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I'm currently running a AMD 64 s939 system with a agp 6600gt. I bought the parts from OcUK in 2004 and it's done me well - currently running Win 7 without a problem.

Alas, it's time to build a new system. I've been looking around trying to get a good idea of the best system, but I'm stumped. There seems to be a lot of talk of new socket types next year, so I'm not sure what to go for.

I'm looking just to buy the cpu, motherboard, ram and gfx card - I have the rest. I'll be using it mainly for gaming - I've been dying to try Crysis for years!

I know you're probably sick of speccing people, but I'd really appreciate the help. I'm on a tight budget of as close to £350 as possible.

thanks for your help
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 iCooler IV 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Sub Total : £286.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £51.85
Total : £348.13
 
Cheers, that looks great.

Would there be a big difference if a swapped the 4850 for a 5770? (Providing I can steal £50 from somewhere)
 
Stulid's spec looks perfect...You could have course go for a Athlon dual core if its just gaming and also a cheaper motherboard if you want to save more and get a better gfx card.
 
thats a great build for the price

a 5770 performs about the same but uses a considerable amount less power

but not really worth it for the price
 
stulid's spec is perfect really, could bump up to a 5770 if you have the funds, I'm pretty sure it's about equal to the 4870.
 
The 5770 sits between the 4870 and a 4890, has dx11, uses less power and runs cooler. Furthermore a 5770 crossfire is quite impressive so there's a good upgrade path for the future.


Well worth the extra I think.



- Ordokai
 
I've had a think and made a couple of changes:

VTX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£124.98
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK)
£88.99
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail
£83.99
Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
£51.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS)
£38.99
Akasa PCI Express 6-Pin to 4-Pin Power Adaptor for PCI-E Graphics Cards
£3.51

Sub Total : £334.01
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £60.11
Total : £403.62

Couple of questions:

Is this a good setup for gaming?

I had another check of my power supply and it's actually the 460watt version of this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-AK&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
Will this be adequate?

thanks
 
Will be fine for games which don't particularly need more than 2 cores.

That PSU should be okay, Akasa aren't too bad. :)
 
That's a great upgrade for that buget :) Although do you really need that power adaptor? The card usually comes with one.
 
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Ordokai said:
The 5770 sits between the 4870 and a 4890
Click to expand...

No it doesn't, 5770 barely matches 4870 performance. Nonetheless, it is a good graphics card.

To the OP: your build looks fine although it doesn't support Crossfire (stulid's build doesn't symmetrical Crossfire as well) and you're getting a dual core CPU which will sooner or later appear to be a weak link.

What resolution are you going to game at?
 
I'm going to be gaming at 1920 by 1080.

I take it, it would be worthwhile saving for a quadcore then?

I wont bother with the connector - thanks Orcvader

I'll swap the hd to a spinpoint
 
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