Working on a budget.

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GetCreature

Member
Alright Lads/Lasses

Im putting a PC together on a budget, I would like to see what you think. How will this perform? I'm looking at the new Battlefield 3 as a bench mark.

Cheers in advance.




Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
What is the budget you're working on? the spec looks good so far. If your able to push further on your budget then you should op for the gtx560ti which will give you better performence for the price :)
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
Yeah as Teaz said above can you give us your budget and don't forget the silver warranty for £5 which extends the 1 month collect and return to a full year.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
would you be willing to go to £730, ive got something decent here for £729.00


Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

This includes a much more reliable Corsair PSU, a GTX 560 Ti, wireless internet capability, a 3 year silver warranty and a case with much better cooling than your chosen, along with better looks (i think)
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
This'll tear up battlefield 3.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - better CPU
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - better than the 560 Ti
Free Item
FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) - reliable and branded PSU
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Price: £721.00 including VAT and delivery.

This is slightly over budget but in the long run this will definitely be worth it. If you absolutely can't go over £700, you could knock the PSU down to the unbranded 600W (not recommended), or knock down the GPU to a 6870.
 
G

GetCreature

Member
Really appreciate it so far guys.

And just out of interest, would anyone mind explaining the benefits of the AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) over the AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION?

Many Thanks
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
None - the 970 is the highest clocked and best quad core processor from AMD. I simply chose the 965 to stay within reach of the budget.

EDIT just realized what you meant. When I said 'better CPU' I meant better than Wozza365's spec :)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
and there you were 1hr ago saying that the Radeon's are crap and inefficient and now you are recommending it :0
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
i dont care, im getting 2 6970s whether you like it or not, my motherboard apparently has a switch so i can turn off the graphics cards completely and switch to the integrated graphics will probably use this feature a lot and it will balance out better than a nVidia without that motherboard

look at these two, they are exact same price

2GB AMD RADEON HD 6970 - 1536 -880MHz - 2048MB -1.375GHz - DX11 - 250W - 750W
1.25GB GEFORCE GTX 570 - 480 CUDA - 732MHz - 1280MB GDDR5 - 1900MHz DX11 - 225W - 650W
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
well, two 6970's are on par with two GTX 570's. I have nothing against them, I just find that when on a budget, it's more cost effective to get a good GPU with a lesser PSU requirement, but two 6970's will be awesome :D
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
I read that many games have problems with crossfire setups? Also read that there is quite often alot of driver issues when crossfiring.
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
tom_gr7 said:
I read that many games have problems with crossfire setups? Also read that there is quite often alot of driver issues when crossfiring.
Click to expand...

There will always be a few issues, but driver issues are more or less a thing of the past with AMD as they keep them well updated. A few games need seperate patches and stuff to make full use of both GPU's, but this is the same with both SLI and Crossfire.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
im sure that newer games will snap up the oppurtunity to load itself onto a second graphics card, and i wont be doing it until my hd6970 starts having trouble playing on high settings
 
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