Recommendations Topic

george langham · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:32

randompeople said:
Such and such has £XXXX to spend what get?

Noticed that a load of these show up,
thought it might be a bit better to get a kind of Q & A topic for recommendations on how to spend money.

People say there cost restraints and what they need, other people suggest what to buy.

george langham · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:36

I'll start it off,

I need a new processor, Motherboard and RAM.

Want at least Quad Core proccesor with Clock of at least 2.6 Ghz, and the motherboard to be DDR3.
I have £250 to spend (£280 if I push it).
My target is mid-level gaming Computer.
Any recommendations?

I was thinking of buying the following.

ejr22 · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:50

george langham said:
thought it might be a bit better to get a kind of Q & A topic for recommendations on how to spend money.

People say there cost restraints and what they need, other people suggest what to buy.

So, a "spec me" thread then?

You sig is too big.

Sorry I couldn't be more help

george langham · 18 Nov 2009 at 21:08

ejr22 said:
So, a "spec me" thread then?
You sig is too big.
Sorry I couldn't be more help

Spec me thread indeed, too many of them float about and I thought would be better to just have one to consolidate them all.

If we could get this thread running it could be useful for many people

I was unaware of any sig size limit,I'll shorten it then.

cmndr_andi · 18 Nov 2009 at 21:16

As you are just wanting the CPU/RAM/Mobo, what are the specifications of the PSU and graphics card you currently have? For gaming performance, you will likely be limited by your graphics card.

As the PC is for gaming, I would suggest the spec you picked, but using this CPU (or this if you can strech a bit). The Atlon X4 is a lovely chip, but for gaming it is not ideal (here is a review).

george langham · 18 Nov 2009 at 22:18

think your right with that second one you recommended, it brings price to just under £249

ejr22 · 18 Nov 2009 at 22:19

george langham said:
I thought would be better to just have one to consolidate them all.

One already exists. See here.

P.S. Your sig needs to be no more than 4 lines. Sig FAQ

cmndr_andi · 18 Nov 2009 at 22:22

Sounds good.

Also, unless you need a micro-ATX motherboard, I would suggest going for this board instead. Its only £3 more and is full size ATX (with crossfire support).

george langham · 27 Nov 2009 at 15:48

cmndr_andi said:
As you are just wanting the CPU/RAM/Mobo, what are the specifications of the PSU and graphics card you currently have? For gaming performance, you will likely be limited by your graphics card.

Well my dad cheaped out and bought a p4 proceccsor with agp graphics from ebay. (the p4 is one of the top of the range p4 still on market with core clock of 3.2 ghz) the video card just happened to be http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411 The mobo wasn't too bad but it kinda frazzled cos of something burn out, not quite sure what though.
Power supply is 650W btw.
It lasted 2.5 years though so not so bad i suppose.

So I'd like to use the Built-in mobo graphics until i can afford to upgrade to either a GTX 275 or 285 with 1gb inbuilt ram.
I know there are such a thing as AGP to PCI-e converters but the onboard is better so not worth me buying.

MCH · 27 Nov 2009 at 15:54

well i've got loads of saved specs i made over the past 2-3 days i could post up ranging form like 400-1400 quid , would be a bit dis-organised to have it all in 1 thread tho

george langham · 29 Nov 2009 at 21:58

was thinking more Q & A style than a post your Saved spec.

anyone else?