nothin2seehere Posted 4 September 2011 Share Posted 4 September 2011 Out of interest, what is SLI and 'Xfire support'? I'm not clued up at all when it comes to them tbh. SLI and Cross Fire are nVidia's and ATI's (respectively) technologies for utilising multiple graphics cards to increase performance. There are solutions available that use 4 GPUs (graphics processing units) - which is probably slightly overkill for 99% of people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-layrex Posted 4 September 2011 Share Posted 4 September 2011 I've already gone over my original budget of £500 and really don't want to spend any more at the moment. 8GB of RAM was essentially because it was about £5 more than a decent 4GB. The case I already stepped up from a £10 one and I'll admit the mobo is pretty basic but that's only because of my limited needs regarding overclocking (seen many posts on forums + reviews saying this kind of setup is fine without overclocking). I imaginge that would be the first thing I upgraded though but I'm hoping this build will last a few years how it is. Out of interest, what is SLI and 'Xfire support'? I'm not clued up at all when it comes to them tbh. It just means you can run multiple graphics cards. Cheaper way of upgrading in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 4 September 2011 Author Share Posted 4 September 2011 Oooooh fair enough. Well that's not really an issue for me in the foreseeable future so i'll live without. I think it's a decent enough spec for what I want, ordered it now anyway. I'll let you know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-layrex Posted 4 September 2011 Share Posted 4 September 2011 Oooooh fair enough. Well that's not really an issue for me in the foreseeable future so i'll live without. I think it's a decent enough spec for what I want, ordered it now anyway. I'll let you know how it goes Yep if you're happy with it, you've spent your money very wisely i'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothin2seehere Posted 4 September 2011 Share Posted 4 September 2011 It just means you can run multiple graphics cards. Cheaper way of upgrading in the future. I'd respectively disagree with this actually. I don't think adding a second graphics card, remembering it has to be the same (or does it?) chip as your existing one, would be the best upgrade. Replacing it with a newer generation card would probably yield better results. On the other hand, by that time, another identical card may be that cheap that it does become cost-effective. I personally wouldn't go down that route though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 14 September 2011 Author Share Posted 14 September 2011 If anyone else is interested/doing a similar thing I went with this in the end..... Processor - Intel Sandybridge i5 2500 Quad Core - £152.00 (free delivery) http://www.ebuyer.co...r-bx80623i52500 Graphics card - Gigabyte GTX 560 OC Edition 1GB 256bit - £150.00 (free delivery) http://www.ebuyer.co...e-gv-n56goc-1gi RAM - Corsair XMS3 1333mHz 8GB(2x4GB) - £36.56 (free delivery) http://www.amazon.co...tag=invihand-21 Motherboard - Gigabyte SKT-1155 H61M-D2-B3 - £49.99 (free delivery) http://www.amazon.co...tag=invihand-21 HDD - Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive 7200RPM 32MB Cache - £45.00 (free delivery) http://www.ebuyer.co...he-st31000524as Power supply - OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply - £55.00 (free delivery) http://www.dabs.com/...---uk-5D15.html Case - Casecom KM-6988 Black Mid Tower - £25.00 (free delivery) http://www.ebuyer.co...0mm-red-km-6988 Setup was quick and easy and for just under £600 when you include monitor, keyboard and mouse I'm very happy with it. Unnervingly quiet, like....you wouldn't even know it was on, even when playing games on high settings. Runs single player stuff on high no problem, Deus Ex, Mass Effect 2, Sims 3, Borderlands, L4D2, Total War: Shogun 2, Portal 2, Dead Island etc. All look great. Not tried any multiplayer just yet but I reckon it'll handle it just fine. Pros - Case made for really easy fitting (especially for an amateur like me) - PSU/Processor/GPU all unbelievably quiet - Great performance Cons - None whatsoever so far. Recommended for anyone with a similar budget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 You are crazy not to get an SSD, you can get a 60gb OCZ vertex for about £70 delivered - it will make your system about 4-5x as quick for actual use - cheapest upgrade around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 14 September 2011 Author Share Posted 14 September 2011 You are crazy not to get an SSD, you can get a 60gb OCZ vertex for about £70 delivered - it will make your system about 4-5x as quick for actual use - cheapest upgrade around! Like I said, I'm a bit broke now. Maybe when loan comes through or at Christmas. It's very much a consideration believe me (my mate has one and it's obviously rapid) and I'm 90% sure i'll get one within the year. Also, anyone who doesn't...ebuyer....use them. http://www.ebuyer.com/280120-ocz-60gb-vertex-plus-ssd-2-5-sata-ii-read-185mb-s-write-oczssd2-1vtxpl60g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 thats really cheap! I bought the vertex 2 for my media center pc which was about £70 - still well worth it tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 14 September 2011 Author Share Posted 14 September 2011 thats really cheap! I bought the vertex 2 for my media center pc which was about £70 - still well worth it tho! Just had a quick look, your might have been a faster speed one, think the one i liked had a slower speed than the others (not that it could make too much difference with SSD's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 ah yea, the one linked what quite a bit slower, i think the vertex 2 is like 400-500 mb/s read and write or something it's amazing in my media center though, which is a really old machine, £20 mobo, 2ghz pentium cpu, 2gb of ram and it completely flies - just as quick in most non-cpu-intensive stuff as my top of the range i7 imac at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 21 September 2011 Share Posted 21 September 2011 I have a socket 939 motherboard, currently running an AMD athlon 64 3200+. I have been looking at dual cores for this motherboard (such as amd athlon 64 x2 4400+) but they are about £30 - £40 on eBay and that is used (with no heatsink/fan). So, does anybody think it would be better to just buy a new motherboard, new cpu and new ram and near enough build a new system? I'm sure I could do that for less than £100 these days, and it will, in my opinion, offer me a better service than my potential dual core cpu which would be running at 2.2ghz as socket 939 is old now. