Spec for under £450

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This computer will be required to play one game only (World of Tanks), the specs required are;

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 64-bit
Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-3330 (or better)
Memory (RAM): 4 GB (or more)
Video card: GeForce GTX660 (2GB) / Radeon HD 7850 (2GB), DirectX 9.0c
Sound card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Free hard drive space: 30 GB

Better FPS seems to come from (a) RAM, (b) Gfx card, (c) an SSD (in that order). Most of the forum comments favour Nvidia gfx for this game.

Would prefer;
(a) large cheap tower case,
(b) ability to upgrade in future,
(c) an SSD,
(d) wired network port as it will be wired direct to the modem,
(e) windows 7 or 8 whichever is cheapest

I have a spare 17" monitor, really would prefer something larger, but maybe constrained by the budget to forgo a new monitor presently, although if there is a special offer going please do alert me to it.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £224.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £501.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).




I can make it under £450 but it will be worse.

Or you can download the Win10 technical preview and use that for free for a small amount of time and purchase a full OS later.


YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £467.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
if it's just for world of tanks then i'd recommend that you get windows 7
there are a few issues with that game on win 8
 
You get a free upgrade to Win10 if you are a Win8.1 user.


Heres another suitable PSU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Antec VPF450 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £452.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).




With a HDD,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x Antec VPF450 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £36.95
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £439.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
"Or you can download the Win10 technical preview and use that for free for a small amount of time and purchase a full OS later."

Please could you define "small amount of time", is it 30 days or longer?

I am guessing I will go with this build;
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £467.52 (includes shipping : £8.00)

without the Windows 8 initially which brings the cost down to £389.53, and then buy the copy of windows later.

Am I correct in amusing that this PSU will allow me to purchase and run a more powerful gfx card in six months time?

Thanks for the fast response.
 
stulid said:
You get a free upgrade to Win10 if you are a Win8.1 user.
Click to expand...

Same as Win 7 then which works with WoT :)

WoT is also VERY badly threaded so will favour single-core performance heavily. The 6300 is a great CPU for the price and is probably the best you can afford with the budget, but just to warn you it'll need clocked up a bit to run the game well, in general Intel CPUs do better at stock clocks.
 
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I used played WoT on an oc'ed fx6300 .The framerate was all over the place, and was annoyingly deteremental to the experience.The game is very single thread dependent heavy.

Would definatly recommend any Intel based build over AMD if just for that game.
 
 
You could be better off with a G3258 overclocked, as WoT is single core dependant, it does not favour Nvidia over AMD in my opinion, but my minimum choice would be a 750ti or 270x.

450w PSU is enough for those GPU's is it not, 8gb of memory because it's better value than 4.

My E8500/Maxiumus gene/4gb ram/Passive 5750 gpu 775 system had a standard hdd and 450w psu and never batted an eye at WoT on custom medium settings on a single 1080 monitor, in fact it bettered my Q9550/HD-4870/8gb ram system due to higher single core speed.

Two patches back both were giving very high frame rates with a single 7950. And I am sure they were still 30+ on medium settings with their old GPU's a few weeks back.

I would say a G3258/budget Z97/8gb ram with an EVGA or Superflower 450w psu and 270x system would do well. You could try for the Windows 10 test, but I too recommend Windows 7.

Or even a mini ITX with a mini 750ti and an overclocked G3258. And remember, custom settings are the way to go in WoT, there is a lot of FPS consuming junk in there that usualy detracts from the game, many of us turn a lot of them down. I am sure I used to play better a few patches back with custom settings, and was getting 127fps with a single 7950, but 40fps to 60fps minimum as your baseline is solid for that game and all you need. Ping/lag/packet loss are far more annoying.
 
A little update.

I am playing with Windows 10 with some old/spare parts rebuilt into a PC.

System.

Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU at stock
BeQuiet cooler
Asus Maximus II Gene
2x2gb Corsair Dominator GT 1066C5
Samsung 840 Evo SSD 120gb
MSI HD-7950 Twin Frozr GPU
BeQuiet 630w PSU
Silverstone TJ08B-E case

With every setting maxed (WoT recommended settings, no tweaks by me), I am averaging around 60fps minimum in the dozen or so games I played tonight.
 
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