£300-350 Guild Wars 2 build

xraycat87 · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:16

Hi. Im looking for a PC base unit to play guild wars 2 on. For it to connect to my tv. I'll need a wireless keyboard and mouse. Nothing special. I have 2 hard drives that I can pop in. But the main thing is for it tto be as quite and small as possible, but to run GW2 as best as possible.

I don't mind if you mention last gen parts, I can pick those up elsewhere.

chris182008 · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:28

Little over budget and should run GW2 at medium settings fine from a quick look around the net. Sure someone will post a better build though.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £35.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £29.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £16.79
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £357.67 (includes shipping : FREE).

Idleman · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:31

A part from the hdds, do you have any other parts you can put towards this build?
Also, do you have an OS?

xraycat87 · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:33

I have 2 hard drives and an OS

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I'm not even bothered if the cpu for example is a amd x6 or something. I don't have to buy it from here

I'm just wondering do I go for a second hand msi 6950 for £110 etc.. not sure :/

teppic · 27 Jul 2013 at 00:41

I'm not at all sure about this, but the A6 with dual graphics is possible. Adding on keyboard and mouse takes it a bit over budget. You could get a 6670 probably for £35 second hand.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x MSI HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £64.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £59.99
1 x AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD640KOKHLBOX) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.48
Total : £347.84 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Edit: The A8 is barely any more expensive:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x MSI HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £64.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.48
Total : £355.85 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Edit 2:

This might do quite nicely

(Almost - see below)

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £119.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x **B Grade** AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £39.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.48
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £28.79
Total : £351.60 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Idleman · 27 Jul 2013 at 01:45

teppic said:
This might do quite nicely

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £119.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x **B Grade** AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £39.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.48
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £28.79
Total : £351.60 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Are you 100% that card will fit in the case?
Just wondered, as the card is 202mm in length and the case VGA Card length is 180mm.

teppic · 27 Jul 2013 at 01:52

Ah, I didn't see that! The case is smaller than I realised (well spotted at this hour).

The Coolermaster Elite would be all right, if not very pretty.

xraycat87 · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:20

wouldnt a 2gb 6950 be enough for guild wars, if I run it with a pentium 620 or even amd x4 965?

xraycat87 · 29 Jul 2013 at 11:27

So an AMD 965 - MSI 6950 2GB I can get for £160.

Doomedspeed · 29 Jul 2013 at 11:31

xraycat87 said:
So an AMD 965 - MSI 6950 2GB I can get for £160.

Do you still want it in an ITX case though?

Because if you do you can't have the 965, as theres no NEW Am3(+) ITX motherboards.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jul 2013 at 11:40

Are the AMD A6/A8 chips based on Bulldozer architecture?
Only asking because I've been told that GW2 doesn't like Bulldozer/Piledriver.
I have experienced a drop in framerates since switching from my Phenom II X6 1055T to my FX-8350.

Idleman · 29 Jul 2013 at 11:46

No, the A6/A8 chips are FM2, Trinity or Richland.

Marine-RX179 · 29 Jul 2013 at 12:22

Don't go for the Trinity CPUs with only dual-core...you will seriously regret it for Guild Wars 2. Either a A10-6800K and clock the nuts of it, or go for a i3 (2nd hand i5 even) with a dedicated graphic as bare minimum.

Sidenote: GW2 would use up to 4 cores/threads, with average of max 75-80% on each core/thread.