may end up with a CPU that has belonged to some nugget that used no thermal paste and tried to OC by overvolting and is the thing is hanging on to its last thread of life.

 
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Ok £113.84

BUT this seems a tinpot website designed by a small child and I have never heard of this company

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_303_328_190&product_id=32466
4GB Pikey RAM

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_303_334_336_244&product_id=32062
Phenom II X4 955BE

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_137_329_342_208&product_id=31154
AM3+ Nvidia Geforce 7025

The board is actually this its an AM3 board NOT AM3+ with FX support as the sales site lies.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3726#sp

That would be a reasonable basis within your budget
 
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yer the budget for everything is £125 it can be second hand but lets say that i bought all the things that you told me to buy will i be able to run battlefield 3 on high or ultra high?

and if i buy the original one that i post first will i be able to play black ops?

thank you for all your help
 
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you know this motherboard you gave me,

http://www.cclonline.com/product/60874/GA-M68MT-S2P/Motherboards/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GeForce-Motherboard/MBD0170/?siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-T3ZvIuv3QM86a0d5V7nKtA

i got a DDR 1 2GB ram at home so can i use the one i got and not buy RAM again?
 
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no you will need ddr3. sell the ddr1 on ebay

£125 total budget you simply arent going to game at any thing close to playable quality. If you got the £113.84 i linked above you would still need another £50 minimum for a graphics card (to play at low) or another £80 (to play mid/high) maybe less if you get the GPU 2nd hand
 
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hey can you find me the same processor and the motherboard but cheaper, if you dont want to just say no i dont mind.



 
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The cheapest quad core would be the athlon you found on that same site but to save a very small amount you will take a big performance hit and find yourself wanting an upgrade alot sooner. Motherboard wise there is nothing cheaper.

Your budget is simply too low. The only advice I can really offer further is get the Phenom II, RAM and motherboard then simply wait and save for the graphics card. £50 wont take that long to save up.
 
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thanx dude ill ask my dad if its ok, im only 14 and i dont get pocket money so yer, ill talk to you later
 
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hey dude if i buy the AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHZ will i be able to play bf3 on medium /High?
 
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is there anywhere else that i can buy the phenom 2 for cheap like £60, maybe somewhere on sale or something, is there a phenome 2 used that i can buy for cheap.
 
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hey sorry will this one work (if any of these work which one is better)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PHENOM-II-B93-X4-PROCESSOR-SOCKET-AM3-QUAD-CORE-CPU-/380430291742?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item589369931e#ht_3328wt_905

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADX450WFGMBOX-AMD-Athlon-II-X3-450-3-2-GHz-process-/140739246637?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item20c4b67a2d#ht_2123wt_1139

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-AMD-Athlon-II-X3-455-3-30-GHz-Processor-Socket-AM3-PGA-938-Tri-core-/200739743178?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item2ebd0565ca#ht_3109wt_905
 
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hey sorry i am buying the ones from byhunt.co.uk and you said that the website lied, which one lied and is it ok to buy from the bellow link?

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_137_329_342_208&product_id=31154
 
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will i be able to run battlefield on medium settings on these ones

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PHENOM-II-B93-X4-PROCESSOR-SOCKET-AM3-QUAD-CORE-CPU-/380430291742?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item589369931e#ht_3328wt_905

http://www.byhunt.co.uk/tech/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_303_328_190&product_id=32466

http://www.cclonline.com/product/60874/GA-M68MT-S2P/Motherboards/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GeForce-Motherboard/MBD0170/?siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-T3ZvIuv3QM86a0d5V7nKtA

thanx
 
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Yes with a decent GPU.

Also you need a heatsink and fan for that CPU

http://www.cclonline.com/product/26513/AC-ALP-64PWM/CPU-Coolers/Arctic-Cooling-Alpine-64-PWM-CPU-Cooler/CLR4135/

Thats a cheap one
 
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hey sorry false alarm i wont be able to buy the cpu
can you tell me a good Cpu from this list that is under £60

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/AMD-CPUs-/3672/i.html?Socket%2520Type=Socket%2520AM3&LH_BIN=1&_dmpt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&_fln=1&_sc=1&_sop=15&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m1539&AMD%2520Model=Athlon%2520II%7CPhenom%2520II%7CPhenom%2520X4

and the one before is ending soon,
 
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There really isnt one. If you cant pull to the Phenom II i suggest you just get the fastest clock speed am3 athlon you can find with as many cores as you can but know BF3 large multiplayer maps will grind it to a slow mess.

Your budget simply isn't going to allow medium or high on multiplayer with good framerates.
 
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hey can you find me a motherboard & Cpu bundle on ebay or somewhere that can play BF3

and will this play BF3


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motherboard-and-CPU-Bundle-Kit-ASRock-960GM-GS3-AMD-X2-Dual-Core-3-0Ghz-AM3-/140738704793?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D110861650300%26ps%3D54#ht_2807wt_952

and are you sure that i cant play BF3 on the Pc that i posted first about, and play BF3 multiplayer on low or something?
 
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