Recommendations for Budget gaming PC UK

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by Darkeh, Sep 5, 2013.

  1. Darkest

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    Try reading the thread before replying. :p

    As for the 650TI Boost, it's a good deal more expensive than a 7770 in the UK. It's closer to 7870 prices. As is the 660.
     
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    I mostly use the search function and it didn't picked up 7870, my bad. :)
     
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    No worries, it happens. lol
     
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    God damn you guys! :)

    you see this is why I set my tight budget....

    im now on £500!

    AMD 8320
    7950 IceQ
    Asus MSA99FX PRO (wouldn't mind having the 16/16 sli/Xfire capability)
    8 GB Patriot Venom 2400mhz DDR3
     
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    Can I see your links? Are you def going to go SLI? Could save some money with 970 chipset.....up to u.

    Also you're going to need a CPU cooler, CM Hyper 212 Evo should do.
     
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    hehe yer sorry :) Links...

    replace the stars with overclocker s.co.uk

    GFx http://www.********************/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS

    mobo http://www.********************/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-560-AS

    ram http://www.********************/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-092-PA

    changed the ram from 2400mhz to 1866mhz, but much better timings

    also yer I do fancy SLI, annoyed me on my last PC because I couldn't add a second 5850.

    Also I have a Corsair H50 with dual Noctua PF12 fans, hoping that will do the job for now.
     
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    I think he's buying from OCUK.
     
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    That Sapphire card has a much better cooling solution than the HIS, if you're comfortable spending the extra I'd say it's worth it.
     
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    I am but I would have to forgo the Asus mobo in favour of the Giga because Aria don't sell the asus.

    Equivalent cooling priced 7950 on ocuk is an MSI Twin Frozr 7950 boost at 199
     

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    You may as well get 2400mhz because although the timings are a bit looser the latency will be better due to the higher speed. This is how DDR3 works.

    Since there's only a couple of euro's between Patriot, Kingston and Corsair 1866-2400 sticks it would pay to get the fastest stuff available.

    It won't make a huge difference atm but means you won't need to upgrade again a year from now and may be handy if you decide to move to Steamroller.

    I'm extremely biased towards Kingston HyperX (Hynix/Samsung IC's) but anything with a lifetime warranty should be OK if you don't plan to overclock the memory.

    If u do want to overclock then we could suggest some sticks for u.


    http://www.********************/productlist.php?catid=8&groupid=701&sortby=priceAsc&subid=1387
     
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    Someone on the forums recently bought one of those new revision MSI 7950's and had good things to say about it, there's also the cheaper HIS IceQ Boost for £187.99 that's definitely voltage unlocked. I've actually used one of those and found it worked flawlessly, oc'd well also.
     
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    Just to let you know, Overclockers doesn't allow direct linking, not sure why.

    Darkeh, have you settled on a final build yet?
     
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    Yer think so...... Subject to change ;)

    Amd 8320

    Asus m5a99x pro or evo

    Amd 7950, probably the his iceq

    8gb patriot viper 2400


    So far....
     
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    Looks good to me tbh.
     

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    I've heard good things about the ice-q 7950.
     
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    Have made a cpl of changes

    Asus sabretooth 990

    And kingston hyperx predator 2400 ram
     
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    Throwing this out here. How does an i5 4670K and an entry-level / midrange Z87 motherboard compare to the AMD platform chosen in terms of performance and price?
     
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    Ok so was looking at slightly higher gfx cards

    Am stuck now....

    Msi twinfrozr 7970 £240

    Msi twinfrozr gtx680 £240

    Asus gtx 680 dcu £240

    Im thinking the msi 680 because it has slightly higher clocks, i love the asus dcu stuff, but the cooler is a triple slot so would be awkward for sli....

    ***Edit Im thinking over using 3 x vga monitors (1600x1050) with my PC.

    Im thinking

    2 x mini display port to VGA adaptors
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-Di...=1-1&keywords=active+mini+display+port+to+vga


    and 1 DVI-I to Vga

    anyone know if this will work? is there a preference on Nvidia surround v eyefinity..

    as long as they both work, ive read the 7970 will be faster due to the extra vram at 4800x1050
     
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    I manged to get a second msi 7850 2gb for £97 (new) on ebay the other week... cheep as chips and overclocked to 1250/1400 easy, so if your going cheep then want to crossfire you really cant go wrong.
     

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