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Majidae

Majidae

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Hi everyone, this is my first post so be kind ;).

My current system is : OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w PSU, Antec 300, XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB, Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5, Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN (done surprisingly well seeing as it cost me £35 nearly 3 years ago),Samsung SM226BW, Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (just started making some rather worrying noises) and AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz.

I mainly play WoW, tf2, sc2 and would be using a new rig for gaming.

Budget is £600 and I would like a 24" 1080p monitor.

I was thinking of getting:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Sub Total : £476.40
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £97.63
Total : £585.78

I have a feeling that the 4890 might not be upto the job and I may have to the drop the monitor and wait to see what the 560s can do. What do you guys think ?

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give as much info as I could :)
 
Hi and welcome to forums

That looks good spec, the 4890s are still quite good cards, running them myself still, though in xfire, should be a nice little upgrade, you can lways up the gfx in a coupla months if it is still struggling but I doubt much will
 
Looks good, nothing wrong with that. Will be a great upgrade :)

With those games the 4890 will be enough even at 1920x1080.
 
Thanks guys. I was not too sure on the 4890, but it seems it actually performs very well for a card I bought a year and a half ago and cost me £122 ex vat (great deal from ocuk).

Not sure how accurate this is

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/175?vs=156

but it puts my 4890 just behind a gtx 460 768MB (although the gtx 460 is not so loud, uses less power and is direct x 11 capable, but not sure thats worth an extra £120).
 
HD4890 will be more than powerful enough to max your games on 1080p - especially seeing as those games are all CPU intensive :p
 
I think its decided that I shall keep the HD4890 for now.

I'm so tempted to order now, but I think I shall wait till the i5-2500k drops back down to the £180 mark. Although if ocuk stocked the Asrock Extreme 4 I'd order now... hint hint ;).
 
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