Budget gaming build

hexx19

hexx19

hexx19

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hey all.
This is my first build I would like some criticism on.
I have a budget around £600-£700 or so...

Processor
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)

Motherboard
Asus M4A79XTD EVO Socket AM3 Motherboard

RAM
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache

Graphics Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB

Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card

CD/DVD drive
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

Case
Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case

I still need a PSU and a cooling system. Any help is appreciated =]
 
For £600-700 you can get a sandybridge setup

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00
(£110.00) £132.00
(£110.00)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.59
(£12.99) £15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total : £522.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £107.16
Total : £642.98

Unless you need a copy of windows, monitor and peripherals with your budget?
 
For that money, you can get SB - much much faster :)

You don't -need- a sound card unless you're a true audiophile and/or have a very expensive top end headset/speakers.

Pushing just over your budget will get this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £707.29 (includes shipping : £12.50).

HD6950 can be flashed to a HD6970; i5 2500k with cooler so can be overclocked to around 4.8Ghz should you want to :p; 1TB HDD (also fastest mech drive around :)); Miles better case;

i5 2500k vs 955BE

HD6970 vs HD5850

EDIT: Beaten like a ginger-step son. Ah well, I need to get faster at this spec mullarky. Gives you another option anyway.
 
cookeh thats a very good spec indeed i would go with that if you have that much money but if not amd will suit you fine i have the 955 and im very happy with it just make sure you have a good cooler its toasty :P
 
Crossfire was only optional, depending how things go later on down the line. But thanks!

Still wondering over the two cards...whether or not the extra omph! is worth the price difference...
 
hexx19 said:
Crossfire was only optional, depending how things go later on down the line. But thanks!

Still wondering over the two cards...whether or not the extra omph! is worth the price difference...
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Extra ooomph is always good, but that also depends on the screen resolution you use?

And the motherboard in post#2 does crossfire etc, which is why I included it.
 
Max screen resolution on my new monitor is 1920x1080. The extra oomph should be grand.

Personally, with the more expensive card I don't think I'll need to crossfire.

Thanks for the help, will be nice to finally have a decent system on the go.
 
Single card will be better at the mo - no microstutter, scaling or driver issues :p

+1 to the above, my DX11 card is being wasted on sodding Vista :(
 
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