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I am getting a CCL elite sparrowhawk gaming PC. It will be used for both university work but also gaming. The sort of games I plan on paying range from Dragon Age, Lord of the Rings online to Sims 3. I know nothing about computers at all and would be very grateful for any help I can get.

It has an onboard graphics card (AMD A10 7850K 3.7GHz CPU) but I can pay extra to have another one instead. The options are:

  • XFX AMD Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card
    Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card
    Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB Graphics Card
    MSI AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB Graphics Card
    ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB Graphics Card
    ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2GB Graphics Card
    ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 1GB Graphics Card
    ASUS 1GB Graphics Card
    XFX AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB Core Edition Graphics Card
    Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB Graphics Card
    Powercolor AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB Graphics Card
    EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 1GB Graphics Card
    Asus AMD Radeon HD 6670 2GB Graphics Card

Am I better off sticking with the onboard graphics card or should I select one of the others?

Also should I get a cooler or is it fine without one?

Thanks!

 
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zeyuanfu

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Isn't hybrid Crossfire better than the integrated graphics?
 
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No, tom's hardware did an article on this a long time back and it showed that using a discrete GPU without hybrid crossfire actually had higher fps then hybrid crossfire.
 
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zeyuanfu

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Oh...
 
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zeyuanfu

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Easy, you could either go with a Core i5 or i3 for the instant performance, or get the Pentium G3258 and upgrade later.
 
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Intel build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£173.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£36.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £591.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

If you wanted a cheaper AMD build you could switch the cpu for a fx 6300 or 8320 and change the motherboard to a Gigabyte 970A- UD3P.

 
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