Opinion on Gaming rig.

[TheAnonymousGamer]

Hello. I am on a very tight £880 budget. I need to have everything, including a monitor, keyboard, and a mouse. Here is my build so far. I have no idea what 2 way crossfire is, but i would like you to tell me. I will use my system for streaming games, and recording them, and also graphical work.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2fxKx

 

[Stefan_Janosevic]

Two way crossfire is using dual cards.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/eltigre363/20120708_221842.jpg
On this picture you can see two cards.
The 560 can be used as a dedicated PhysX card which leaves the 670 free to do all the rendering work. It's a great way to put an older card to good use.

Crossfire is only ever worth doing on high end cards. One single high end card is always preferable to two midrange cards, always.

Crossfire is great, when it works. Crossfire does not work properly in many games and when it does, microstutter is very visible on mid-range cards.

 

[iceclock]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2fzAd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2fzAd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2fzAd/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.77 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£94.67 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.86 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£179.19 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.70 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.20 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£145.12 @ CCL Computers)
Mouse: Perixx MX-2000 Wired Laser Mouse
Total: £887.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-05 22:00 GMT+0000)

this is better sir

 

[TheAnonymousGamer]

I need a Xeon on my system.

 

[iceclock]

why do u need a xeon?

its not any better than the i5

 

[iceclock]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2gu3D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2gu3D/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2gu3D/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£195.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS5X Performa CPU Cooler (£13.06 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£94.67 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£179.19 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.63 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.20 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£141.89 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Perixx MX-2000 Wired Laser Mouse
Total: £927.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-07 16:33 GMT+0000)