Spec for friends

[stulid]

You can find things like that out at the manufacturers website.

 

[newbieclocker]

Here's my spec over £500 but I think its the best I can get if he wants to edit, render and play battlefield at maximum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120@8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £134.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7770 GHz FLEX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & 20% MOH WarFighter PC Games £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10) £79.99
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £43.98
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £664.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[Uncle Petey]

You might want to rethink the ram and gpu at least. A 1gb 7770 isn't going to max BF3 to put it mildly.
If you want to go with that build, I'd change these items:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £236.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).


Total package = £5 more for a waaaay better graphics card and if you can tell the difference between the ram in a blindfold test, I'll eat my own anus.

 

[LukieBoy007]

There's no way you will manage to max out BF3 with a 7770.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120@8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £134.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £692.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).




A few tweaks from the above posts.

Its £677 with free delivery.

 

[newbieclocker]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £167.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £43.98
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £621.84 (includes shipping : FREE).



A little over £600 he told me so I will ask him if this is OK.

 

[stulid]

FM2 APU and a FM1 board wont work.

Also with Trinity/Llano you want the fastest RAM you can get, so look at 2133MHz kits etc.

Also using Trinity and a fast GFX card like that misses the point of it, a i3 will be faster,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £616.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[newbieclocker]

Would a quad-core be enough though?

 

[newbieclocker]

FM2 APU and a FM1 board wont work.

Also with Trinity/Llano you want the fastest RAM you can get, so look at 2133MHz kits etc.

Also using Trinity and a fast GFX card like that misses the point of it, a i3 will be faster,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £616.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Sorry, changed the motherboard now.

 

[stulid]

You've missed the point of AMD's Trinity, it has a great little GFX core built in to it, but combining it with a fast GFX card such as the 7850 when an intel solution combined with the same 7850 card will be faster is a little silly.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/677?vs=675

 

[newbieclocker]

For the case I thought the aerocool because he really wants a window at the side.

 

[stulid]

Case with a window, plenty of fans and a simple fan controller - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&groupid=2362&catid=736&subcat=

 

[newbieclocker]

You've missed the point of AMD's Trinity, it has a great little GFX core built in to it, but combining it with a fast GFX card such as the 7850 when an intel solution combined with the same 7850 card will be faster is a little silly.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/677?vs=675

I didn't know it had integrated graphics I just thought it was a very fast processor.

 

[newbieclocker]

Case with a window, plenty of fans and a simple fan controller - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&groupid=2362&catid=736&subcat=

Thanks, I will add this.

 

[stulid]

I didn't know it had integrated graphics I just thought it was a very fast processor.

It's a CPU+GFX "fused" together,

This is what a fast Llano can do - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18338581 - trinity makes it faster again.

 

[newbieclocker]

Thanks you guys I have finally finished with my plan-

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x ASRock B75 Pro3-M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £39.95
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £619.78 (includes shipping : FREE).




As you might know he wants to use this for capturing, rendering and editing videos. He wants to get a live gamer hd that requires HDMI in and audio in. So I know that the GPU can plug into the card but can I plug in the motherboards on-board audio to the card?

 

[stulid]

A quick look at the live gamerHD card says it's a simple 3.5mm audio input with a cable included that I assume goes from the motherboard into it?

 

[newbieclocker]

A quick look at the live gamerHD card says it's a simple 3.5mm audio input with a cable included that I assume goes from the motherboard into it?

Just thinking that it may only work when plugged into a sound card.

 

[Uncle Petey]

Why? Audio output is audio output.

 

[newbieclocker]

It also says the board has 7.1 sound does the 3.5mm jack carry 7.1 sound.