Guide to helping you choose your components

gwr3850 · 15 May 2011 at 14:33

Ah I see okay thanks, I just thought that option was cheaper than individual

thanks very much for your time

RUDEIX_CUBEIX · 31 May 2011 at 05:27

This is a really good article I joined the forums because I am going to build my first PC in the coming months and this tells me that I Will definitely switch sides and go to Intel with my new build and I have learned that with Intel it will be best to get an Nvidia card which I never knew.

zzzJonny · 22 Jun 2011 at 20:30

The the mid range Intel seems way superior to the mid range AMD build. The i5-2500K being on the high end one as well indicates so.

hybrid572 · 14 Jul 2011 at 11:43

zzzJonny said:
The the mid range Intel seems way superior to the mid range AMD build. The i5-2500K being on the high end one as well indicates so.

The problem is essentially that at the moment, AMD is catering towards the low-mid range (Athlon II X4s and Phenom II X4s at around £80-£90, motherboards £60-£90), and Intel is catering towards mid-high-superhigh end (i3-2100 is £90, i5 2500K is £174, i7-2600K is £235, motherboards £70-£150, £100 for a good set of features). The high-end AMD chips (Phenom II X4 980, X6 1100T) are far outclassed by their Intel counterparts.

george langham · 18 Jul 2011 at 05:47

I think I'm likely going to need replace my motherboard before I upgrade again - get one with a bit more room to expand (and maybe Crossfire the bugger)

Furyus · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:10

Really good post this!!!
gives you a lot of insight when choosing parts for a new build

Abz Hussain · 18 Feb 2012 at 13:48

So what would be a high end intel build spec for today, feb 2012?

95thrifles · 22 Feb 2012 at 07:28

I've updated the main builds, as you can see not a lot has changed, hence the lack of updates, but its done now
Though I still need to rewrite section 2&3 really, but need time for that

Crixus00 · 22 Feb 2012 at 08:17

95thrifles said:
I've updated the main builds, as you can see not a lot has changed, hence the lack of updates, but its done now
Though I still need to rewrite section 2&3 really, but need time for that

The pic links are broken for budget and mid level specs, please can yo fix? Thanks.

95thrifles · 22 Feb 2012 at 13:01

Crixus00 said:
The pic links are broken for budget and mid level specs, please can yo fix? Thanks.

Sorry about that, dont know what happened there, should be sorted now

Crixus00 · 22 Feb 2012 at 14:42

95thrifles said:
Sorry about that, dont know what happened there, should be sorted now

Thanks

jmillzee · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:21

Great post, lost of good info. TY

paullewis323 · 3 May 2012 at 07:32

UPDATE

Hi guys

Would be really cool if this sections compents and text was brought right up to date to include latest kit

Regards

Lew

Mister Wolf · 8 May 2012 at 21:48

thanks a lot for the info!

Randomface74 · 13 May 2012 at 17:01

A few to-do's to consider:
- 670
- 7950
- 8GB in mid-range
- SSD prices
- High-end PSU overkill

Cathyhaden8 · 14 Jun 2012 at 12:14

Great post ,
Really very helpful issues.
Great work done.

jimhaumman · 15 Jul 2012 at 14:33

nice guide

the baker · 14 Aug 2012 at 19:50

do you think these are good specs for £400 (inclusing windows 7 home)
Gigabyte H61M Motherboard Technology
Intel Quad Core I5 2380P 3.1Ghz CPU
1tb Sata Hard Drive
8gb DDR3 1333 Memory
ATI Radeon 6670 2gb DDR3 with HDMI Hyper Memory Upto 3.8gb
Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Case
24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer

Andrew Howell · 10 Sep 2012 at 09:20

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