AMD trinity build is popular...

Why does he need 2 motherboards ;)

The fail is yours :p

EDIT : I liked the quick removal :p
That case also wouldn't take the Z68 board he ended up getting.

Although I never knew that case existed, looks like a nice case for some MATX builds.
 
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Martini1991 said:
Why does he need 2 motherboards ;)

The fail is yours :p

EDIT : I liked the quick removal :p
That case also wouldn't take the Z68 board he ended up getting.

Although I never knew that case existed, looks like a nice case for some MATX builds.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £342.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).




Seems to be adding x2 on some items, just had to edit this before posting.
 
A question, I said why, I forgot the question mark.
Either way, it's the lesser option, the H61 board doesn't give the same options that Z68 board does, and the saving is 4 quid over the Z68 board and the Xigamatek Asgard (Because of the higher priced board and lower cost case)
 
Martini1991 said:
A question, I said why, I forgot the question mark.
Either way, it's the lesser option, the H61 board doesn't give the same options that Z68 board does, and the saving is 4 quid over the Z68 board and the Xigamatek Asgard (Because of the higher priced board and lower cost case)
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In that case, you would be better asking OCUK, as they set the prices.
What options are you talking about?
If you are referring to "upgrade options", I just specced to what the OP required.

im going to be buying a low end gaming pc that i will keep for years. i cant offord to upgrade stuff. moneys tight..
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And £4 is £4 closer to his budget
 
Right ladies and gents, OP has decided and bought.

OP, Have you built a PC before? Its fairly simple to do, but keep your laptop near by so you can google and ask questions.

Ladies and Gents, any pointers for OP to get maximum performance out of the parts he has purchased? Or even any recommended settings as most factory ones tend to be a little on the weak side?

Good luck for tomorrow OP, take plenty of pic's and when all the parts arrive, open them all up and check they are what you ordered, with no visible damage to packaging. Make yourself a cup of tea and build it slowly, reading all instructions. All it takes is a simple mistake to break a component. :)
 
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Oh come on... that's a bit of a pointless argumnt to make considering how much better the Z is to the one you specced. £4 is nothing in that context. :)
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Not denying the Z68 is a better board. I specced a system that is as close to his budget and will meet the needs of the OP.

@OP, you can use Win 8 Evaluation for a few months until you can afford to buy an OS.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx
 
That graphics card is an HD7750 GDDR3 not the GDDR5 version. It is going to be far slower.

The OCZ is a low end HEC unit with even Dell does not use AFAIK. At least the OP should go ffor the Corsair CX430W,Antec HCG400 or XFX PRO 450W(the last two are made by Seasonic too).
 
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OliverDavis said:
Yes, but in budget.
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You fail to realise how much cards like that are gimped by such a loss in memory bandwidth. Some of you should try using different versions of low end cards for once.

Edit!!

If you look at the HD6670,for example,the change to GDDR5 gives you around 40% to 50% higher framerates on average.
 
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I didn't see that, although is GDDR3 really that much of a cripple at 7750 level?
The GTX285 was GDDR3 as was the GTX260 and they're not miles different performance wise.
That PSU's fine at this level of power output.
 
The HD6670 GDDR5 on average is around 40% to 50% faster overall than the GDDR3 version.

Martini1991 said:
That PSU's fine at this level of power output.
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Not the hodge podge of third rate capacitors used though, which is the main concern after a certain time. Cheap HECs are meh,can be overrated and when you can get the CX430W for £3.99 more,especially since it has been recently revised,the OP should be aiming for that level.
 
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The 6670 performance, is the GDDR3 limitation down to the bus?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-184-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

That's just came in stock from what I can see :s.

And I was literally going as cheap as I could, I've used that OCZ 500W in a more powerful build, it's coping fine.

I messed up, if the performance is that bad on the 7750 I'll pay the DSR postage on it.
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Yep,the 128 bit bus does not help,just like with the HD7750. GDDR5 essentially doubles bandwidth over GDDR3,so negates this. The HD7750 core is around HD5770/HD6770 level performance IIRC.

It annoys me how they slip these models in quietly!! :mad:
 
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Yeah, I literally didn't even notice.
I'm trying to find benchmarks now of it, only one I found was comparing it to a 5870 (As its closet rival)

The 7750 should be about ~4870 level of performance, which itself is about half a 5870 pretty much.

It didn't look too bad at all.

Like I say, I hold my hand up, if the GDDR3's that much of an issue, I'll pay the DSR postage for the OP.

That 7770 at 80 is a flipping bargain like.
 
It is not really your fault,TBH,I even corrected a Bit-tech article once on this when they linked to a GTX460SE instead of a GTX460 by mistake. I even got excited once when I thought I had found a GTX560 for £100 a while back. Checked it again - it was a GTX560SE!! :rolleyes:

That HD7770 is cheap!!

Maybe the OP can tell OcUK he thought the HD7750 was the GDDR5 model,and they will pay for this DSR postage?? Am I being a tad too hopeful??

Core i3+ HD7700= not bad at all!! An HD7770 with a 10% overclock will be HD5850 level IIRC.
 
Well, we'll probably see the OP tomorrow when he builds the system.
Worst case scenario he tests it over the weekend, compares it to 7750 results, see's what the difference is, if we're talking huge amounts, DSR the card, go for the 80 quid 7770, sells the Farcry 3 code and it ends up being 68 quid anyway :p
 
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