New build for farther in law looking for advice please

Darth Bane

Darth Bane

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Hey Guys,

Farther in law wants a new PC built on a budget and i have put together a few components from OCUK and if possible was looking for some advice please.

Thanks

Your basket

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Hawk 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)

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

Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black

Asus M5A78L LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002)

Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3)

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9)

Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Total : £738.85


He loves to play World of Tanks and do some general browsing, if possible i'm looking for advice on this build and if the components will work together ok?

Just to let you know he wants to go with windows 7 as he knows his way around it fairly well.

Thanks for any input :)
 
Does he really need a sound card? Nevertheless, I'd suggest if your going AMD to at least go Piledriver. Heck, even a Intel Pentium/i3 would be suitable.
 
I agree with Lukie he doesn't really need the sound card, and a i3 processor would be fine, but I would recommend i5..
 
World of tanks and web browsing would run as smooth as anything on a toaster.

(not that the following machines are in any way similar to a toaster :p )

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £79.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £417.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



This one is more expensive, but it is proportionately more powerful.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium G2120 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £73.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £473.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Either would be fine for running world of tanks on maximum settings, or indeed any game, including the likes of BF3 and Crysis on lower settings.

The parts you selected are outdated, overpowered and overpriced.

I have a machine in my cupboard which I built from used/reflowed/reclaimed/donated parts. It cost me £60, and it can play any game out there with good settings and good frames.
 
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Hey guys thanks for the info,

He likes to listen to his favorite music on his PC but if you think a Sound card is not worth it?, then i'll take it off the list.

acme15, thanks for putting together those builds i'll run them past him.

Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it :)
 
Darth Bane said:
Hey guys thanks for the info,

He likes to listen to his favorite music on his PC but if you think a Sound card is not worth it?, then i'll take it off the list.

acme15, thanks for putting together those builds i'll run them past him.

Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it :)
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Ah in that case a sound card might be a good idea. Does he use headphones, speakers or both..? what speakers/headphones?
 
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acme15 said:
Ah in that case a sound card might be a good idea. Does he use headphones, speakers or both..? what speakers/headphones?
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Hey,

Yeah he uses both, i believe he uses Logitech speakers, left right and a base speaker. Im sorry but i don't know the model.
I know he has some Roccat 5.1 headphones, i believe they are these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-000-RC

Just a question on the processor's guys, is the Piledriver better than the Bulldozer?
Reason i ask is because i have had a chat with him and he wants to go AMD with a Asus board so would these two work well together ??

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-539-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481

and....


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1825
 
LukieBoy007 said:
Yes piledriver is better than bulldozer. Why does he want to go AMD?
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He has an old AmD on his last shop bought PC and is happy with the brand,
I myself have a Sandy Bridge 2500k i5 and love it. I have tried talking him into Intel but he does not want to know, Some people are just set in there ways lol

I also think Budget is an issue too.
 
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Well in that case, Piledriver it is then. Even trinity will do the job. You could try saying that by going Intel, when the need comes for you to upgrade you can simply give him your current i5?
 
I would suggest an off-the-shelf liquid cooler. Something like the Antec Kuhler or one of Corsairs liquid coolers. I would highly recommend these in a push pull configuration and there is tremendous cooling potential with no increase in noise. Match the two fans for air pressure on either side of the radiator by getting identical fans.

See here for more information:

http://www.corsair.com/en/blog/corsair-cooling-hydro-series-h50-push-pull-performance-guide/

nevica
 
nevica said:
I would suggest an off-the-shelf liquid cooler. Something like the Antec Kuhler or one of Corsairs liquid coolers. I would highly recommend these in a push pull configuration and there is tremendous cooling potential with no increase in noise. Match the two fans for air pressure on either side of the radiator by getting identical fans.

See here for more information:

http://www.corsair.com/en/blog/corsair-cooling-hydro-series-h50-push-pull-performance-guide/

nevica
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An air cooler would be sufficient for this pc. No need to spend £100+ on a liquid cooler.
 
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