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Hi, i am going to be purchasing this budget build and i want to know if its worthy only game it will play is counter strike source pretty much. okayy

CPU:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-A...MHz-65W-Retail

MOBO:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...-Micro-ATX-VGA

RAM:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-C...d-CAS-9-9-9-24

oh and a bfg 9800gt


OLD BUILD:
Mobo: AsRock Socket 939 DDR400
Cpu: Athlon 64 2.4ghz 4000+ (single core)
Ram: 3gb DDR Ram 400mhz i think, maybe 200mhz
bfg 9800gt

my old build ran cs:s just fine

i need to know if this is good for cs:s and how much better is it than my old build?
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Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-UD2H		 Memory
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That is much better than your old build it can definitely handle cs:s
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okay as a css player yourself, how much fps you think i'd get on de_dust2??
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System: Build To Be..
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Amd Athlon II x2 250		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-UD2H		 Memory
Corsair 1066 2Gb 		Graphics Card
BFG 9800GT 512Mb
Hard Drive
120+160 IDE :(		 Sound Card
Onboard 7.1		 Power Supply
500W OCZ StealthXstream		 Case
CM Centurion 590
CPU cooling
CM Hyper N520		 GPU cooling
Stock @ 70-80%		 OS
Windows XP All The Way
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Hi, i am going to be purchasing this budget build and i want to know if its worthy only game it will play is counter strike source pretty much. okayy

CPU:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-A...MHz-65W-Retail

MOBO:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...-Micro-ATX-VGA

RAM:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-C...d-CAS-9-9-9-24

oh and a bfg 9800gt


OLD BUILD:
Mobo: AsRock Socket 939 DDR400
Cpu: Athlon 64 2.4ghz 4000+ (single core)
Ram: 3gb DDR Ram 400mhz i think, maybe 200mhz
bfg 9800gt

my old build ran cs:s just fine

i need to know if this is good for cs:s and how much better is it than my old build?
Your sig rig looks pretty worthy to me. I love the DFI LP DK M3H5.
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the board you chose, only supports DDR2. you selected DDR3.

otherwise it looks good.
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Your sig rig looks pretty worthy to me. I love the DFI LP DK M3H5.
yeah that was the old one i was going to get, didnt have the money i dont need it to be that good.

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the board you chose, only supports DDR2. you selected DDR3.

otherwise it looks good.
thank you for spotting this!! i didnt notice, +rep for you sir!!
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System: Build To Be..
CPU
Amd Athlon II x2 250		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-UD2H		 Memory
Corsair 1066 2Gb 		Graphics Card
BFG 9800GT 512Mb
Hard Drive
120+160 IDE :(		 Sound Card
Onboard 7.1		 Power Supply
500W OCZ StealthXstream		 Case
CM Centurion 590
CPU cooling
CM Hyper N520		 GPU cooling
Stock @ 70-80%		 OS
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thanks.

also, you might consider the GA-MA785GMT-UD2H, apparently it's a fantastic board, and last i checked it was 60 or so...
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Offtopic: Whats with the install disc having 6.9 gigs. Thats more then MW and WaW combined, and triple what MW was.
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That's just the extra custom stuff the PC has like keyboard & mouse support and adjustable graphics settings.

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Intel Atom N280 (1.66ghz)		 Memory
1GB DDR2 533mhz 		Graphics Card
Intel GMA 950
Hard Drive
160GB Hitatchi (5400rpm)		 Power Supply
5800mAh 6-cell battery
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Windows 7 Professional x86		 Monitor
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link to mobo updated.. the Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H is good for £7 more
im gonna sleep on it
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I am 33% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?


System: Build To Be..
CPU
Amd Athlon II x2 250		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-UD2H		 Memory
Corsair 1066 2Gb 		Graphics Card
BFG 9800GT 512Mb
Hard Drive
120+160 IDE :(		 Sound Card
Onboard 7.1		 Power Supply
500W OCZ StealthXstream		 Case
CM Centurion 590
CPU cooling
CM Hyper N520		 GPU cooling
Stock @ 70-80%		 OS
Windows XP All The Way
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