New Build Help

blinghound · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:16

Hello everyone, I need a spec for a gaming pc, my budget is £800-£850 max, and I need the absolute best performance for the money. I tried to put together one myself, how is this?

Thanks for your help

Blinghound

Kennysevenfold · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:23

socket 775 for a new build?

Swap the ram/cpu/mobo for this imo

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £93.99
(£81.73) £93.99
(£81.73)

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)

OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) £65.99
(£57.38) £65.99
(£57.38) Sub Total : £206.06 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £32.33 Total : £247.89

blinghound · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:32

Thanks man

, would this outperform the original rig???

Also, is there a lot of overclocking room on the phenom II? I've only ever overclocked intels

Kennysevenfold · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:35

blinghound said:
Thanks man , would this outperform the original rig???

Also, is there a lot of overclocking room on the phenom II? I've only ever overclocked intels

For a gaming system, higher clocks work out better that more cores (2.66 quad - 2.8 tri) Most games today dont even use more than 2 cores

And with the stock cooler on the amd you could look at about 3.2/3Ghz, even more so if you decided to get a 3rd party cooler.