Hi just a quick check to make sure i haven't missed anything compatibility or if there's anything cheaper or better i could get Build is for a friend for gaming stuff like wow sc2 diablo3 and browsing http://orders.ebuyer.com/customer/shopping/index.html?action=c2hvd2NhcnQ%3D Any help would be cool
Sorry forgot to add i was also thinking of this cpu Intel Core i3 2120 3.3GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache but not sure what would be better for gaming and stuff ? Cheers
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 £71.98 Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX XMP Memory Kit CL9 1.65V £36.38 Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive - 7200RPM 32MB Cache £65.00 AMD FX-6 6100 Black Edition 6 Core 3.3Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor £103.64 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler £15.44 Gigabyte HD 7850 OC Windforce X2 975MHz 4800MHz 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £189.16 (free accessory) AMD Dirt3 Showdown Download Coupon £0.00 Coolermaster Centurion 5 II SPECIAL EDITION Case with Red Interior - With Coolermaster 650W GX PSU £90.63 Sony AD-5280S-0B 24x DVD±RW & DL SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black £13.35 Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Socket AM3+ 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £65.06 Total £650.64
As a hard core AMD fan I went with a similar build, the processor is fine if you are willing to overclock it to bring it up to Intel's stock. They are also power hungry. I went for a asrock 970 extreme 4, for the three full length pcie slots As much as it pains me. A i3 maybe a better choice, allowing you to move to a i5 as a easy upgrade. My AMDfx build cost £300ish,. For the money your spending I would lower the spend on the graphics card (AMD hd 6870 offer good bang for buck) and get a i5 in there.
Not a bad build actually. Getting an LGA1155 build though might be better for IPC performance but no quad core is a shame.
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Socket AM3+ 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard hmmm if your gonna overclock id look for something with more solid VRM cause bulldozer will push them to the limit...for a tad bit more you can get a much more capable motherboard with a 990fx chipset aswell Gigabyte GA-990XA-D3 990FX Socket AM3+ 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard its basically the 990fx version of the one you chose... such as that
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Think iv'e changed my mind lol how is this looking now iv'e come down with the gfx card to a 6870 and gone with a better processor think he's only gaming on 22" monitor anyway and a 7850 is overkill imo Will this handle games like sc2 wow and diablo3 on full settings ? I wont be overclocking it at all Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 £71.98 Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX XMP Memory Kit CL9 1.65V £36.38 Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive - 7200RPM 32MB Cache £65.00 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler £15.44 Coolermaster Centurion 5 II SPECIAL EDITION Case with Red Interior - With Coolermaster 650W GX PSU £90.63 Sony AD-5280S-0B 24x DVD±RW & DL SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black £13.35 Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £71.57 (free accessory) Gigabyte 16GB USB Promotion £0.00 XFX HD 6870 900MHz 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual Mini DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card £128.76 Intel Core i5 2500 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £159.33 Total £652.44
For the price of the i5 2500, how much of a stretch is it to get a 2500k? Because honestly, might as well have a processor that can overclock the beans out of it. Overall, not a bad build, although I'd settle for a HD6850 on the pure basis that it's much cheaper. Also if you're willing to wait I do recall that the 660Ti might be coming out soon leading to price drops on more powerful cards. But if you must want a build now. It's a relatively solid build and you can run pretty much anything on high/full settings provided you have a resolution of 1650x1050. At 1920x1080 you might have to scale back a bit.
