Building a system

Euphoric

Euphoric

Euphoric

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Hi, I'm thinking of building a system to replace this laptop which is only good for web surfing, literally.
I was wondering if these parts would go together (i'll attach an image or post one), I don't want to spend a lot - just want it basic to start with then upgrade over time.
Mainly want a good graphical performance, I'm not sure about the graphics card I've chosen - is it good, can it be OC'd, can my CPU be OC'd?

Don't link to competitors or talk about competitor pricing please.

I've just put the basic parts in, OEM DVD drive shouldn't cost more than £20? One of my relatives must have a HDD, would it matter what sort of HDD, because isn't there IDE and SATA? I'm not too sure.

What do you think? What can be improved, it'll also be for Christmas so could push a bit on the price but not too much.

Also, is this worth paying an extra few quid for; amd-fx-6-6100-black-edition-6-core-3-3ghz-socket-am3-8mb-l3 ?

I could probably go to about 300, and I may be able to get the mobo next week
 
Items were:
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
AMD FX-4 4100 Black Edition 4 Core - worth going for the 6 core one?
G-Skill 4GB DDR3 @ 1600
PowerColor HD 6570 2GB - What about this? Any good?!
Casecom 500w PSU
 
If its £300 for just these components then I would get:

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
AMD FX-4 4100 Black Edition 4 Core - worth going for the 6 core one?
G-Skill 4GB DDR3 @ 1600
PowerColor HD 6570 2GB - What about this? Any good?!
Casecom 500w PSU

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £119.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £50.39
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £299.35 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Better GPU by far.
Better PSU
More RAM
Slight upgrade path to Ivy.
 
What's your budget? Do you just need the case and all internal components (mobo, gfx card, processor, hard drive, RAM, etc)?
 
Sorry for late replies, if I'm late :S!
I just need the case, internal hardware. MIGHT be able to get a case off my uncle, it's my old one.
I mainly want to play games like LoL, maybe a bit of CoD4? Or any decent games tbh
 
Right since its a really low budget I think we need to be absolutlyet clear on what you require.

Do you need an:

Case.
Hard drive.
DVD-RW.
Motherboard
Processor
Graphics card.
Operating System.
Power Supply.
RAM.

Just say out of that list what you need and what your realistic budget it.

Thank you :)
 
I can use Ubuntu or Software4Students.
I need everything really, it can be next to basic to start off with then over the months I'll save up, buy some parts, upgrade.
£300-350
 
 
Would I be able to OC the processor to get more performance?
What games would this system be able to play with, smoothly? (What games on low & high)
What would I upgrade overtime?
Why have you gone towards Intel and not AMD?

Sorry for all the questions.
 
No probs on the questions.

No this processor cannot be overclocked.
You could play most games on this at 30 fps between medium - ultra settings game dependant.
If you were to upgrade it would involve a better GPU, CPU and motherboard possibly plus a PSU.
Intel are much better than AMD in the gaming world apart from the Trinity APU's which are good for HTPC's and the odd budget PC.

Here is the graphics card benchmarked:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/535
 
When upgrading, it seems like a whole new system to be bought, why do you say a new motherboard? I can understand new PSU if you're bringing in a new GPU and CPU.
And I always thought AMD were more to the gaming side.

I'd be using this on my LG TV too, best way to connect it? DVI or HDMI, which provides better quality?
 
A new motherboard because the H61 range are very basic with what is on the board, IE. PCI lanes, SATA connectors, USB etc and also they cannot overclock. So you would want something like:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

The latest AMD CPU's are not on par with the Intel CPU's as far as IPC and Single Core Performance is concerned although with Piledriver coming soon this may change in the budget section.

And I believe DVI is better quality.
 
 
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