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Advice for upgrading my desktop please!

vangle said:
Is there really any difference between the
MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
and
Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
apart from the company?

Also I was planning to this over time like a part every so often so would it be better to wait until i have all the pieces and put them all in together or would it be better to put the parts in as I get them?
If the latter, which would have the most influence on my PC in general? (seeing which to buy first)
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Seem some complaints about MSI, there is a thread somewhere that tells you where the RMA offices are, so those play a part.

Overall, HIS RMA is based in the uk afiak, easy to return if any problems persist.

EDIT: I was wrong, it is Gigabyte that is in the UK

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231329
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £224.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52.00
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £492.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Mobo can be updated to UEFI to modernise it. It has USB3, sata III and can overclock the i7 2700K (hence the heatsink) which still is quite a beast. As an added bonus it also supports SLi/Xfire for running dual GPUs, your PSU will limit this option however. The 7850 is a midrange GPU but they do overclock very well and offer pretty decent bang for buck and you could potentially run two of them on the mobo.

Or I could have got the Ivy i5 3570K and a single GPU orientated Z77 mobo for about the same outlay keeping the rest of the parts in the basket.
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Ideally I was aiming for a gaming rig. The i7 was just a bonus if I found one going cheap but not a neccesity so if I got an i5 or even an i3 could I save money for a better graphics card?
 
vangle said:
On it, it says:
AC Input: 100 - 240V ~ 6A ; 50 / 60Hz
5V, 3.3V max. load: 130W
+12V1, +12V2 max. load: 324W

But I'm not sure of the exact model
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hmmm... those 12v rails looks weak to me with only 324W

Without knowing more I wouldn't go crazy with that PSU.
 
 
vangle said:
I bought
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) when it was on offer for £20 :D
But do you think the components are good for the money? :)
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For bang for your buck, yes. Intel is faster, but you pay for it. Get yourself a decent cooler and you can overclock that CPU to 4.4Ghz, which is rapidly quick for £114.00 + Whatever cooler you get!

Motherboard will be great for this CPU. That GPU is really good, as with a little overclock it will perform the same as a 7950 (Correct me if I am wrong)

Power supply is also good, but if you want a second GPU in the future you may want to upgrade it :)
 
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