spec me

hal2009 · 14 Mar 2009 at 15:56

hi all need a rig for playing all the command and conquer,supreme commander and world in conflict games and dvd encoding and a bit of photoshop. already have a 1tb sata drive, dvd writer, 22'' monitor,mouse and keyboard.
budget £400 - 600. with future upgrade path so get 3-5 years use out of it
would getting intergrated graphics be a good idea with direct x11 out towards the end of the year instead of wasting it on a direct x 10 card now? :confused:

95thrifles · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:30

I wouldnt wait, cos by then there'll be somethign else on the horizon, hows this look for you?

icey_haj · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:40

An Intel alternative;

alien.46.uk · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:42

Take £30 off Iceys build ...

He's got 2 cases in there, lol ...

icey_haj · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:45

alien.46.uk said:
Take £30 off Iceys build ...

He's got 2 cases in there, lol ...

Oh yeah, lol!

Kennysevenfold · 14 Mar 2009 at 20:29

How about this one...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) £164.99
(£143.47) £164.99
(£143.47)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £151.79
(£131.99) £151.79
(£131.99)

Coolermaster Real Power 620w Modular Power Supply £79.98
(£69.55) £79.98
(£69.55)

Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £40.99
(£35.64) £40.99
(£35.64)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)

Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £5.74
(£4.99) £17.22
(£14.97) Sub Total : £517.59 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £Free VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £79.51 Total : £598.63

hal2009 · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:22

thanks guys. would duo core be ok for supreme commander as ive heard it can slow down or would i be better off with triple or quad core, amd or intel?

Kennysevenfold · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:34

hal2009 said:
thanks guys. would duo core be ok for supreme commander as ive heard it can slow down or would i be better off with triple or quad core, amd or intel?

dual core is more suited to gaming mate, with the higher clock speed.

and i would go intel over amd for the fact of a larger "Level" cache on the cpu

icey_haj · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:51

Core2Duo's are best for the majority of games at the moment, however some titles such as Supreme Commander do take full advantage of a Quad Core CPUs.

hal2009 · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:55

so would i be better going for a quad core by Intel or amd? a lot of people seem to be saying good things about the triple core phenom II 720be. isn't socket 775 coming to the end of its life? would the am3 platform be a better bet for future upgrades or would i7 be or would i be better waiting for i5 as ive read theres a lot of new processors coming out in 18 months and i cant afford to be changing every few years

exhumedye · 14 Mar 2009 at 23:25

Phenom II's are a dark horse, they seem to be doing rather well at the moment. I think AMD may be on a comeback

sketch145 · 14 Mar 2009 at 23:37

Phenom II 720 BE is a great proccessor, OC's well and should handle supreme commander, and any other games you want to run, fine (with a decent gfx card of course)

hal2009 · 15 Mar 2009 at 01:11

what about the phenom IIx4 810 would that be better/quicker? would it overclock more? do phenoms overclock ok. Heard people were frying there chips and gpu's, not heard anything about intels they seem to overclock with less hassle

alien.46.uk · 15 Mar 2009 at 17:38

It's mroe of a fact that Intels are easier to clock. AMD's sometimes take a little more tought, but the 720 especially is gaining some very good figures for clocking.

I'd take the AM3 720 at the moment. One of the better bang for buck and all helps in the fight to bring AMD back

hal2009 · 15 Mar 2009 at 17:47

hi all thankyou for your time and patience with this, im swaying towards amd would you go with a am2+ motherboard or a am3 one and how would i stand with future upgrades?

hal2009 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:38

what do you think of this
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 920 2.8GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail - £160.99
Antec 300 Gaming Case and Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular PSU - £89.99
Biostar TSeries TA790GX 128M AMD 790GX (Socket AM2+) DDR2 Motherboard - £78.19
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/4G) - £42.99
Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) - £31.04
Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin X3 - £17.22
Shipping : £11.25
Total : £433.34
+ ATI Radeon HD4670 1GB DDR3 PCI-E Total £74.69
Shipping £ 6.95

Grand total £514.98