YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti-448 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £359.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).
The Nvidia card supports CUDA, so if a program can use this enhancement then the GFX card will process the video/editing/rendering etc.
What PSU do you have?
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti-448 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £359.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).
The Nvidia card supports CUDA, so if a program can use this enhancement then the GFX card will process the video/editing/rendering etc.
What PSU do you have?
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Why not go with the new AMD A10/A8?
I should add that the offer on that GTX560ti 448core ends at 16.00hrs - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18447994
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AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £35.99
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
Sub Total : £169.96
Shipping cost : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £35.89
Total : £215.35
Something like that will play games well, with the graphics built in to the chip.
With the extra saved, add an SSD
e: The scoop on A10/A8: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6347/amd-a10-5800k-a8-5600k-review-trinity-on-the-desktop-part-2
ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £35.99
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
Sub Total : £169.96
Shipping cost : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £35.89
Total : £215.35
Something like that will play games well, with the graphics built in to the chip.
With the extra saved, add an SSD
e: The scoop on A10/A8: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6347/amd-a10-5800k-a8-5600k-review-trinity-on-the-desktop-part-2
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £364.91 (includes shipping : FREE).
I dropped the soundcard but onboard isn't that bad. This mobo has optical output for the audio where as the MSI doesn't. If you aren't bothered or definately will add a soundcard then the MSI mobo isn't a bad shout.
A 1GB GPU is false economy in my eyes, 2GB has fast become the standard and future games will look to exploit this. I've used the 7850 as it comes with games overclocks well and has 2GB of VRAM for a great price, with a decent cooler attached aswell. No cuda support or HDAO lighting as it's not nvidia but the i3 does support quicksync to assist video encoding if your software supports it.
Hope this helps
P.S
560ti vs 7850
Granted Stulid used the 560Ti 448 edition which is closer to the 570 really being a cutdown version of it. You can see in the links that the AMD uses less power as well which i neglected to mention.
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £364.91 (includes shipping : FREE).
I dropped the soundcard but onboard isn't that bad. This mobo has optical output for the audio where as the MSI doesn't. If you aren't bothered or definately will add a soundcard then the MSI mobo isn't a bad shout.
A 1GB GPU is false economy in my eyes, 2GB has fast become the standard and future games will look to exploit this. I've used the 7850 as it comes with games overclocks well and has 2GB of VRAM for a great price, with a decent cooler attached aswell. No cuda support or HDAO lighting as it's not nvidia but the i3 does support quicksync to assist video encoding if your software supports it.
Hope this helps
P.S
560ti vs 7850
Granted Stulid used the 560Ti 448 edition which is closer to the 570 really being a cutdown version of it. You can see in the links that the AMD uses less power as well which i neglected to mention.
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And as its the "448" core version its basically a GTX570 with a few bits cut off it.
GTX560ti 448 vs GTX570 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/499?vs=306
7850 vs GTX570 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=518
I've had a GTX570 and never found the 1.28GB RAM lacking in games, in fact games like BF3 prefer Nvidia cards.
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Thanks guys - think I've missed that price offer though
Lots of food for thought
Intel is better than AMD. You want to be on the 1155 socket as Stulid and I have used.
You don't need 16GB of RAM for gaming, 8GB is plenty you can easily add more. If you really really really want the soundcard fairenough, I'd suggest you start on the onboard audio and upgrade if necessary. The £30ish for the soundcard would be put to better use in the GPU budget in my eyes.
Any questions we are always willing to help
Thanks guys - think I've missed that price offer though
Lots of food for thought
Still coming up as £124.99 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-177-MS
Be quick
Well it is a true quad core, and as it has Turboboost you can set the mutliplier four speed bins higher than the max Turbo under each core usage using the Z77 board.
Like this - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,review-32090-9.html
You can't do much with a i3 3220 apart from maybe increasing the BCLK a little.
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