After months & months & months.......months.....months......
ive finally decided to take plunge.
I could not justify 1k on a gaming rig right now, and with the 5850 & 5870 being out of stock till maybe after christmas, it was a no go anyway, which made me feel better, as had my mind set on a 5850 for months now, but even if in stock, the £50 bump in price, im not being a fool and paying it.
So with lowered budget & maybe abit of common sense, ive gone for this, at just over £600.
AM3 Phenom X4 955 3.2 GHz
Standard cooler
3Gb DDR3 Corsair 1333
500GB Sata
MSI 770-C45
ATI HD 5770
Windows 7 64bit
500W PSU cooler master
CIT 1001 Midi-ATX Gaming Case
Seems best i can do for my budget, shame about motherboard, i read only allows one GPU, but i can always replace the 5770 with a 5850 in a couple of months, and the PSU shoud be more than enough as tests online say uses well below 500Watt for the above set up.
I won't be overclocking just yet either, so standard cooler should be ok.
3gb ram should be enough for now, it will only be used for gaming/streaming. I have a laptop to do other stuff on. 5770 seems to do well enough in games at moment, so do me for next 2-3 months before upgrading.
Just needed a final thumbs up from experts on here
Be gaming on this monitor LG W2254TQ 22"
ive finally decided to take plunge.I could not justify 1k on a gaming rig right now, and with the 5850 & 5870 being out of stock till maybe after christmas, it was a no go anyway, which made me feel better, as had my mind set on a 5850 for months now, but even if in stock, the £50 bump in price, im not being a fool and paying it.
So with lowered budget & maybe abit of common sense, ive gone for this, at just over £600.
AM3 Phenom X4 955 3.2 GHz
Standard cooler
3Gb DDR3 Corsair 1333
500GB Sata
MSI 770-C45
ATI HD 5770
Windows 7 64bit
500W PSU cooler master
CIT 1001 Midi-ATX Gaming Case
Seems best i can do for my budget, shame about motherboard, i read only allows one GPU, but i can always replace the 5770 with a 5850 in a couple of months, and the PSU shoud be more than enough as tests online say uses well below 500Watt for the above set up.
I won't be overclocking just yet either, so standard cooler should be ok.
3gb ram should be enough for now, it will only be used for gaming/streaming. I have a laptop to do other stuff on. 5770 seems to do well enough in games at moment, so do me for next 2-3 months before upgrading.
Just needed a final thumbs up from experts on here
Be gaming on this monitor LG W2254TQ 22"
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