Need help with a budget system!!

lmfy2k said:
Stunning info mate.

Is there a desired combo if one would like to overclock but not sli/crossfire?
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Cheaper P67 boards don't have 2x PCI-E x16 lanes - so that will do :p

Alternatively a cheaper P67 board that runs 2 PCIE lanes at 16x and 4x (not ideal for CF/SLI but does give you the option to add a second PCI-E device such as a soundcard).

Or something like the ASUS P8P67-M motherboard - mATX though ;)
 
shadow_boxer said:
I've recently built a budget gaming pc for BFBC2,

Athlon II X3 445, 5850, Corsair 430w psu...

Runs beautifully smooth with everything maxed at 1920x1080.

As has been mentioned BFBC2 is pretty CPU dependent, but even el cheapo £55 Athlon II X3 with a slight overclock to 3.5GHz (with the stock cooler) maxed the game out. I honestly find it just as smooth as gaming on it with my [email protected] and overclocked GTX 470.

As people have mentioned the i5 2500k with a 5850 would be a good if you are happy on spending that much, but on the other hand a true Phenom II X4 probably offers best value for money on a budget.

Can vouch for the Sapphire 5850, nice little card, only 8.5" long and runs nearly silent and very cool!
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thanks for that great info i really like the sound of the intel system but i wont really be using it all the time for games just now and again so i think amd would suit me better as im not really that hardcore when it comes to pc gaming :S.

what do you guys think of that phenom ii x4 840 bundle? will that be more than enough to run bc2 at decent settings. And about overclocking can it be done on this cpu and would there be any significant performance improvement?
 
Will certainly be enough to run BC2 at max specs :)

Overclocking can indeed be done, and will - as with the intel - offer significant boosts.

<10fps minimum, and overclocking the CPU-NB alone can generate an extra 7fps :eek:
 
Cookeh said:
Will certainly be enough to run BC2 at max specs :)

Overclocking can indeed be done, and will - as with the intel - offer significant boosts.

<10fps minimum, and overclocking the CPU-NB alone can generate an extra 7fps :eek:
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thanks for confirming that then about the gfx card so is the 5850 the best card to use for my budget?
 
Personally I wouldn't get the "Phenom" 840, go for the 955 as it has L3 Cache which is useful in games. The Sapphire 5850 is a bargain and would fit very nicely into your budget. It generally performs a bit better than the 1GB GTX 460 across most games.
 
shadow_boxer said:
Personally I wouldn't get the "Phenom" 840, go for the 955 as it has L3 Cache which is useful in games. The Sapphire 5850 is a bargain and would fit very nicely into your budget. It generally performs a bit better than the 1GB GTX 460 across most games.
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+1.

Phenom 840 will do what you want - but it's effectively just a slimmed down 955BE.

I'd get the 955BE, lets you overclock nice and easily without affecting rest of PC (so more stable really).
 
so to finalize this is what im going with?

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thanks for all your help guys
 
Edit: Was just suggesting 1600MHz memory, but hadn't even checked the CPU :o Sorry!

But for the same price you could go for this which has better timings
 
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RiskyRix said:
but i thought the mobo only supported 1333mhz?
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Yeah my bad, just edited my post.

Edit: Apparently, as long as the motherboard supports 1600MHz, the CPU will just underclock it to 1333MHz, which could be useful if you upgrade your CPU (although by the time you do things probably will have moved on quite a bit lol), but if its cheaper it might make sense. Up to you anyway :)
 
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