Is my build ok?

[anthony986]

I was trying to keep it under 700, but its like 50 over after rebates. Is this a Alright build for mostly playing wow and ff
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[mosox]

Yep

Yep

Yep

Yep

Nope, get a HD 6870.

Yep BUT, that's a crossfire mobo and the PSU is a bit to weak on the 12V rails if you plan to crossfire later.
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Yep

Yep

 

[anthony986]

Yep



Nope, get a HD 6870

Yep

Is it better than the 5850?

 

[mosox]

Yep.

 

[Zenthar]

The 6870 is barely better than the 5850 so consider the price difference as well.

 

[anthony986]

Ya I was looking at that pretty nice. With this rig I should be ok for couple years tho right? And I can upgrade parts as I get more cash or as they go outta date.

 

[Zenthar]

The base rig will be ok for a a good 3-5 years, in ~1.5-2.5 years you might want to add a 2nd GPU (your MB and PSU should allow that) or replace it, but that would probably be a 100-150$ investment. This will depend on the games you want to play, at which resolution and the technology that shows up until then.

you might also want to wait a week (Jan. 9th) for Sandy Bridge release. Even if this is not an Intel build, you might want to see the impact on overall market prices.

 

[anthony986]

Alright bro thank you for the info

 

[anthony986]

With sandy bridge being released should I switch out my CPU or mobo?

 

[Zenthar]

If your main concern is budget, I don't think SB will do you good, my guess is that it's gonna add 50-100$ to the build.

 

[anthony986]

If I'm going to get a lot more out of it extra 100 bucks will be fine

 

[Zenthar]

Any specific feature you would like the MB to support, USB 3.0, XFire, SLI, ...?

 

[anthony986]

Im not very computer saveyy. ill be using it for wow and ff maybe some gta. my wife will be using it for photos videos and web browsing.

 

[Zenthar]

Im not very computer saveyy. ill be using it for wow and ff maybe some gta. my wife will be using it for photos videos and web browsing.

Then, if it fits you budget you can get a ASRock P67 Extreme4 or ASUS P8P67 PRO with i5-2500K (Total: 378-415$ vs 250$) or you can go for lower-end parts like GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 and i5-2300 for 315$, but you are sacrificing 500MHz, unlocked multiplier and SLI/XFire support for 60-100$. In the end, if you go for the "pricier" option it will cost you 165$ more than your original AMD build for a much more powerful CPU, but if the main goal is gaming, that amount of $$$ would be better used in a GPU upgrade.

 

[anthony986]

I thought the 6870 was near the top tier in video cards .what would you recommend I switch it to?

 

[Zenthar]

I thought the 6870 was near the top tier in video cards .what would you recommend I switch it to?

I was just saying that Sandy Bridge would most likely just make your system "last longer" not necessarily perform better in games. If you wanted more performance, getting 2 HD 6850 in XFire would be an option, but only if you actually need that kind of performance.

 

[orkie]

Looking at your needs, a 6870 should do you fine, I think what Zenthar meant is that if you don't have the money to spend more on the CPU then hold back on the CPU and get a good graphics card.

Are you planning on overclocking? If it's a total no no then you can save around $10 and get a locked i5 2500 version.
You mentioned upgrading, but do you think you will be crossfiring later? as if you aren't overclocking or crossfiring, you can save a good amount of cash by going for an H67 Motherboard and a locked i5 2500.

But if you do plan on doing any of these things, i still think you should get a i5 2500k and one of the motherboards Zenthar recommended as it will be much more future proof where you can just upgrade Graphics card if needed.