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JC:
I guess I'll be the first to give some genuine advice, even if it is a little overdue ##
I'll suggest two setups, one intel, one AMD but there will be some parts that you'll need regardless of which option you choose:
Case - Fractal Design R3
Both Myself and Orthux have this case and we've both been impressed, you can get it in white or silver as well :3
Power Supply - Corsair CX 500W
Hard Drive - Samsung Spinpoint F3
Total ~£180
GPU Options:
MSI 6870 'Hawk' £150
EVGA GTX 560Ti £175
Intel Motherboard/CPU
CPU & Motherboard Combo - Asus P8P67 and Intel i5 2500K
£289
AMD Motherboard/CPU
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3
CPU: AMD Phenom II 965
£184
Just a couple of notes:
* The Intel CPU is much more powerful, however most people won't use it so the AMD CPU is probably sufficient
* If you go for an AMD CPU/Motherboard make sure you get a 900-series chipset as these *should* be compatible with the Bulldozer chips that are coming out 'soon'
I seem to recall you had about a £500 budget? if so go for the AMD CPU/Motherboard and the 6870 Hawk, that should work out at a little over budget but it'll give you great performance for the money.
If you can stretch you money a little more, get the 560Ti which should end up costing you ~£550
If you really want a great CPU, go for the Intel option :D
Probably some shit I've forgotten but yeah, I didn't include peripherals such as screens/keyboards/mice as they're things that often depend on the person
Mark:
Fucking JC
Da Kno:
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JC:
--- Quote from: Da Kno on October 31, 2011, 11:21:04 am ---Isn't there alot more powerful components out there nowerdays? i may be wrong but i've heard of like 8 cpu systems, 6gb+ ram, 8gb g-cards etc
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I was working to a budget as I mentioned in my post :3
Yes there are 8-core chips, but they're not very impressive.
Yes you can get alot more than 6gb of RAM, but there is very few situations that you'd need any more than 4.... you certainly wouldn't need more than 4 for gaming.
No there is no graphics cards with 8 Gb of RAM, the highest I can think of at the moment is the ATI 6990 series (4Gb of RAM) and nVidia GTX 590 (3Gb of RAM)...
But anyway overall it's not really a good idea to look at a part and say "More cores = Better" or "More RAM = Better" because that really isn't the case in the real world, in the current situation a 4-core Intel CPU is roughly equal in performance to the recently released AMD 8-core. Some things look really impressive on a Spec sheet for a new computer (such as 16 Gb's of RAM) but it really turns out the performance benefits are minimal for gaming and you pay alot more for it.
Da Kno:
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