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc"weasel" Posted 6 April 2012 Share Posted 6 April 2012 Built my own at the beginning of last December amd seriously caught the bug, currently have 5 mob's sitting on my dining room table along with a lot of other bits and pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 6 April 2012 Share Posted 6 April 2012 Built my own at the beginning of last December amd seriously caught the bug, currently have 5 mob's sitting on my dining room table along with a lot of other bits and pieces. Same. I built a PC in January, but kept the same case. I have hardware such as a motherboard and psu in a box under my bed. I've sold the other hardware, but don't know what to do with my remaining hardware. I'm not allowed to take it to the tip am I? Not sure what to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc"weasel" Posted 6 April 2012 Share Posted 6 April 2012 Get it on ebay, some stuff goes for ridiculously OTT prices on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeFalcon Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 its all down to supply in demand, you can get some good prices for older hardware as they can be hard to come by as not on sale after so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 15 April 2012 Share Posted 15 April 2012 Get it on ebay, some stuff goes for ridiculously OTT prices on there. I sold my RAM for £25! Simply because it's DDR400 and very expensive nowadays. However, my mobo and CPU are not worth selling (worth little) so how do I get shot of them? Can't just bin them, so where can I dispose of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothin2seehere Posted 19 April 2012 Share Posted 19 April 2012 Fox92 - why not? Local recycling centre if you're environmentally conscious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 19 April 2012 Share Posted 19 April 2012 I was literally about to make this topic. Someone fancy building me a computer for about £400? I just want decent graphics so it can play games and videos (high def) alright and if it has a blu-ray player on it then that'd be sweet as too. I'm not too fussy to be honest, I've been using a laptop for the past few years with integrated graphics so anything better than that will probably blow my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Posted 19 April 2012 Share Posted 19 April 2012 You can make a good gaming tower for about 400 quid that will play all new games on high settings, but if you want to add a monitor and a blu-ray player than your going to be stretching it a bit. For that you'll probably want another 150/200 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 19 April 2012 Share Posted 19 April 2012 How does this look? I asked on another forum and got this suggested to me. Blu Ray player/disk drive isn't vital as I never use it on my laptop anyway. Processor: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-366-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat= Motherboard http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-205-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2265 Memory: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-053-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516 Power Supply: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-OC Hard Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-085-HI&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279 Video Card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-178-OK Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-239-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=2277 I had a little look around for price and it came to about £470, I have no idea if they were being elitist and picking really high end stuff or not though so if anything on there can be scaled down and gotten at a cheaper price then I'd be all ears. Like I say, I'm a bit clueless when it comes to all this so you'll have to talk to me like a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 20 April 2012 Author Share Posted 20 April 2012 How does this look? I asked on another forum and got this suggested to me. Blu Ray player/disk drive isn't vital as I never use it on my laptop anyway. Processor: http://www.overclock...catid=6&subcat= Motherboard http://www.overclock...d=5&subcat=2265 Memory: http://www.overclock...d=8&subcat=1516 Power Supply: http://www.overclock...rodid=CA-055-OC Hard Drive: http://www.overclock...=14&subcat=1279 Video Card: http://www.overclock...rodid=GX-178-OK Case: http://www.overclock...d=7&subcat=2277 I had a little look around for price and it came to about £470, I have no idea if they were being elitist and picking really high end stuff or not though so if anything on there can be scaled down and gotten at a cheaper price then I'd be all ears. Like I say, I'm a bit clueless when it comes to all this so you'll have to talk to me like a moron. You probably won't need a motherboard that expensive. Look at my posts from ages ago, I've got a better processor and GPU than you've gone for and mine was only about £40 I think. Unless you're planning on upgrading in the future (I'm happy with a no frills mobo for a couple of years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 20 April 2012 Share Posted 20 April 2012 Yeah same here, I just want something that'll run well for a few years. I'm not a massive gamer or anything (unless you count FM which is a glorified excel spreadsheet tbf) so I'm not asking for much. I just don't know what is what, like is everything compatible with everything? What makes a motherboard good or bad? It's all too much! Edit: Your processor and GPU are better because they're £50 dearer! No wonder. I'm trying to save in as many areas as I can tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeFalcon Posted 20 April 2012 Share Posted 20 April 2012 if they were being eliteist the gfx card would be costing you £350 alone also i would, if you are thinking of getting an slot-in graphics card, then try to find a motherboard that doesnt come with onboard graphics... otherwise you will be in effect paying for 2 graphics cards, one onboard and one slot-in. when i get motehrboards i tend to try and buy them without as many things as i can... i.e no network interface and no graphics if i can... i've seen the onboard stuff fail before... i spent almost a year trying to track down a crash bug on one of my main machines... turns out it was the onboard network had gone faulty even though i had a slot-in NIC aswell... never had anything plugged into the onboard NIC just never turned it off. what really matters with motherboards... is not what they come with.. but what overclocking abilities they have... because with overclocking you will be able to punch a bit more power out of your motherboard in the future should you decide that its getting old and not considered fast enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 20 April 2012 Share Posted 20 April 2012 What do you need to connect it to the Internet via wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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