£450 pc

quotidian

quotidian

quotidian

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Only really used for minecraft, bit of photo editing and general web browsing and school work.

Would this be good enough:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £446.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).



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Is this build any good:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £159.98
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game **£20 Cashback** £119.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
Total : £498.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).



If you consider the 20 quid cash back then its not too far off £450.

Just wondering a few points about it

CPU, would the 8120 if overclocked be good enough so that I could record minecraft again (I used to record some videos but then as my laptop aged and minecraft got more bloated and I couldn't get decent frame rates), also I might do a CAD course (my dad's going to do it through his business and said that he'd pay for me to do it as well, also I might be doing something like that for school as well)

Ram, is the ram I've picked not better than the black as it has a lower CL number? Also its the same price.

Case, is this case any good or should i go for the bit fenix one?
 
You have had 3 people straight spec an Intel CPU. Why do you keep going back to the AMD CPU? Does it not tell you something? AMD clock for clock, pound for pound, have nothing on Intel.. ;)
 
Sparx said:
You have had 3 people straight spec an Intel CPU. Why do you keep going back to the AMD CPU? Does it not tell you something? AMD clock for clock, pound for pound, have nothing on Intel.. ;)
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Thats why I said, "Is this build any good: " in my post.

I am aware that people specced me Intel processors but I was only going by the advice of a couple of friends who said that if I could get the 8120 for a similar price, which it is if you take off the £20 rebate, then to go for it as it was better than the intel for multi tasking.
 
Currently as it stands, Intel CPUs are better in every single aspect over AMD CPUs.

Go with Doomedspeed's spec. ;)
 
The i3 does better for general stuff and gaming, but the 8120 will help with CAD thanks to the extra cores. Went with the 460 since it has CUDA support, which will help with the CAD work assuming the software you're using supports it. Any case will do as this is down to personal preferences really.

Intel:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £97.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £451.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



AMD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game **£20 Cashback** £119.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £494.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).




I can't believe I just did an FX spec up...
 
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