Yes another Spec me, please budget £650 - £700

[bidders]

Hi would appear that its a jungle of computer parts these days . Could anyone give me guidence so i dont waste money.
Please.
I have a budget of £650-£700, no operating system required as i have W7 Retail. Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

[SeraphX]

what would you use the machine for? gaming? work?
have you got a monitor? mouse, keyboard?

 

[bidders]

Mainly gaming, would be playing bad company 2, FPS games mainly. have a 21" tft already but on verge of ordering a 24". All other peripherals are not required.

Thanks

 

[SeraphX]

just a smidge over

 

[stulid]

just a smidge over

very good, two little things to help,

psu- www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

harddrive- www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

 

[barney magru]

How about this? A powerful, fast quad, with gobs of cache, has a 1tb hd, great graphics, cracking cooler (which should allow you to overclock to 3.8) and will last as long as an i5 setup but costs considerably less

b

 

[SeraphX]

snip

How about this? A powerful, fast quad, with gobs of cache, has a 1tb hd, great graphics, cracking cooler (which should allow you to overclock to 3.8) and will last as long as an i5 setup but costs considerably less

b

you forgot ram lol

 

[stulid]

How about this? Will last as long as an i5 setup, is a powerful, fast quad, with gobs of cache, has a 1tb hd, great graphics, cracking cooler (which should allow you to overclock to 3.8)

b

where is the ram?

the i5 is faster, quad core, will last equally aslong, and has gob loads of cache too.

 

[barney magru]

The ram was included in correct image I added before you guys replied

 

[stulid]

rather have Seraph i5 build, with a slight psu alteration.

its got a sli motherboard, so two of those cheap ocuk GTX460 in sli will dominate most things.

 

[barney magru]

rather have Seraph i5 build, with a slight psu alteration.

its got a sli motherboard, so two of those cheap ocuk GTX460 in sli will dominate most things.

Will the psu you suggested support two 460s in sli then?

 

[Cythx]

ignore

 

[stulid]

Will the psu you suggested support two 460s in sli then?

yep. will only need one molex to pcie adaptor, as I believe that psu has three connectors.

i5 750 vs 955

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/109?vs=88

so the i5 760 will be faster still.

 

[SeraphX]

anandtech say the i5 750 beats a 955 amd X4
so the 760? well it's not gonna lose at a higher clock is it
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=109

 

[barney magru]

Don't recall suggesting the 955 was faster, simply that it performs really well and costs a lot less than the i5 across the system.

Surely suggesting a cheaper alternative isn't a bad idea?

 

[SeraphX]

Don't recall suggesting the 955 was faster, simply that it performs really well and costs a lot less than the i5 across the system.

Surely suggesting a cheaper alternative isn't a bad idea?

but the OP stated that his budget was 650 - 700? if thats his budget then surely thats how much bang he wants for his buck, and intel will do at at this price range, knock 150 off and the amd would win

 

[stulid]

sli GTX460 1GB vs GTX460 1GB

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/181?vs=180

so the comparison is still valid when comparing 768mb models.

imagine picking up a secondhand GTX460 for peanuts in a years time and getting a big boost.

 

[barney magru]

Well fairs fair, if we're sticking to the op's budget then your initial one is over by 31

 

[SeraphX]

Well fairs fair, if we're sticking to the op's budget then your initial one is over by 31

shush stulid suggested a cheaper and better psu for the job lol am new to this game leave me alone lmao

 

[barney magru]

Hey man, can't take it don't dish it out hehe