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atomicmedic   10-16-2011 at 08:55:48 PM
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Hi, I read lots of the articles here, never really posted on the forums.

Will be using for gaming, not bothered about maxing everything out.
Without the video card I am looking to be spending ~£350


The GPU I already have.
I will most likely get this case http://www.ebuyer.com/172779-casec [...] 6788-black
I will add a couple of fans to this.

Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£89.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M4A77TD ATX AM3 Motherboard (£75.79 @ Insight UK)
Memory: Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£19.95 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.67 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 1GB Video Card (£139.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V Power Supply (£44.80 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive (£11.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £426.03
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2011-10-16 19:55 BST+0100)

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AdrianPerry   10-16-2011 at 09:17:06 PM
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I would recommend and AM3+ motherboard and 1600MHz RAM, but since your already over-budget I'm presuming this wont be an option?

Also for £95 on SCAN Today Only Deal you can grab the Phenom II x4 965, which for just £5 more than the 955, is probably worth it :)

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atomicmedic   10-16-2011 at 09:24:21 PM
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Scan also charges shipping, making it £10 more.

The MOBO, CPU and RAM are in a bundle
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus- [...] l?q=bundle

This makes it just on budget.

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atomicmedic   10-16-2011 at 10:01:20 PM
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Outlander_04 wrote :

This AM3+ motherboard
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/part/as [...] 70extreme3

latest processor support , and USB 3



Looks great, although I think that is outside of my price range, as the motherboard comes in a bundle with the processor and RAM meaning I save a little.

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beenthere   10-16-2011 at 10:03:34 PM
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Based on 20+ years of building high end PCs I can not recommend the Asus mobo. I'd suggest looking at a Gigabyte mobo for performance and reliability. You should also consider 2x 4 GB. RAM for a few dollars more so you have enough RAM. I'd suggest checking reviews on that model Corsair PSU also as Corsair buys these from several sources with varying performance and reliability.

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Outlander_04   10-16-2011 at 10:07:04 PM
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atomicmedic wrote :

Looks great, although I think that is outside of my price range, as the motherboard comes in a bundle with the processor and RAM meaning I save a little.



if you get the board with the 770 chipset you cut off any chance of future upgrades . It might be a bit cheaper now but its eventually going to cost you

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atomicmedic   10-16-2011 at 11:01:00 PM
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Outlander_04 wrote :

if you get the board with the 770 chipset you cut off any chance of future upgrades . It might be a bit cheaper now but its eventually going to cost you



Hmm, a few of my friends say that future-proofing isn't really worth it. Is there alternatives to anything that would make it cheaper so that I could afford a better motherboard?

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atomicmedic   10-16-2011 at 11:20:30 PM
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beenthere wrote :

Based on 20+ years of building high end PCs I can not recommend the Asus mobo. I'd suggest looking at a Gigabyte mobo for performance and reliability. You should also consider 2x 4 GB. RAM for a few dollars more so you have enough RAM. I'd suggest checking reviews on that model Corsair PSU also as Corsair buys these from several sources with varying performance and reliability.



Will defiantly upgrade my RAM, and will check the PSU model to make sure that its reliable.

I will look into a Gigabyte mobo, not 100% certain with the one I had anyway.

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Outlander_04   10-17-2011 at 12:04:49 AM
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atomicmedic wrote :

Will defiantly upgrade my RAM, and will check the PSU model to make sure that its reliable.

I will look into a Gigabyte mobo, not 100% certain with the one I had anyway.




£9 extra for a motherboard than you can add upgraded processors to for at least the next two generations after Phenom , and that gives you the option to crossfire is worth it

This video card
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/part/gi [...] vr685oc1gd
has a better cooler , is overclocked the same and cost £20 less

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atomicmedic   10-17-2011 at 09:39:17 AM
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Outlander_04 wrote :

£9 extra for a motherboard than you can add upgraded processors to for at least the next two generations after Phenom , and that gives you the option to crossfire is worth it

This video card
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/part/gi [...] vr685oc1gd
has a better cooler , is overclocked the same and cost £20 less



I have actually have my gpu, it didn't cost me the £140 btw. So changing that is out of the question.
However I am defiantly looking around for an alternative mobo.

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