Approximate Purchase Date: A Few Weeks
Budget Range: £500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and other basic tasks
Are you buying a monitor: No (In the Future Though)
Parts to Upgrade: New System
Do you need to buy OS: No I have a copy of Windows 7 Professional
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.aria.co.uk, www.novatech.co.uk, www.overclockers.co.uk
Location: United Kingdom
Parts Preferences: Not Many Preferences
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the Future
Your Monitor Resolution: I have a 1280x720
Additional Comments: None
So I want to be able to run all modern games at medium+ settings and I am not sure whether it would be better to start with an i3 and upgrade to an i5/i7 later or go straight for an i5 or i7 or maybe even an AMD FX series.
I have included to PC Part picker things below one of an i3 build (within the budget) and an AMD FX Quad Core Build (withing the budget) if you think I should go straight for an i5/i7 let me know and I will save up around £1000 to build that one suggestions for the i5 or i7 build are welcome
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-648UB 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £314.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 21:11 GMT+0000)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£80.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£186.53 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-649UB 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £513.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 21:11 GMT+0000)
Budget Range: £500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and other basic tasks
Are you buying a monitor: No (In the Future Though)
Parts to Upgrade: New System
Do you need to buy OS: No I have a copy of Windows 7 Professional
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.aria.co.uk, www.novatech.co.uk, www.overclockers.co.uk
Location: United Kingdom
Parts Preferences: Not Many Preferences
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the Future
Your Monitor Resolution: I have a 1280x720
Additional Comments: None
So I want to be able to run all modern games at medium+ settings and I am not sure whether it would be better to start with an i3 and upgrade to an i5/i7 later or go straight for an i5 or i7 or maybe even an AMD FX series.
I have included to PC Part picker things below one of an i3 build (within the budget) and an AMD FX Quad Core Build (withing the budget) if you think I should go straight for an i5/i7 let me know and I will save up around £1000 to build that one suggestions for the i5 or i7 build are welcome
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£57.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-648UB 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £314.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 21:11 GMT+0000)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£80.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£186.53 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-649UB 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £513.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 21:11 GMT+0000)