Build Advice another one!

HI long time lurker of bit tech

so i have some old kit i want to upg:

Budget:
500-600
Main uses of intended build:
Gaming - crysis 3, ps2
Parts required:
MObo, cpu, mem, gpu, psu
Previous build information (list details of parts):
gigabyte mobo (the one that doesnt oc) Radeon HD 4870, E5200 cpu, 4gb ram, 1tb hdd. Emermax 455w psu
Monitor resolution:
1680 x 1050
Storage requirements:
maybe ssd,
Will you be overclocking: yes
Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers):
got 4 shark cooling fans doing a good job in the antec 300
Extra information about desired system:
dont mind either flavour of cpu

also this
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
FPS:
21.4
Score:
894
Min FPS:
11.6
Max FPS:
36.5
sucked

 

How about this?



Get a few more posts on here and you can get free shipping from Scan, saving £9.15, bring it to a shade over £600. For that you'll get a good build - Overclockable CPU on a solid board, plenty of RAM and a highly decent GPU. This would form the core of a very competent system for any future upgrades as well.

The only thing I would want to add, if the budget could be pushed, is a CPU cooler of some kind (second hand?) and an SSD at a later date. A decent SSD is about £100-150 (depending on size), so really blows your initial budget.

AMD would be cheaper, but an Intel i5 quad is going to be faster. Planetside 2 also has a thing for fast CPUs.

 

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=261689

my advice to someone else, however you will need to add ram to that (which wouldnt be much to be honest)

 

Guys, advice much appreciated, I must admit I am not a total novice (haha he says) so I have come up with this tweaked list, just about within budget, but no ssd:

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/258d1b8943924a14b3a797938a5f593c

 

Looks good, although you've got a retail CPU in there that will come with a (distinctly average) cooler - switch to the OEM model.

 

No 7870XT? You could probably sneak in a 7950 for that price to be honest.

 

Cei, cheers, i have gone for the silverstone ar01 as the aftermarket cooler, no need for the stock one as you say but the rertail is cheaper

Elton, as for the video card I thought the gtx760 was the daddy at this price range? £200

 

Depends. I think it's very possible to find a HD7950 for cheaper, overclock it to hell and it would be a bit faster.

Plus dat delicious VRAM.