Bang for buck

jongeeone · 20 Mar 2011 at 17:24

Whats bang for buck these days?

Last time i built a PC was with an E6300, DS3 and some PC8500 RAM. Back then this was relatively cheap stuff, but could overclock very well. The DS3 was a brilliant mobo for the money.

I see the i5 Sandybridges are overclocking well, but whats the best bang for buck?

sharingan_sasuk · 20 Mar 2011 at 17:33

Intel i5 2500K, 6950 (flashed to 6970) etc..

mufcmark · 20 Mar 2011 at 17:48

This is bang for buck?

I think he is looking for something less expensive.

Currently an amd setup is best bang for buck.

For £100 the x4 955 is good value and a decent overclocker.
You could get a crossfire motherboard for £100 or a cheaper one without crossfire.
Your best option would be to look for daily deals on ram.
The 6950 for £200 is very good value as it can be unlocked but if your tight on money then a hd 6850 would be a good option.

Knightinator · 20 Mar 2011 at 18:24

As I understand it, if you are using you computer mainly for gaming and are on a budget then you may as well get the AMD as your gpu will likely be the bottleneck anyway. Is that correct?

jongeeone · 20 Mar 2011 at 19:25

GPU isn't an issue at the moment.

Just looking for whats the best mobo/cpu and RAM combo.

SeeknDestroy · 20 Mar 2011 at 19:47

jongeeone said:
GPU isn't an issue at the moment.

Just looking for whats the best mobo/cpu and RAM combo.

2500k+asus p8p67 pro if u need sli, if u dont then the p8p67 standard

Cookeh · 20 Mar 2011 at 19:59

MSI P67A GD55 is better and cheaper tbh

jongeeone · 20 Mar 2011 at 21:19

That mobo (P8P67) and 2500k seeing good overclocks then?

redfist · 20 Mar 2011 at 21:21

I would say a AMD 955 + mobo & some ram, its all you need for playing games at the moment (and near future). You could pick this lot up for under £200 and buy one hell of a GPU!

jongeeone · 20 Mar 2011 at 21:28

Needs to be BF3 ready-ish, and possibly editing 1080p video (HDC SD600) and that recommends an i7 in the manual.