Is this worth the money?

DatCookz wrote: »

Personally I'd pay extra and go for the 450, though if he's gonna be playing more child friendly games, chances are you'll be wasting that money which he could use to upgrade when he gets a little older.

If you do go with the second one, make sure you get a solid motherboard, an M4 series would be a good choice.

well, he's about 11, not at exactly the age for fps's or heavy graphic games, but i think it would give the computer a longer lifespan if i jamm in a 450 right?

and i've got some spare parts my friend sold me for a good price when he was doing a clean out for his shop (the cost to transfer everything he had there would be too much, so he sold me everything with over 50% discout lol)

-sandy bridge core i5 2500k
-sandy bridge h61m-e23-b3 (msi)
-4gb ram kingston
-1tb sata2 seagate hd
-a real 450w power supply
-and a windows 7 home premium copy

that would be... i think 450 bucks, not sure tough >.>

DatMuffin wrote: »

Yeah, it's only pushing out a few more watts of power so you shouldn't need to change power supplies presuming you got a decent one.

What CPU series are you going with?

Edit: I doubt your cousin would need a terabyte drive, cut that down a bit and try and upgrade the PSU. Then just pick up an external drive if needed down the road.

meh the little bish lieks to watch animes liek deity lol
but well, what about a 500gb hd and a hd6770?
that should do the trick right?

DatMuffin wrote: »

Definitely, the lifespan on that will stay pretty good, consoles basically determine the hardware requirements of games right now, and from what I've been hearing about the new gen of consoles coming out they will be last gen pc parts. So the 6770 will last a good long time, and that 2500k sandy isn't going to be needing upgrading until it burns out.

what if i just get a trade with my friend with like, 40 bucks more for the i7 2600k?

DatMuffin wrote: »

Absolutely no need. The 2600k would only push out a few frames more, it would be a waste considering most things won't even take advantage of it's full power. Not to mention to 2500k is powerful enough on it's own.

then shove the money up of a 500w psu?

DatMuffin wrote: »

Try and get a high grade psu, check the 12v amps, the 6770 chews up quite a bit from what I remember.

geforce usually chews up moar energy and if i remember it quite right it consumes less than the 450 .-.

well, then this will be my little cousin's pc, sponsored by my friend's store xD
got everything for 520 bucks, good price? :x

DatMuffin wrote: »

For an i5 2500k and a 6770?

Hug the guy who runs the store.

And sleep with him.

That's about how much you owe him.

lol
i made him a favor, he would need to pay moar for the transport than buying a new storage full of those pieces xD

edit: awww i'm gonna punch him now, the 6770 doesn't runs the witcher 2 in uber graphics :c

DatMuffin wrote: »

Turn the filters off. Leave everything else on. Should be fine.

but... but...
i want the maxed out grafics :c
the best for mah lil'cousin, he's such a sweetie
going to sleep now muffeen, GN it's 3am right now here xD