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-sigh Newegg doesnt ship to the UK..

im stumped on what Gfx card to buy with £200...

TASTYYYLIMES wrote: »

Get a GTX460 http://www****lonline.com/product/45502/ZT-40409-10P/Graphics-Cards/Zotac-GeForce-GTX-460-SE-Edition/VGA1548/

And upgrade your power supply to this http://www****lonline.com/product/55296/CMPSU-500CXUK/Power-Supplies/Corsair-CX500-Builder-Series-500-Watt-ATX-PS/2-Power-Supply-Unit/PSU0201/


That's if you're using your computers stock supply (I'm guessing it's a prebuilt)

Im building from scratch so power supply isnt a problem

Im assuming thats cclonline?

EDIT: yeah..

Thats the best I can get for £200? what about a 6950 2GB which is £217 that ive been looking at.

TASTYYYLIMES wrote: »

Do you know what your budget will be and/or what you want? I can help you choose the parts according to your needs at optimal prices.

approx £600.

Im pretty set on a AMD 3.2 6 core for the processor. Rest ive kinda not 100% decided yet

TASTYYYLIMES wrote: »

You want to spend 1/3 of your budget on the graphic card? Invest more in the power supply and the processor. You can still get a good card, but you'll have the knowledge that it's running way more efficiently than if you would have bought the 6950 with a below average PSU. Really, you don't need a HD6950 unless you're planning on playing that one game, Crysis maxed out on a 30inch LCD monitor.

Not to mention hardware in the UK is so over priced, like really, a 6950 is $230 in North America (around $100 less)

Yeah it is... PC gaming isnt AS big as it is in America so high end parts are overpriced...

I am planning on running crysis/bad company 2 on a 23inch monitor thats all im bothered about. getting 50-60 fps at least consistently... Though id probs play crysis once.. go "meh" and play something else..

Battlefield 3 is another concern

So what do you suggest creepily nice TastyLimes

Alexmeee wrote: »

I read your line about being set on a AMD 3.2 Six Core, have to ask whether you have considered that Bad Company 2 only uses Dual Core Multithreading (Quad Core Max) and Crysis uses corse multithreading, ergo it drains 2 cores most, then 2 other cores for PHYSX and the likes.
Battlefield 3 will most likely use proper multithreading, though nothing confirmed. (ie up to Oct Core).

So my point is: you will be best off getting a Quad Core or higher spec Dual Core for gaming. This will be especially noticable over the next few years (ie until 2013) or atleast until the new xbox comes out. (the current one is triple core, so any ports will likely mimick this at best).

Thats just my CPU advice Though probably not as nice as the OP, but heyho.

Yeah I have thought about it :P
I dont plan on gaming alone. I plan on using skype aswell as recording so a 6core is a reasonable option for me

Nice. Seems good enough. Might drop down the 6gb though and knock off the case and DVD drive since I got them already.

Is that the power needs for the gfx card or is that more than it takes. Id rather have more than I need.

So this gfx card will run pretty much anything I throw at it on high (other than crysis obviously) ? Thats all im nervous about buying since I suck with graphics cards since ive never actually owned one.


Haha AMD offer better price to performance to be honest. If you got the money for Intel then fine but im on a budget :P

RunnyBabbit wrote: »

Looks like we got me, Liq, Spawn, Muffin, and Limes aboard the PC express.

Awesome.

Lol Cookie :P

Im good with pcs, and building them, I just get stumped at what graphics card I want for the reason I said above.. I just have no idea.. im clueless.

TASTYYYLIMES wrote: »

sure go ahead.


The 600 watt Corsair is sufficient enough. When we start dealing with high wattage requirements like the computer I just built you, the ampage matters more than the wattage. Corsair TX line, and Corsair power supplies are notable for being top of the line. A 400 watt corsair will definitely out power a 650 generic power supply you get in a computer, take my word for it


Yes the 6870 will run everything you need perfectly. You shouldn't be nervous, you're going to have one of the best cards on the market. Any source-engine game (CSS, L4D2, ETC) will have 300FPS+ maxed out. Battlefield Bad Company 2/3? maxed out in the 70-100 fps range.


Really, I don't even think you need stuff as half as good as this. 8GB, 6870 and a 6 core processor is enthusiast level. But of course, it's always good having a computer you can use for years to come that you can easily upgrade.

Hmmm thats alright then.

Good for CSS especially since im looking more and more into that game recently. Though im pretty psyched for running Battlefield 3 maxxed out. Thats all im bothered about really...

Yeah that was the idea. I dont plan on upgrading for a while now... time to focus on getting a car this year.

Thanks for the help.. Its nice to see you around here actually being helpful

Alexmeee wrote: »

Soundcard????
If you dont have one - get one. I know you might be thinking.. its sound (or you might already havean epic one) but its GOT to be said. Look at getting an x-fi titanium at least if you dont already have one. Gaming is 50% your picture, 25% your peripherals, and 25% your sound.

Oh and can I make one or two suggestions (sod it, im going to anyway)
- Price check at ebuyer and save like £30-40.
- Look at upgrading the motherboard if you have any spare $.
- Get a 1TB samsung F3 instead of the WD. Should be around the same price for twice the storage.

Haha yeah way ahead of ya. CCLOnline is a pretty decent site for hardware but often you can get some dirt cheap bargains from EBuyer.

Might look into it and the HDD... could look for more storage. My Steam list is growing consideratly large especially since I just bought Portal 2 and Borderlands and plan on video editing since I do enjoy it so ill need the space.

I now have a base to go on from Tasty's advice