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[Amit]

Okay guys I need your help. I'm building a new PC, I have like £550 ($917) to spend.

I asked my friend to look up some good parts, he has but he didnt check they were compatible. If you guys could check, and also say if the parts are good etc.

Please note, I'm not going for a gaming pc, so I dont need it to be mega great, some thing reasonable that can be play games pretty well.

If you guys recommend other parts, could you check this site (http://www.ebuyer.com/) has them, and they are still within the budget, because UK prices are more expensive.

Here are links to the parts on newgg so you can look at the reviews there and decide for yourself if they are good for your needs.

Mobo:XFX nForce 750i

Ram: CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB)

GFX Card:XFX GTX260 Black Edition

CPU Fan:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2

HD:Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB

Case:Antec Three Hundred

PSU:OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W

CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300

[Limited]

Thanks alot, seems like most people like the parts. Compared to what I have now it will be a massive increase in speed. I'm not looking for a beast of a pc, so I think it will do the job.

Only thing is, will all the parts work together? Most of them will, I'm just a tad nervous about it lol, I hope to order the parts like within the next week.

[Rook]

Limited if you don't plan to OC (I'm assuming your not because your not going for a hardcore gaming PC) the stock intel fan should be fine, I hear they're ok. Some people say they OC with the stock fan on the Phenom II's, I haven't OCed but the stock fan keeps it cool.


It seems everything should work together and the antec 300 is a petty good choice... it was enjoyable working with that case.

[AAA]

Just for fun I built an i5 Computer out of your budget. It was originally for you, but... I went 60 Euros over the limit. I'm posting anyways because I spent quite a bit of time and tried to work with what I got, so why let that effort go to waste?

Enjoy.

Case: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854 ~~~~£39.73

Motherboard: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173450 ~~~~£136.84

CPU/Processor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755 ~~~~£144.31

RAM/Memory: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490 ~~~~£79.99

GPU/Graphics Card: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176938 ~~~~£116.98

PSU/Power Supply: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127861 ~~~~ £49.98

HDD/Hard Drive: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150246 ~~~~£42.29

Subtotal: £610.12

[Amit]

Just for fun I built an i5 Computer out of your budget. It was originally for you, but... I went 60 Euros over the limit. I'm posting anyways because I spent quite a bit of time and tried to work with what I got, so why let that effort go to waste?

Enjoy.

Case: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854 ~~~~£39.73

Motherboard: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173450 ~~~~£136.84

CPU/Processor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755 ~~~~£144.31

RAM/Memory: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490 ~~~~£79.99

GPU/Graphics Card: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176938 ~~~~£116.98

PSU/Power Supply: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127861 ~~~~ £49.98

HDD/Hard Drive: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150246 ~~~~£42.29

Subtotal: £610.12

If you down the graphics card to a HD 5750, you can save a good couple pounds and still have crazy performance.

[AAA]

You're right, I have a 4770 and I max out on every game with playable frames, hardly any slow downs. I didn't think about it. Thanks. =)

[Amit]

You're right, I have a 4770 and I max out on every game with playable frames, hardly any slow downs. I didn't think about it. Thanks. =)

My birthday is next month and I'm hoping that I can ask for a Sapphire HD 4770 if my parents ask me what I want. It's only $120 at my favourite local PC shop. The HD 5750 has identical performance to the HD 4770, but it has DX11 support. I don't care about all that fancy stuff. I'm still trying to run DX9 games at full settings.

[AAA]

My birthday is next month and I'm hoping that I can ask for a Sapphire HD 4770 if my parents ask me what I want. It's only $120 at my favourite local PC shop. The HD 5750 has identical performance to the HD 4770, but it has DX11 support. I don't care about all that fancy stuff. I'm still trying to run DX9 games at full settings.

Well, if you can get a 5770 or 5750, I say go for it due to the fact that it's $120 for a 4770. Not worth that much, I got mine for $90, and the 5750 is $145 from newegg, I say do that. keep yourself a little future proof.

[Amit]

I know what you mean, but seriously, I won't be playing anything Direct X 11 when most of the DX10 cards can't even handle DX10 enabled games.

[mR_r0b0to]

my system is a little aged, so i think it's time for a little upgrade..
my current specs are in my profile,
i'm thinking of upgrading the video card, but i'm _totally_ lost.. last time i looked into gfx cards was when the geforce 9600 series were pretty good for how much they were.

what else should i upgrade? i'm thinking of getting rid of the stock cooler on the cpu and overclocking it, but so far it hasn't choked on me.. the video card is really bottlenecking everything lol

also what is this pci express 2.0 shit, is it backwards compatible?