New computer, Sub £700

[T345]

Ok, thanks
And how is the 6950??? I saw u have one?

 

[Stinger53]

i thinks its a great card. does wat i require currently, runs bf3 on high at about 55-70fps.

 

[T345]

What res??
I am buying a 1920x1080, or 1440x768

 

[Stinger53]

1920x1080

 

[olivier renault]

6950 is equivalent to a 7850. Still a good card (I have two, unlocked to 6970). The Sapphire dual fan cooler particularly good.

And yes, that CM500W will be insufficient, imo, with a 6950.

Go 1080p. Anything lower will be a waste.

Therefore if it started to sound costly, downgrade to a 6850 or a decent second hand GPU. And upgrade later (with a 7xxx or a 6xx card, whatever NVidia brings in your price range).

 

[T345]

Ok thanks, I would rather buy the good one straight away, it would save me money

 

[olivier renault]

Ok thanks, I would rather buy the good one straight away, it would save me money

The 6950 for under £150 is a good deal. Good card and good price.

 

[T345]

Ok thanks
also the 1tb HDD i have is a samsung 1tb 7200 rpm?
is that good?

 

[olivier renault]

I have two F3's, so yes

Very fast drives, and no problems.

 

[T345]

Ok thanks

 

[T345]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 6950 OC "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £501.22 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[olivier renault]

Yeah looks good. The sapphire is on promo until next wednesday morning.

 

[T345]

Oh yeah, thats not good. I'm not sure that I could buy by then. There will be other offers though

 

[olivier renault]

At least you have the general idea of what to buy Not gonna change much for a few months.

 

[T345]

Ok,
thanks for your help

 

[T345]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 6950 OC "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £49.80
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366, AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / 754 / 939 / 940) £41.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
Total : £494.29 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Should I go for this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 6950 OC "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
Total : £484.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).




or this


EDIT: The cpu cooler to OC like crazy !!!

 

[stulid]

The i3 2120 is 200mhz faster for £3 more.

 

[T345]

Ok,
what about bull dozer, would it be better for OCing and after OCing then it will be better than i5?????

 

[opstrat]

how many specs are we up to now Bakht?

 

[stulid]

Well you cant overclock the i3 at all (apart from a bit of Bclk increasing)

So the Bulldozer will indeed be better at overclocking.