Game Rig, Best bang for £?

World · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:12

Help me get the best game rig as cheap as possible...

Im thinking like X4 965 + HD 6870 or GTX 470?

Help!

geoirv23 · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:14

What games do you plan on playing and whats your screen resolution?

Porcelina · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:16

First off, I do not think that the GTX 470 would be on the list of things to get if you want a 'best game rig as cheap as possible'.

The GPU will very much be decided by both your requirements, as in what games you play, and what resolution and settings you play on.

Furthermore, it is very hard to gauge what you should get if there is no budget to go by. We could take the processor and the GPU as staples and build around that, but that will just be a generic build with solid components using the weekly deals and what is known to be bang for buck hardware in general.

Cookeh · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:19

As mentioned.
GTX470 and HD6870 are names that generally apply to £700 + budgets - thats not a cheap rig by any means.
If you want something that will play all modern games at a high fps then i3, Gigabyte GA-H55-UD2H, 4GB 1600MHz RAM and a GTX460 / HD6850 is the cheapest and best bang for buck.

iBSOD · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:20

Maybe a Phenom II 550 and then unlock the cores?

deadman29 · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:45

I think giving a rough budget would help these chaps come up with some builds.

Liampope · 27 Oct 2010 at 15:47

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World · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:13

Want to get the 24"full hd benq led, so playing on full hd resolution.
All new games should run as good and smooth. Mafia 2, gta 4, cod mw2, bf bc2 and so on.
The budget for pc about 500-600 + led.

Mybe yea get x2 and unlock to quad?

World · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:17

Want to get the 24"full hd benq led, so playing on full hd resolution.
All new games should run as good and smooth. Mafia 2, gta 4, cod mw2, bf bc2 and so on.
The budget for pc about 500-600 + led.

Mybe yea get x2 and unlock to quad?

psychas · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:19

i would take 1055 95 w instead 965 tbh

Liampope · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:25

psychas said:
i would take 1055 95 w instead 965 tbh

Perhaps not with £600 though. In fact, for bang-for-buck gaming, why at all?

Raikiri · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:37

Something like this would do the job, pre-overclocked if you don't fancy doing it yourself and pretty quick. Could replace with a 470GTX if you prefer.