- Dec 14, 2007
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Hi guys
well after many months of buying components here and there ( and being given one ) i have the pc i need for running the games and applications i use,but what do you guys think
1) cpu : core i5 3330 (3ghz) .. this cost me £41 from our local CEX store .. i traded in some old ps2 and xbox games ( and a HD5670 ) and this meant i could get this cpu for such a good price ( originally sold for £90 )
2) vtx3d radeon HD6790 ...my neighbour gave me this for fixing his pc and also installing a new psu and a MSI GTX560ti ..... this gives me ample power combined with the core i5 3330 to handle most games at reasonable detail .... used a molex to 6pin adapter as my 500w ocz stealthstream psu only has one 6pin .. works great
3) sandisk readycache 32gb ... this may not be as good as a proper ssd,however it does improve game loads and boot times ... the trick however is to build the cache with your most used programs ... however when i installed the HD6790 i had to remove one of my storage drives ( as the sata cable was interfering with the card ) and this then made the cache reset ... not a big problem though as it will simply rebuild the cache
other specs include 8gb of corsair XMS3 ddr3 memory,a 1tb sata HDD and a dvdrw drive ( samsung ) .... and finally a gigabyte H61MA-D2V motherboard
overall very happy but your opinons will be much appreciated
cheers guys !
well after many months of buying components here and there ( and being given one ) i have the pc i need for running the games and applications i use,but what do you guys think
1) cpu : core i5 3330 (3ghz) .. this cost me £41 from our local CEX store .. i traded in some old ps2 and xbox games ( and a HD5670 ) and this meant i could get this cpu for such a good price ( originally sold for £90 )
2) vtx3d radeon HD6790 ...my neighbour gave me this for fixing his pc and also installing a new psu and a MSI GTX560ti ..... this gives me ample power combined with the core i5 3330 to handle most games at reasonable detail .... used a molex to 6pin adapter as my 500w ocz stealthstream psu only has one 6pin .. works great
3) sandisk readycache 32gb ... this may not be as good as a proper ssd,however it does improve game loads and boot times ... the trick however is to build the cache with your most used programs ... however when i installed the HD6790 i had to remove one of my storage drives ( as the sata cable was interfering with the card ) and this then made the cache reset ... not a big problem though as it will simply rebuild the cache
other specs include 8gb of corsair XMS3 ddr3 memory,a 1tb sata HDD and a dvdrw drive ( samsung ) .... and finally a gigabyte H61MA-D2V motherboard
overall very happy but your opinons will be much appreciated
cheers guys !
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