I have come across a new PC with sandybridge 2.7ghz dual core for £200 should i get it as a gaming s

6644kp · 1 Mar 2012 at 11:06

Its brand new and these are the specs

Pentium Sandybridge G630 2.7Ghz Dual Core
8GB DDR3 RAM
1TB HDD
Basic Case (Its from a British computer manufactuerer)
Basic PSU
Basic DVD RW drive
Basic H61 mobo im guessing

Now I have tried very hard but I cant match a self build at this price due to in no small part the very expensive hdd's

Since the G630 is roughly equivelant to a Phenom II X4 @ 3.5 GHz I was thinking of getting a GTX 560TI for around £150-160 and getting toghter a very decent gaming rig for £350-£360

Should I do it?

6644kp · 1 Mar 2012 at 11:26

djabs786 said:
If you get a 560 ti, you'd need to upgrade the PSU, because I think they'll just give you a 150w unbranded power supply.

I think the PSU is better I have a 250W PSU in my current Packard Bell and it has on/off master switch this new one has it probably has a greater 300W one and a G630 + gtx 560 ti will not consume more than 200W under load I think it wil be fine I have been running a Radeon 4850 on a 250W generic PSU for two years now.

6644kp · 1 Mar 2012 at 11:34

stulid said:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/7

Using a Socket 1366 system they measured 319W max, 169W average measured at the wall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKk2_1u26tg

go to around 11:00

A GTX 570 + 2600K OC + 1200W PSU dont consume more than 330W under load

While a 2600k + gtx 550ti with generic psu was only 145 W under load

I think my guess of 200w for that sytem is pretty close

6644kp · 1 Mar 2012 at 11:55

stulid said:
Still not convinced,
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330

317Watts playing Crysis, again its with a more power hungry socket 1366 system.

Use a lower power card like the 6850.

I think its that high due to the LGA 1366 QUAD CPU they use and a 80plus high wattage PSU which are ineffiecent at lower wattages check out the NCIX video there is a 70Watts increase in power consumption by the PSU itself when you upgrade from a low power psu to a 80+ high power psu

I think it will be fine

6644kp · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:25

stulid said:
So how efficient do you think the cheaper one is going to be?

60% to 70% seems to be fine.

Reason im more confident than others is well I have been running a Core 2 Duo @ 2.13Ghz with 2GB RAM and Asus Radeon 4850 for two years now on a generic 250W PSU.

Now I play games such as GTA:TBOGT for hours and even ran heaven 2.5 at 1080p + 8XAA and 16XAF for an hour so I got like 2FPS average.

Now you tell me surly my current setup consumes 175W at load right and my PSU is only a 250W no 80+ no nothing and its still fine for two years now.

I think many people on ocuk forums are too scared of cheaper PSU and write them off out of hand because mine should have blow up ages ago

Anyway maybe I'm gonna go all out Quad Core 3.0Ghz Sandybridge and 6970/570 performance and spend around £500 and self build however this scenario would mean the GTX 570 would have to come down another £40 or the 7870 equals it in performance and costs £200

Although my dillema is I dont want to spend too much right when the next gen of consoles are going to start next year, im afriad my new PC will be obsolete and strugelling with games too soon.

I'm not sure yet what to do.