Llano a6 + hd6670 vs fx-4100 gtx550 ti

rjpullie

rjpullie

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ok so im upgrading my friends pc and hes on a low budget so was looking at llano a6-3670k quad core crossfired with a 6670
or
amd fx4100 be and gtx550 ti

mostly used for games and some general tasks
 
How much does he have to spend?
What games is he going to play?
Why are you looking at the Fx4100?

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.79
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £234.77 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Or even cheaper

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £34.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £216.97 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
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Thanks for replies :) yes a 1000 watt corsair psu, some g.skill 4gb ddr3 kit, 500gb sata,
basically hes got a reasonable pc but just needs updating to play games?
we were on all a budget as were converting from xbox to pc for bf3
 
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=541

you don't want the 550ti, it's nigh on the same price as the 6850. (That link has benchmarks for BF3)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=542

That 460 is better. Also the 460s can be OC'd very well. I have a EVGA 460 SC clocked at 900mhz vs the 695mhz in the stock benchmark, you are talking nigh on 6870 performance. Nvidia also adds cuda support which means some software can use the GPU to "turbo charge" the process and nvidia also does HBAO lighting which i think looks better than AMDs but it will drop the FPS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked *** 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.79
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.40
Total : £217.18 (includes shipping : FREE).



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=405

It would be wise to be on the 1155 socket (sandybridge). You then have the choice of the G/i3/i5/i7 CPUs. Bulldozer is rubbish and the llano socket will be limited for future expansion.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.79
Total : £237.72 (includes shipping : FREE).



Better "futureproof" mobo that would allow overclocking of a K series CPU if one was added later as an upgrade (you cant OC on the H series and it must be K CPU!). I used the 6850 to save some cash to direct into the mobo budget (i still favour the 460). If his OS is 32bit it's pointless adding more RAM, if he does indeed have a 64bit OS you could add another 4GB of RAM later, it's so cheap he could probably blag it as a present eventually.

Hope this helps, any more questions or problems you know where to find us. Feel free to change the search criteria in the link to find something that suits you to the budget you have :)

EDIT i used the free postage as once you reach 100 posts you qualify for it....so it's definately worth taking the time to discuss your options ;)
 
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