can someone spec me please

big nath

big nath

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i have 400 budget tower only got a monitor keyboard and mouse and OS i only need it for gaming best i can get and maybe over clock it if i could don't know how but maybe i will in the future and also needs to relatively future proof and upgradable thanks guys
 
 
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Also would require finding a used 5850/6870/460/560 for £50-60.

The Intel build would be better for games that are not multi-threaded, like WoW.

The AMD would be better for games like BF3 etc.

Edit: Oh and the AMD would overclock much better, just need to add a £25 cooler later on.
 
Ok, you'll want the AMD build. I'd change it slightly. If you can push the budget a little higher, the 8320 will give better performance in games like BF3, Crysis 3, BF4. (The 8320 is £120)

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1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £408.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
someone on here spec me this would it work if i put it together and tried to play straight away without over clocking or would i have to over clock it as soon as i built it.

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1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1) £39.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
2 x Cooler Master 12cm Sickleflow Red LED System Case Fan - (CM-R4-L2R-20AR-R1) £6.98 (£13.96)
Total : £404.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).



wanted third party opinion please
 
big nath said:
someone on here spec me this would it work if i put it together and tried to play straight away without over clocking or would i have to over clock it as soon as i built it.

wanted third party opinion please
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I wouldn't go for the APUs if you want to play games like Crysis 3 and BF4. You'd be playing everything at low settings. It'd be better to get an FX-6300 system and a £40 2nd hand graphics card, then upgrade the graphics card later. You may have to save a bit to push the budget a little higher, but it'd be worth it.
 
big nath said:
someone on here spec me this would it work if i put it together and tried to play straight away without over clocking or would i have to over clock it as soon as i built it.
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It would work, but would get far less FPS in the games you play than the 6300 + used GPU option for the same money.

It would look more "bling" than the other spec's if that's important to you :D
 
Potty27 said:
It would work, but would get far less FPS in the games you play than the 6300 + used GPU option for the same money.

It would look more "bling" than the other spec's if that's important to you :D
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Quite a bit less, even without the better GPU taken into consideration. Take this benchmark:

http://i.imgur.com/0nIkCAb.jpg

Ignoring the graphics, as they're the same here, the APU would perform a little worse than the FX-4300.
 
Potty27 said:
Budget spec = Budget board :p

I've read it should be ok for a moderate 6300 OC?

Any better alternatives for the same sort of price?
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It's only £30 more for the good one though. The board's not designed at all for the FX series so I'd just avoid it generally. The MSI at £5 more is a better choice for a low budget system, as it's got a heatsink on the VRMs -- MSI released it mainly for that. The Asus EVO R2.0 is the best board under £100 really for the 8320.
 
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