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Jargon

Jargon

Jargon

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Hey guys recently decided to buy a new PC as at the moment my PC is unable to run Bad Company 2. I will also be playing a lot of CSS and WoW on this PC. This is only the second PC I will be building myself and the first was about 4 years ago so I'm not really in the loop on whats good or not. I have a budget of £500 give or take £30 and so far I came up with this:

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If you guys can find anything im missing or better parts for a similar price it would be awesome, or even better if you guys could spec me a PC preferably Intel/Nvidia but I wouldnt mind an ATI.

Thanks
 
you can afford to drop down to a 500W PSU, and Id also lower the CPU to the 530, use that extra cash to squeeze in an ATI 5770, will be much better overall
 
95thrifles said:
you can afford to drop down to a 500W PSU, and Id also lower the CPU to the 530, use that extra cash to squeeze in an ATI 5770, will be much better overall
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Sound advice. You lose very little gaming grunt by taking the cheaper i3 530 processor and gain a lot from the HD5770.

Also at your pricepoint it might be worth considering an AM3 + Athlon II/Phenom II mobo and CPU. The i3 has an integrated graphics chip that you won't be using but will be paying for and you can get 1 or 2 extra physical cores too (more than 2 physical cores is less important for games but newer games, BFBC2 included are starting to be truly multithreaded)

for example this mobo:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-244-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

and this CPU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-263-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

At the end of the day if you're primarily gaming it's the GPU that will determine performance, especially at higher resolutions, so squeezing in an HD5770 should be a priority.
 
Yes I agree the AMD route at that price point is best.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD6402AAEX)
OcUK 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency Power Supply
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan

Total £596.77

To me it would be worth saving a couple extra quid and going for this? Although as per above post could save £40 going for the:
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
 
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Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99

Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99

Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £54.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £41.98

Coolermaster Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Sub Total : £453.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £81.12
Total : £544.67
 
Mr. May said:
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99

Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99

Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £54.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £41.98

Coolermaster Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Sub Total : £453.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £81.12
Total : £544.67
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Id go for that.
While Intel are good and there i3's a damned good, this would be miles better for gaming, not to mention a lot more futureproof
 
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