Time to get a new system need some help

Marine-RX179 said:
I have to say...if OP want to get the best out of his new rig, he really should stretch the budget, so that the build would have at least:
2500K (those games listed would love the SB CPU, especially the ones don't use more than two cores)
P67 board
6850/GTX460 1GB
4GB of RAM
Windows 7 64-bit
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Basically the same as my suggestion except I went for the 5850 as it's a bit faster and cheaper than the cards you picked.
 
I Know it's a bit out of left field here but it may be worth looking at the i3 pre overclocked bundles......? Check this spec out?

Argon Extreme Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle £239.98
(£199.98) £239.98
(£199.98)
Bundle Specification
- CPU: Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.20GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
- Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 7 CPU Cooler
- Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound


XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE MOH Game £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.95
(£64.96) £77.95
(£64.96)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Xigmatek Blue Line 120mm Fan White LED XLF-F1256 £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £499.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £101.99
Total : £611.96


Not the new Sandy Bridge nor a i5 but still a whooping 4.2Ghz of power AWSOME for your current games that will only ever use 1 or 2 cores anyway
Plus the simple thought of if your not up for a DIY system this bundle is pre configued so no messing just Build it & then it's plug and play.....
Plus a top end ATI GPU???
 
I wouldn't get dual core anymore irrespective of the clock speed.

I just think that more and more games are using the 4 cores so I couldn't do dual core anymore...maybe just me.
 
What PSU/Case/Drive etc are in the current system. If they can be reused maybe could stretch to a K series build
 
MuttsNutts said:
I Know it's a bit out of left field here but it may be worth looking at the i3 pre overclocked bundles......? Check this spec out?
SNIP
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Hate to shoot you down - it is a good idea after all and you are right 2 cores at 4.2GHz is more than enough for most games - but games are beginning to need 3-4 cores, with several current titles optimised for 4 cores and more games tending that way.

Also, a HD6850 is slower than a HD5850, co-incidentally a HD5850 also beats a HD6870.
 
thanks for all the pointers. I was thinking of the 955 ' black' but a lot you seem to be recomending going with sandybridge. Also graphics wise I was going to try and stick with Nvidia as I have had some really bad experiences with ATi in the past.

Main reason for going to win7 over XP is that I want to go 64bit so I can us emore than 2gb ram properly and the only verison of XP i have is the 32 bit one. Looking at some suggestions I think i will probably up the budget by another 100 to 150 quid just means I need to wait another 2 months for bonus time so I can get it all in one go
 
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