Spec me a system please!

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Hello people!

First post here cause I'm confused about all my choices for my new PC! I mainly play Lord of the Rings Online and would love to run this in ultra high settings.

My budget is circa £400, I dont need a keyboard, mouse or monitor as I have those already.

The PC will mainy be used to play that game and the usual browsing of the net so any help is appreciated.

I have been looking at the AMD Bulldozer chips, then I started looking at Sandybridge i3 then the i5 popped up and now I'm totally confused! I'm not looking at playing the most demanding games just LOTRO in ultra high all the time.

So any help that you guru's can offer would be much appreciated!

Regards,
Ross
 
This is what he means.

Should handle the game easily.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo 6100i" Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz DDR3 Dual Core System *** FREE UPGRADE TO INTEL CORE I3 2120 3.30GHZ CPU *** £251.98
- 1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x FREE PANDA 180 Day Trial Anti Virus £0.00
- 1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
- 1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
Total : £416.53 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 
Doomedspeed said:
This is what he means.

Should handle the game easily.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo 6100i" Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz DDR3 Dual Core System *** FREE UPGRADE TO INTEL CORE I3 2120 3.30GHZ CPU *** £251.98
- 1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x FREE PANDA 180 Day Trial Anti Virus £0.00
- 1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
- 1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
Total : £416.53 (includes shipping : £15.50).

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yes thanks, and how do you do tht
 
Still new at this. Sorry i'm somewhat overbudget too. You didn't say if you need OS? If you do may be worth just windows 8 previewing your way through for now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte HD 7750 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMZ6GX3M3A1600C8) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £51.58
1 x Aerocool Vs-9 Advance Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £490.01 (includes shipping : £10.50).



* Could probably save some money on a cheaper case / if you have a case already.
 
Doomedspeed said:
This is what he means.

Should handle the game easily.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo 6100i" Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz DDR3 Dual Core System *** FREE UPGRADE TO INTEL CORE I3 2120 3.30GHZ CPU *** £251.98
- 1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x FREE PANDA 180 Day Trial Anti Virus £0.00
- 1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
- 1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
Total : £416.53 (includes shipping : £15.50).

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Would this be somewhat future proof so to speak? Also if in time I was to look at overclocking, would it be possible to do it with the above bundle?
 
Unfortunately to the best of my knowledge the AMD processors are not actually so great when looking at overclocking. I compromised on the processor because the alternate build had no HDD (not sure if you need one?).

Ideally you'd be able to afford one of the I5 xxxxK processors for overclocking. I think quad core technology is quite important for newer/future games so I went for AMD.
 
rssbinns said:
Would this be somewhat future proof so to speak? Also if in time I was to look at overclocking, would it be possible to do it with the above bundle?
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The H61 can take the latest cpu's, but will not allow for overclocking, you need a K series CPU and a Z77, Z68 or p67 board.
 
dont go for AMD currently they are way behind intel. the i3 sandybridge performs about the same if not abit better than the x4 in gaming
 
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Say I was to up the price too circa £500, would this get me an i5 2500k? Also what motherboard would I be best going with?

Ive been looking at the Zalman T9 case and the GTX 560 Ti card from what I've been reading today, what would be the best build for that? I know I stated only for LOTRO but if I can get something a little bit more future proof for some extra pennies then I wouldnt mind if I could justify it!
 
rssbinns said:
Say I was to up the price too circa £500, would this get me an i5 2500k? Also what motherboard would I be best going with?

Ive been looking at the Zalman T9 case and the GTX 560 Ti card from what I've been reading today, what would be the best build for that? I know I stated only for LOTRO but if I can get something a little bit more future proof for some extra pennies then I wouldnt mind if I could justify it!
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Nope, just done a quick build with a IB CPU, £10 more than the i5 2500k with a 560TI cpu, and the rest of the items and this comes to £600+


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £629.26 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
I think on the budget you are looking at, a good amount of RAM/Good GPU is more important than your processor. If you're lucky, on £400 you'll manage to squeeze an intel i3 processor in there but honestly i'm not sure the tradeoff in GPU/RAM is worth the extra processing power. Intel i3's aren't very good at overclocking either.

That's my take on it anyhow.
 
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