Building a PC for a mate

[jimmy321]

I have the following parts.

Akasa 650w PSU
GTX 260 GPU
DVD
Hard Drives
Case

Would adding an i3 overclock bundle + Windows 7 make a PC that would easily run HD video and games at 1080P?

 

[mp260767]

depending on budget and the games he's looking to play maybe look at an i5 quad core.

 

[jimmy321]

He's on a really tight budget, I will be almost giving my parts away.

 

[SouthEastBlue]

For about £150 you could get an Athlon II X4 based system, with 4GB DDR3 ram as it's exactly what I knocked up myself.

Otherwise looking for a second hand CPU and ram, combined with a new motherboard to knock the price down would be your next option. (wouldn't want to buy a 2nd hand motherboard without warranty).

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would look around and get the following parts:

Athlon II X3 445 or 450 ~ £55 to £60

MSI 870-C45 or ASRock M3A770DE~ £45 to £55

4GB DDR3 RAM ~ £45 to £55

 

[Hagar]

Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Sub Total : £199.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £36.54
Total : £245.32


Similar price to i3 bundle, overclock it yourself.

andy

 

[steve258]

I'd just go for the i3 overclocked bundle tbh, generally faster at stock, almost untouchable with 4.2ghz oc. You can't get any better value than this unless you get the i3 parts and oc it yourself.

 

[Liampope]

i3 beats Athlon 2 X4 pretty easily in games even at stock speed. Overclocked to 4+ GHz it's a no brainer.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=143