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March 28, 2014 2:22:20 PM

Okay so let me start by saying, I have NO money at all. I recently just purchased a 670 2gb that was a bargain for £135. I will be playing games like DayZ, Battlefield 4, Minecraft FTB, Crysis 3, Borderlands 2 etc...That GPU killed my budget. All I currently have now is:

NZXT Hades Case- This is a 50/50 with me. It's really old, and should I spend more money upgrading it? Or should I stick with it...

Intel core2 duo E8400 @3.00Ghz
Intel core2 duo E6600 @2.4Ghz
-GTX 670 (Soon to come in the post)
24inch monitor
Free copy of windows 7 ultimate (friends giving it to me)
6GB of ram, don't know the speed
and an old motherboard that only supports LGA755 sockets - Another one I want to upgrade to a LGA1155 motherboard, or completely switch to AMD due to the core2's probably bottlenecking my 670. (which will cost a bit more)
So basically I want to know a complete build using the parts I listed, or maybe not, that can play the games I listed... I'm only 14 so I don't have much money, Help please


Parts I would need:
Hard Drive
PSU
Optical Drive
motherboard (50/50, Only if a core2 bottlenecks a 670)
Cpu (same as above^^)

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March 28, 2014 2:26:11 PM

ash81 said:
Okay so let me start by saying, I have NO money at all. I recently just purchased a 670 2gb that was a bargain for £135. I will be playing games like DayZ, Battlefield 4, Minecraft FTB, Crysis 3, Borderlands 2 etc...That GPU killed my budget. All I currently have now is:

NZXT Hades Case- This is a 50/50 with me. It's really old, and should I spend more money upgrading it? Or should I stick with it...

Intel core2 duo E8400 @3.00Ghz
Intel core2 duo E6600 @2.4Ghz
-GTX 670 (Soon to come in the post)
24inch monitor
Free copy of windows 7 ultimate (friends giving it to me)
6GB of ram, don't know the speed
and an old motherboard that only supports LGA755 sockets - Another one I want to upgrade to a LGA1155 motherboard, or completely switch to AMD due to the core2's probably bottlenecking my 670. (which will cost a bit more)
So basically I want to know a complete build using the parts I listed, or maybe not, that can play the games I listed... I'm only 14 so I don't have much money, Help please


I am the same age, I have to say most stuff for AMD is cheaper. I built my PC with an FX 8350 for ~$700. I would go AMD. That C2 Duo will create bottleneck.
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March 28, 2014 2:28:45 PM

So I should spend £130 ($220) for an upgrade to AMD?
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March 28, 2014 2:35:54 PM

Hello man said:
ash81 said:
Okay so let me start by saying, I have NO money at all. I recently just purchased a 670 2gb that was a bargain for £135. I will be playing games like DayZ, Battlefield 4, Minecraft FTB, Crysis 3, Borderlands 2 etc...That GPU killed my budget. All I currently have now is:

NZXT Hades Case- This is a 50/50 with me. It's really old, and should I spend more money upgrading it? Or should I stick with it...

Intel core2 duo E8400 @3.00Ghz
Intel core2 duo E6600 @2.4Ghz
-GTX 670 (Soon to come in the post)
24inch monitor
Free copy of windows 7 ultimate (friends giving it to me)
6GB of ram, don't know the speed
and an old motherboard that only supports LGA755 sockets - Another one I want to upgrade to a LGA1155 motherboard, or completely switch to AMD due to the core2's probably bottlenecking my 670. (which will cost a bit more)
So basically I want to know a complete build using the parts I listed, or maybe not, that can play the games I listed... I'm only 14 so I don't have much money, Help please


I am the same age, I have to say most stuff for AMD is cheaper. I built my PC with an FX 8350 for ~$700. I would go AMD. That C2 Duo will create bottleneck.


ash81 said:
So I should spend £130 ($220) for an upgrade to AMD?

So I should spend £130 ($220) for an upgrade to AMD?
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March 28, 2014 4:40:16 PM

Here is a possible upgrade:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£91.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £145.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-28 23:38 GMT+0000)

It is 25 pounds over your budget but I simply couldn't bring myself to cut back to the fx-6300 or on the mobo. Honestly I would prefer the non-le version of the mobo I have listed but that is another 10 pounds.

Edit: If your budget was around 200 pounds then we could probably get you a fx-8320 which would be the best option but it all comes down to money.
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