i5 System Please

moleh · 8 Feb 2010 at 13:26

Mate is looking for an i5 system max spend £1200 wants to play all the new FPS games at max settings etc.

He has mouse, kb, sound, monitor so just the jucy bits.

Thanks for your time!

moleh · 8 Feb 2010 at 19:39

wow thanks. is that ram good? Could i get 2 lots for 8GB ?

Any other people with a spec to share ?

moleh · 8 Feb 2010 at 21:34

Well I think the 5870 does not give enough for its price over the 5850. So can I just double up that RAM and still get 4Ghz out of it ?

And how does it compare to ..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS

Thanks

moleh · 8 Feb 2010 at 23:46

Wow thanks for the feedback taking some of your ideas plus my friend who has done some looking into things as you might expect what do people think of this...

I know the post is i5 but seems its not much more to get an i7 after all. He does do some encoding I just thought they were WAY more expensive.

Thanks again really do like peoples input. He likes the idea of the 5850 as he can aford it aned maybe SLI in 6 months if needed.

moleh · 9 Feb 2010 at 09:21

Think like most finding it different to get over the i7 Vs i5. He plays multi copies of games at once etc not sure if HT would help there. 4GB of RAM is not enough so would go for 8GB but will that hampa overclocking?

What do people think of the i7 build above or go back to the i5 people have recommended ?

Thanks

moleh · 9 Feb 2010 at 19:15

hmm want to buy it from ocuk and i can't see them on here ?

What do people think of the i7 build i linked and would 8GB of RAM on the i5 lower my OC ?

Thanks

moleh · 9 Feb 2010 at 21:30

Ram link gives me "Sorry, this product is currently not available" ?

Other than that another good build to think on!

Thanks!