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Tomrhawk

Tomrhawk

Tomrhawk

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First ever build!

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) [GFC-00599] £79.98
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.98
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) [KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX] £38.39
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) [HD502HJ] £68.99
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE**:confused: £89.99
OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 [GA-Z68AP-D3] £84.98
ntel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623I32100] £94.99
Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99

That all adds up to £648.17
my budget is £650
Although im not sure on the graphics card. I want it to be able to run games like STALKER and bf3 minecraft and skyrim smoothly I also need it to last a long time since I go on it quite a lot...
If they is any upgrades you guys would make please leave a comment. + im not sure about the graphics card will this be able to handle games smoothly +... will all the components fir together nicely I will be using the pc to chat to my friends a lot aswell (skype, facebook etc..)
Thanks for your time :)
 
6850 is a good mid range card 1080p or less. You shouldn't have to lower detail settings massively to run any game smoothly.

If you are going for an i3, you don't need a Z68 motherboard unless you plan on upgrading to a 2500k at some point. I'd get a cheap H61 board and see if that leaves you enough money for one of the low end i5's.
 
That is a good build for the money but the gfx card is your main grunt for gaming. I would try and stretch a little further on that part and maybe go for a 6950/560TI. I know this goes over your budget or you could get a beefier PSU (750W) and when you have a little more money maybe add another 6850 (they will eventually sell out though as they are EOL).
 
The graphics cards a bargain for the money and its going to cost another £60 (6870) to get a better one. Also in the future you could get another and a bigger psu and xfire them for more performance.
 
You will have to wait for card, so all your This Week Only Offer stuff will go up in price. Id order card seperatley if its gonna be too long a wait.

edit, its only the ram on offer, so no biggie.
 
That is a good card, and will be an improvement on a 6850:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291?vs=330

You're paying quite a lot for 2GB of RAM though, a cheaper 1GB GTX560Ti will still be just as good, and for 1080p should be fine. If you were gunna spend that much, I'd probably get a GTX560Ti "448 edition" (which has more power, similar to a 570) or perhaps a 6950.

For price/performance a 6850 is really quite good, but spend that bit more will get you more power.
 
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