Spec me - £350

cdeery1 said:
Yes mods will be added aswell for the game I forgot to add.
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Difficult to give a firm spec on what will be best as unless you played the game and tested it out we're speculating rather than giving you firm advice. The spec's above are fine to play conventional games at medium settings but I think it'll be worthwhile doing a bit more research to see whether it would be better spending more on the processor or video card.
 
RickyTan957 said:
the H67 or Z68 motherboards have decent onboard graphics.
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No they dont.

The GFX is built into the CPU not the board, also whether it be HD2000 or HD4000, they are awful compared to Llano, as my review shows which has the HD2000 included, I now have a 3570K with HD4000, its still rubbish.
 
To be honest I'm just seeking advice I really am new to all this, if someone recommends me the best spec for that money for playing the game then il buy it. :)
 
Here's a comparrison between the AMD Llano A6-3650 and the Intel Pentium G620 (which is slightly faster than the Celeron G530). Link.

As you can see there isn't much in it with regards to the processing power of the two processors but the dedicated 6850 graphics card is much more powerful than the integrated GPU on the Llano processor.

Also, IMO the Intel offers a better upgrade path in the future.
 
shadow_boxer said:
Here's a comparrison between the AMD Llano A6-3650 and the Intel Pentium G620 (which is slightly faster than the Celeron G530). Link.

As you can see there isn't much in it with regards to the processing power of the two processors but the dedicated 6850 graphics card is much more powerful than the integrated GPU on the Llano processor.

Also, IMO the Intel offers a better upgrade path in the future.
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Once again thank you for the info. I don't mind whatever is best to be honest and you seem to be a mass of information lol so if u do me a list il buy :)
 
cdeery1 said:
Once again thank you for the info. I don't mind whatever is best to be honest and you seem to be a mass of information lol so if u do me a list il buy :)
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What I listed is perfect for you.

The SSD will really make things responsive compared to a slow mechanical harddrive.

Also you can add in and Hybrid Crossfire a cheap ATI 6450, 6570 or 6650 and get a further boost in gaming performance.
 
stulid said:
What I listed is perfect for you.

The SSD will really make things responsive compared to a slow mechanical harddrive.

Also you can add in and Hybrid Crossfire a cheap ATI 6450, 6570 or 6650 and get a further boost in gaming performance.
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I'd have personally gone for the Intel option here. :D But there's probably not much in it. Also, re. the SSD it'll depend on how many mods he's planning on installing. I presume it should be OK as the recommend spec shows the game only need 1GB HDD space but if it's anything like my flight simulator x folder (well dedicated hard drive) it could be quite large (150GB+)!:eek:
 
shadow_boxer said:
I'd have personally gone for the Intel option here. :D But there's probably not much in it. Also, re. the SSD it'll depend on how many mods he's planning on installing. I presume it should be OK as the recommend spec shows the game only need 1GB HDD space but if it's anything like my flight simulator x folder (well dedicated hard drive) it could be quite large (150GB+)!:eek:
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Just had a look at some of the mods for farm simulator (crist, even the name suggests it s a small install and rather basic:p)

A couple of MB each for the vehicles.

The game needs like 1GB
 
Both stulid and shadow have spec'd you well there.

Personally I favour stulids build. As a one off build for the price it's very good, adding a better GPU like the 6850 later would be simple enough. Shadows points are all valid but based on your budget I cant see you replacing the CPU anytime soon so the wider support of CPUs on the intel mobo is a mute point in your case......that's for you to decide though.

If you are running it through a HDTV maybe you could consider saving a lil more cash whilst you get to grips with how to build. If you dont have a bluray player you could swap out the DVD writer in stulids build for a bluray drive for around £40 more.

Llano makes for an excellent home theatre pc and as stulid said its built in graphics is really quite good. Any more questions or indeed problems when you come to build it you know where we are :)
 
Install a wireless internet PCI-E or PCI, these or you can have a portable USB one such as these. A better option, albeit slightly more expensive are homeplugs or powerline adapters, which are just plug and play.
 
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