- May 22, 2013
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Hi Guys,
Looking for a bit of advice on the build I am looking to put together. I have decided on 2x 21.5inch 1080p monitors leaving approximately £450 for the actual tower only (i already have a spare copy of win 7 64 bit)
Current build list:
intel core i5-4440 (haswell)
8gb crucial ballistix ram (1600mhz)
cheap and cheerful mobo: gigabyte h81m-ds2
500gb WD green hard drive
corsair semi-modular 430W psu
msi hd7770 1gb gddr5 graphics card
lite-on dvd rewriter
antec vsk 4000e case
total price is approx £430 mainly ordering from amazon uk.
As the title suggests, it will mostly be used for work based use, multitasking with browsers, videos, converting of files etc with occasional gaming. The games i play are relatively old (ie test drive unlimited 2, gta 4 etc) and hence I THINK the graphics card should be powerful enough, correct me if im wrong. I wont be gaming in 1080p on both monitors, likely 720p on a single monitor; dual is only useful for work.
In addition, is 430w likely to be sufficient for this set up? Initial calculations suggest anything over 300w should be okay but i want to check. Upgrading is unlikely within the near future and hence i dont need to leave any headroom for powering more graphics cards.
In this price range, would it make more sense to go AMD? The games I play will not make full use of 6/8 cores but Intel have a much better performance per core ratio. Alternatively, would an i3 suffice? Or even an ivy bridge processor?
Cheers
Adam
Looking for a bit of advice on the build I am looking to put together. I have decided on 2x 21.5inch 1080p monitors leaving approximately £450 for the actual tower only (i already have a spare copy of win 7 64 bit)
Current build list:
intel core i5-4440 (haswell)
8gb crucial ballistix ram (1600mhz)
cheap and cheerful mobo: gigabyte h81m-ds2
500gb WD green hard drive
corsair semi-modular 430W psu
msi hd7770 1gb gddr5 graphics card
lite-on dvd rewriter
antec vsk 4000e case
total price is approx £430 mainly ordering from amazon uk.
As the title suggests, it will mostly be used for work based use, multitasking with browsers, videos, converting of files etc with occasional gaming. The games i play are relatively old (ie test drive unlimited 2, gta 4 etc) and hence I THINK the graphics card should be powerful enough, correct me if im wrong. I wont be gaming in 1080p on both monitors, likely 720p on a single monitor; dual is only useful for work.
In addition, is 430w likely to be sufficient for this set up? Initial calculations suggest anything over 300w should be okay but i want to check. Upgrading is unlikely within the near future and hence i dont need to leave any headroom for powering more graphics cards.
In this price range, would it make more sense to go AMD? The games I play will not make full use of 6/8 cores but Intel have a much better performance per core ratio. Alternatively, would an i3 suffice? Or even an ivy bridge processor?
Cheers
Adam
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