New PC build......... first time PC built........ On budget!

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I'm on a budget of £180 to build a gaming machine!

CPU AMD Sempron 2300+ £39
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=153564

RAM 256 Mb Corsair 333 £18
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=27149

Case OcUK Value Case £22
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/OcUK_Value.html

Motherboard Asus A7V880 £40
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=121479

G/FX Card ATI 9550 £45


Mouse MS Intellimouse 3.0 £10
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=6347

Keyboard Microsoft Multimedia keyboard £10
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Keyboards_2.html

MouseMat SpeedPad Clear £10
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/mousemats.html

I don't need a hard disk and CD/DVD ROM drive ...

I just need to know it'll all work?

Umm and see where the numbers are with the queston mark infront they should be pound signs (GBP)
 
You defiantly need 512 meg of ram, and try to get a sempron 2800+ at the minimum, it's only a few more dollars.

If your not a gamer, you can stinge even more on that graphics card
 
well... this computer is just not going to be able to cut it, you should save up a bit more money if you want to play games like those. HL2 would be ok, but doom3 is not even worth trying with a setup like that, my computer, which is similar to what you are getting can run HL2 ok, but doom3 on lowest everything 640*480 resolution, i get about 30-40FPS... kinda sad, i guess thats why i dont play doom3 :D

EDIT: HL2's performance depends a fair bit on how fast your computer can load textures, you dont need anything special for a graphics card to be able to run the game on medium settings.

Doom 3's performance is far more GPU based, so you really need a good graphics card to be able to play it with good FPS.
 
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