AMD or Intel, for gaming is this spec a good setup for Bf3 and games like that.

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Anthony L

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Case- InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)-AMD PHENOM II X6 1100T (3.30GHz/9MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard-ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™
Memory (RAM)-8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card-2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory-1st Hard Disk 750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st- DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
2nd-DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply-CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling-COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
 
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gavcor

Bronze Level Poster
Whats the output from the PC watts wise? Just wondering if youd benefit from a higher PSU for future enhancements
 
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robmal

Bronze Level Poster
Surprised that nobody has said that a Intel Sandy Bridge CPU for gaming would be sooo sooo much better probably giving 5-15 fps more in games (depending on the cpu usage of the game)
 
Petchi b

Petchi b

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Ok so 650W should be fine. I've got pretty much the same setup as you but I went for the 750W Corsair just to be sure..I would rather have the extra flexibilty in adding an extra HDD etc if needed. You should have no problems playing the latest games on that rig...but you will no doubt get people saying you should go with an Intel processor...either way a good rig.

Edit: Re above...what did I tell you lol :D
 
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gavcor

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Id be tempted to up the PSU a little mate just as Petchi says it covers any additions you may want such as extra RAM etc. If your happy you wont need to be adding anything in then id say ur looking pretty good with the spec mate
 
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gavcor

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They both look very similar cards mate. Some minor differences on fill rates etc some aspects of one are better compared to the other and visa versa. The link below compares them together.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

Looking at passmark however it does appear that the 570 does out perform the 6950.
 
Petchi b

Petchi b

Well-known member
If you are keeping the AMD processor then stick with the 6950 - you will hardly notice a difference anyway. But if you go with the Intel CPU then go with NVIDIA.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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Anthony L said:
Is it worth investing in the liquid cooler or should i go for the TITAN FENRIR EVO?
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lol comes down to personal preference really, both will offer awesome cooling. Some people will state both are overkill and the eco cooler is best for overclocking.

I have a non-oc i7 2600 and the eco keeps my cpu nice and cool.

So my opinion both are really good options.
 
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Anthony L

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Or this intel spec
Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)


Max wattage 572W
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
Anthony L said:
Or this intel spec
Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)


Max wattage 572W
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Looks good, just a few things,
1. drop to the i7 2600, the k variant is for overclocking,
2. the ram you could go for the samsung, and will see no loss in performance.
3.Do you need the blu ray drive AND a dvd drive?
4. Drop the sound card, on board sound will be just as good as this.
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
What is your budget for this spec? Do you need a monitor, keaboard mouse included in the budget?
Are you consider sli/crossfire as an upgrade path in the future?
Are you going to use this pc only for gaming?
 
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Anthony L

Member
Not just gaming, may be using some CAD software in the future, and upgrade in the future. Add a second graphics cards within two years.
Budget about 1,000-1,200 excluding the moniter.
 
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