HELP PLEASE NEW BUILD AMD OR INTEL??
- Thread starter JonKLJ
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this is were im at now.
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £364.24
(£309.99) £364.24
(£309.99)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £223.24
(£189.99) £223.24
(£189.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 900W Modular Power Supply £155.99
(£132.76) £155.99
(£132.76)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £84.59
(£71.99) £84.59
(£71.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £1,060.01
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £187.69
Total : £1,260.20
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £364.24
(£309.99) £364.24
(£309.99)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £223.24
(£189.99) £223.24
(£189.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 900W Modular Power Supply £155.99
(£132.76) £155.99
(£132.76)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £84.59
(£71.99) £84.59
(£71.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £1,060.01
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £187.69
Total : £1,260.20
Pc graphics will always look better on a PC than a PS3, no problems there =)
As to the graphics cards, at their current prices I could not recommend a GTX480. A powerful card it is, but it is not worth the extra 75-80 quid over the 5870 for another 10% performance and software that is relatively useless gaming-wise (phsyx anyone?)
SLi does scale better than Crossfire, but by the point that you are in a position to buy another GTX480 or a 5870 you may as well buy a new card, the refreshes are due out in a few months, and both cards will last longer than that.
If you were buying a multi-card config off the bat I would suggest Nvidia, but otherwise I would suggest ATI, they are cheaper, cooler and make less of an imprint on your electricity bill
As to the graphics cards, at their current prices I could not recommend a GTX480. A powerful card it is, but it is not worth the extra 75-80 quid over the 5870 for another 10% performance and software that is relatively useless gaming-wise (phsyx anyone?)
SLi does scale better than Crossfire, but by the point that you are in a position to buy another GTX480 or a 5870 you may as well buy a new card, the refreshes are due out in a few months, and both cards will last longer than that.
If you were buying a multi-card config off the bat I would suggest Nvidia, but otherwise I would suggest ATI, they are cheaper, cooler and make less of an imprint on your electricity bill
High end PC gaming is expensive.
You have to keep in mind you're paying a fair bit extra than you really need to run games with decent settings atm, but it should still be quite fast 2-3 years from now.High end PC gaming is expensive.
yea i see what you mean There probably wont even be any games coming out soon or until the next gen playstation 4's and xbox's that will challenge these gpus coz the money is in the consoles.