good solid build for price?

murm · 25 Sep 2011 at 04:39

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for some gaming GW2 possibly BF3 will buy 22" monitor later

IvanDobskey · 25 Sep 2011 at 09:52

Looks a pretty good system for the cash to me. Pretty much what i'd buy for that budget. I'd guess it should run BF3 pretty well at reasonably high settings. We will have to wait for some BF3 benches though.

IvanDobskey · 25 Sep 2011 at 09:55

Hang on, am I seeing double or are there two threads? lol

murm · 25 Sep 2011 at 12:44

IvanDobskey said:
Hang on, am I seeing double or are there two threads? lol

sorry was very tired and also had a few beers

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still playing around with build as im not planning on buying till mid october.

ty for any feedback.

olivier renault · 25 Sep 2011 at 14:12

Looking good really. Case is best for budget, GPU is good, PSU is very good, windows bundle saves you money, memory will do the job, LG is a good brand for cheap stuff. Only gripe would be the motherboard, but it'll do the job. Since you buy in October, the deals will change anyway.

murm · 25 Sep 2011 at 14:56

olivier renault said:
Looking good really. Case is best for budget, GPU is good, PSU is very good, windows bundle saves you money, memory will do the job, LG is a good brand for cheap stuff. Only gripe would be the motherboard, but it'll do the job. Since you buy in October, the deals will change anyway.

yer the mobo is a bit of a headache for me at moment tend to get a bit confused with all the options and unsure if i will ever use half the bells and whistles.

IvanDobskey · 25 Sep 2011 at 15:21

murm said:
sorry was very tired and also had a few beers.

still playing around with build as im not planning on buying till mid october.

ty for any feedback.

Haha, no problem, let you off

Looks a good build though. As previous poster said, could probably pick a slightly better board though.

murm · 25 Sep 2011 at 16:38

any suggestions for mobo at similar price? this one any good? MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **

IvanDobskey · 25 Sep 2011 at 16:52

Think i'd pay an extra tenner and get this: Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68

olivier renault · 25 Sep 2011 at 17:18

Or the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3. Bit more expensive, but you have better VRMs, and SLI / XFire. The GD53 is also good.

murm · 25 Sep 2011 at 17:24

my original budget was £600 funny how it creeps up the more you research

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thanks for help will probably decide just before i buy.

IvanDobskey · 25 Sep 2011 at 17:40

It is indeed easy to spend more than you budget for

The board you picked will do the job perfectly well, I just feel the Z68 chipset boards are a little more full featured. But any decent brand with a P67 or Z68 chipset will be a reasonable choice for a 2500K.