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Hi Guys,
I've got a friend who needs to build/buy a new system for around the £600 mark. He can go to like £630 or w/e so don't worry for getting it BANG on budget.
I specced him an AMD rig and an i5 rig.
Both of these used the GTX 460 768mb gfx card for around £120, OCZ Stealth2 600w, Sammy F3 1TB HDD, Antec 300 Case, 4GB PC12800 Dual Channel RAM and a CPU Cooler (Titan Fenrir or Artic Freezer v2) and cheapest optical drive.
I used the AMD 955 and the i5 760.
I've told him that the i5 760 generally will do better for gaming (correct me if I'm wrong)
I'm looking for confirmation on these specs, any problems with them or alternative specs with changing the gfx card maybe or whatever you like. For example should he go for i3 combo but up the gfx card?
He's happy to buy OC bundle or individual parts or even a full system.
Any input really would be helpful
He will be gaming on 22" @ 1920 x 1080
He needs the full tower, no OS, no monitor
Thanks a lot,
Wu
EDIT: Recommendations on mobos that go with those CPUs within budget would REALLY be helpful. Can't remember exactly which ones I chose but at this budget there's only a choice of like 1 or 2 anyway...
I've got a friend who needs to build/buy a new system for around the £600 mark. He can go to like £630 or w/e so don't worry for getting it BANG on budget.
I specced him an AMD rig and an i5 rig.
Both of these used the GTX 460 768mb gfx card for around £120, OCZ Stealth2 600w, Sammy F3 1TB HDD, Antec 300 Case, 4GB PC12800 Dual Channel RAM and a CPU Cooler (Titan Fenrir or Artic Freezer v2) and cheapest optical drive.
I used the AMD 955 and the i5 760.
I've told him that the i5 760 generally will do better for gaming (correct me if I'm wrong)
I'm looking for confirmation on these specs, any problems with them or alternative specs with changing the gfx card maybe or whatever you like. For example should he go for i3 combo but up the gfx card?
He's happy to buy OC bundle or individual parts or even a full system.
Any input really would be helpful
He will be gaming on 22" @ 1920 x 1080
He needs the full tower, no OS, no monitor
Thanks a lot,
Wu
EDIT: Recommendations on mobos that go with those CPUs within budget would REALLY be helpful. Can't remember exactly which ones I chose but at this budget there's only a choice of like 1 or 2 anyway...
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