Update on Spec

Almostmini · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:11

Hello Again
Well it's getting near that time of year so time to start ordering parts for the new build!
It's going to be a gaming PC, something that could run Arma 2 say, as a benchmark, but will mostly be used for Battle of Britain Storm of War when released.
This was the spec i was thinking of going for.
I don't want to spend over £700 on the parts, peripherals such as screen, keyboard mouse are getting sorted. Just wondering if any of this stuff should be re-thought.

Cheers
Sam

1Day · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:17

Have a look at the new 6950 cards - not much more than what you have in your basket but a whole heap more graphic card.

Almostmini · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:20

Price difference?

Almostmini · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:21

yeah checked them out but if it's not much difference i'd rather save some money.

cmndr_andi · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:26

I would strongly suggest you go for the 6950 as well, it is only £20 more.

If you don't want to spend the extra, then this is a much better deal than the 5850.

R088ieS86 · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:28

Was that screen shot taken a while ago? you can get a better GPU for £200 now

cmndr_andi · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:31

R088ieS86 said:
Was that screen shot taken a while ago? you can get a better GPU for £200 now

Look like it might be.

The RAM is currently £19 cheaper - so that should offset the cost of going for the 6950.

The CPU is also currently £11 cheaper, the case is also £9 more expensive (imho not worth the price). The rest is about the same price.

I would suggest having a look at this case, as well as this one.

Lemin · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:41

New DVD-RW also ?

coldfused · 15 Dec 2010 at 14:45

Go for the 6950!

Invertigo · 15 Dec 2010 at 15:50

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £213.99
(£182.12) £213.99
(£182.12)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.74
(£89.99) £105.74
(£89.99)
Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £31.98
(£27.22) £31.98
(£27.22)
Sub Total : £535.04
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 17.50% VAT : £95.47
Total : £641.01

My recommendation. I dont know too much about AMD mobo's, so just stuck with your current one. Upgraded gpu, better case and psu from Antec instead of XFX (Longer warranty, same price/performance/oem)

Almostmini · 16 Dec 2010 at 16:03

Looks good Invertigo, but should i go for some more RAM in that?
I think i have been converted on the 6950 now.