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steverob1983

steverob1983

steverob1983

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After building my rig a few months ago my son is now asking for a pc for christmas to possibly replace his xbox.
I want to keep the price down as low as possible while still being able to play games like CS:GO, Diablo 3, GW2, Planetside 2 and the likes.

Am i going to be better off going for AMD just to keep the price down?

Please dont include OS, Keyboard / Mouse or monitor as ill decide what route to take with the monitor depending on the build price.

Thanks Guys
 
Just done my self this one as an Intel Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP2G3D1608DT2TXOBCEU) (Orange & Blue Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £493.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Is there any way i can get price on this down or is this as cheap as an Intel build is going to get?
 
With upgrade path.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £506.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Without.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £15.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £450.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £510.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



- Swapped the 7850 for a 2GB version. Better performance. If you wanted, you could spend a few quid more and get a GTX 660, which I know come with Borderlands 2 and Assassins Creed 3 for free. The GTX 660 slightly outperforms the 7850, but the 7850 can be overclocked higher iirc.
- Halved the size of the HDD, can spend a tenner more if you want the extra 1TB.
- Swapped the RAM for a 8GB set, better performance again.
- Changed the DVD writer to a rewriter, incase you ever will need to burn discs etc.

EDIT: Didn't see the RAM that Idleman has posted when I was looking, just change to that and you save yourself a tenner without any performance compromise.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £495.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).





Is this cheap cheapest intel route and including upgrade path?

How much am i going to save by going down the AMD route or should this not even be an option?

Really want to keep the price as low as possible because it wasnt something i had budgeted for.

Cheers Guys, Thanks for all replies
 
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Well if you wanted to, you could go with this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £328.42 (includes shipping : £11.25).



I'm not too confident on an AMD spec, but the A10 can run recent games on decent settings at 1080p. The higher speed RAM is also because the A10 supposedly has a noticeable performance gain. Going by the games you listed in the first post this build should be fine for your needs. Still a great build for the price.
 
 
steverob1983 said:
The GPU m8
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That's the thing - you don't need one with that build, the A10 is an APU. It runs games like Left 4 Dead 2 at 1080p on high/medium settings without the need of a discrete graphics card. Plus, you can also put in a 6670 graphics card (£70) when the need arises for some more graphical power.
 
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