hi im new to this forum and what a great one it is anyway the main reason i joined it to get some advice on a pc i want to build in the coming months. At the moment i have an old xps m1710 laptop for gaming which was good in its time but can not run any of the newish games on high settings.
I was thinking of going AMD as i am hearing good things about them vs intel
. I have never had an amd pc only intel so would be good to see how they compare, i play cod and bfbc at the moment on lowish settings which is still pretty decent but i want more 
. I would ideally like a pc that can run bc2 on high to max settings as this game is a beast. I am also at uni and now require a better pc for video editing.
My budget is fair i think £400-600.
so what do you guys think i dont intend to run crysis or any of the real demanding games but would be nice to have that option.
i will be running the pc on a hp monitor 19" 1440x900.
cheers
Ricky
I was thinking of going AMD as i am hearing good things about them vs intel
. I have never had an amd pc only intel so would be good to see how they compare, i play cod and bfbc at the moment on lowish settings which is still pretty decent but i want more . I would ideally like a pc that can run bc2 on high to max settings as this game is a beast. I am also at uni and now require a better pc for video editing. My budget is fair i think £400-600.
so what do you guys think i dont intend to run crysis or any of the real demanding games but would be nice to have that option.
i will be running the pc on a hp monitor 19" 1440x900.
cheers
Ricky
. so its purely for gaming now so would you say stick to an x4? instead of x6? also i really like the coolermaster storm scout case and can stretch a little further on budget is this case suitable i just like bling and stuff and elite 430 is kinda fugly :S also wouldnt an ati card be more suitable for a amd system?