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08-10-2009, 12:53 PM
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New Build For Gaming - First Build.
I am a Gamer Usally Play Games Such a Call of Duty, Cross Fire and Photoshop.
MyCurrent Pc Cannot Handle the Spec Required. I intened to Build a new pc. My Requirements are to have at least: 4GB RAM A Quad Core Processor High End Graphics Card Budget is Around £300-400 http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...-GZX6-BK&af=50 GigaByte GZ-X6 Black ATX Case £26.74 inc.VAT ---------------------- http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...prodID=B130668 ARCTIC COOLING 120mm STANDARD CASE FAN £3.36 ---------------------- http://www.dabs.com/products/AMD-Phe...3GHz-57XX.html AMD PhenomX4 9650 Quad Core AM2+ 4MB 2.3GHz £80.48 inc vat ---------------------- http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...prodID=B243725 ASRock K10N78 Motherboard £44.86 ---------------------- http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&...r=60&ca630=4GB Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-640 £46.87 ---------------------- http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...prodID=B238862 PNY NVIDIA 9800GT 1GB DDR3 £77.42 ---------------------- http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...440&tid=frooct 460W CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Plus Power Supply £34.99 ---------------------- Operating System intend to Use is the New windows 7 Professional. As Well As Have Windows XP on a Secondary Hard Drive. I already Had a Sound Card Hard Drives and DVD Drives I intend to Use. Thanks I hope You can Advise Me Last edited by jr316; 08-10-2009 at 12:57 PM. |
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08-10-2009, 02:43 PM
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Welcome to pcmech
Good CPU, Asrock is not recommended, I would go for this http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-am...48750000-50626 instead, Nvidia 9800GT is not a high end card, here is a much better card http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-at...tml?refs=50626 a high end card won't fit in your budget.
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08-10-2009, 03:03 PM
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Khalil, could you please elaborate on why the 4670 is better than the 9800GT? In all the benchies I've looked at the 9800GT beats the 4670 by ~50%..
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08-10-2009, 03:50 PM
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I don't rely on benchmarks, I have 2 computers in my house one is my daughter's which I put in a 9800GT and my son's which I built 6 months later and that has a 4670, both machines are running on Asus M3N motherboards and AMD 6000 processors with the same amount of memory.
They both play WOW and EQ2, the 4670 gets 15-20 more fps in EQ2, the game has a built in fps counter. Another game they both enjoy is need for speed-undercover, installed it on both machines, again the 4670 out performed the 9800GT, you can see and feel it in the game. I figured something was wrong with that one Asus 9800GT so I replaced it, still, the 4670 is out performing it, to keep things even I ended up putting a 4670 in my daughter's machine. Now both play the same. By the way, they both use Asus 22" wide screen LCD. I hope this answers your question. EDIT: If benchmarks are important to OP here is an ATI card that scores higher with most benchmarks than the 9800GT for about the same money http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...prodID=B229485 Here is the benchmark http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...i9800gt/6.html I was never impressed with the 9800GT or 9800GTX, in my opinion anything less than a GTX275 from Nvidia and one is better off buying an ATI. Last edited by Khalil; 08-10-2009 at 04:05 PM. |
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08-10-2009, 05:05 PM
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Hi, Thanks
Regarding the Grpahics Card Would You Recommend Also: http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...ld=#productTop With the Motherboard would it fit within the Case. Which are case would You recommend. Also Would it be compatiable with the other components Eg. RAM Which PSU Would You Recommend to Have. Would a 500w Do Well. The Help is Much Appreciated Last edited by jr316; 08-10-2009 at 06:15 PM. |
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08-10-2009, 06:18 PM
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XFX tends to have more issues- HIS or Sapphire are good brands.
The case you picked is a mid-tower ATX, your parts should work. Would look to Corsair/crucial/G-Skill for the ram. Kingston has had issues. 500w PSU would be a good size-look to Corsair/Antec/Seasonic/FSP for quailty brands.
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08-10-2009, 10:38 PM
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Asus is HIGHLY recommended for motherboards. I know you might think that we are being picky with brands, but when it comes to something you are investing this much money in it is very much worth it to get good quality stuff and good quality customer service. You don't want to buy a video card and then have it break down in a month and not be able to get a new one.
Asus M3A76-CM mATX or Asus M4A78-EM AM2+ 780G will be much better and look like they cost less, also, it says that the M4A78 is a mATX board which according to newegg is not true, it is a full ATX board. Last edited by AMGrbaowska; 08-10-2009 at 10:45 PM. |
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08-11-2009, 12:18 AM
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Kingston has fixed their problems - we can recommend it again.
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08-12-2009, 08:46 AM
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Hi
Yea i Understand, I do Want the Best Compents for the Pc So Any Suggestions are takeninto consideration, as i am here to learn aswell. My Current Motherboar is: Micro ATX, 244mm x 218mm Would the New Motherboard Slot into my cirrent pc case. This is the new specs i have made from the suggestions: http://www.lambda-tek.com/computing/...B226615%091%0A Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD4850 1GB http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?nov-48501 Do You think it would be components would be compatible and a give me a good gaming experience. The Help is Much Apprciated. |
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08-12-2009, 05:03 PM
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Hi I was Told the Processor I have Chosen is an old one, would that still be worrth buying.
Or Shall i Be Looking to Get a AM3 Processor Therefore Change the Motherboard and RAM. Perhaphs a Phenom 945 http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle Or anything Simliar at Low Budget. Thanks |
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08-12-2009, 08:23 PM
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DDR3 is the future however the current DDR3 stuff is not really that much better than DDR2
I think the AMD 940 will work much better for you than that 9650, the 940 is still DDR2 |
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