Budget gaming build

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  • Graphics Card

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Processor

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Power Supply

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Case

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georgewgrainger

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Hi, this is my first time building a system and was just wondering if all these parts are all compatible and will work with eachother? I will be using it to play games like Minecraft, Portal 2, Crysis etc. on a 1080p Display. Do I need to up the budget a little?

Fractal Design Midi Case £77.99 http://goo.gl/iMWWy

CM 120mm Fan X2 £16 http://goo.gl/Tucek

Novatech 1GB GPU £99.98 http://goo.gl/07vix

Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD £99.98 http://goo.gl/bOmYK

Corsair 1333Mhz 8GB RAM £32.99 http://goo.gl/U3hzT

Gigabyte Motherboard £95.99 http://goo.gl/GRdys

Samsung 22X ODD £13.98 http://goo.gl/iKsA2

Novatech 600w PSU £52.98 http://goo.gl/CHLbr

AMD 3.6Ghz Q-C CPU £86.99 http://goo.gl/GjSrn

Novatech 150MB/S USB Wifi £9.98 http://goo.gl/jdqvz

liyama 24” 1080p LED Display £159.98 http://goo.gl/jLV9h

Creative 2.1 Speakers £37.99 http://goo.gl/vDNj5

Note: all the shortened links are safe, they are all links to novatech. The only reason for this was to preserve space on google docs.
 
No to the power supply. 600w is plenty for your system, but the brand and build quality is less than par. Stick with corsair, antec, silverstone, seasonic, PC power and cooling, or xfx.

Everything else looks pretty good. This build will handle those games just fine. If you want more FPS, the first thing to upgrade is the GPU since that's what games use the most. You could upgrade to a 6870, but that's a pretty good price for a 6850, comparing the two.
 
OK, howabout this?

The power supply is only £3 more and from Corsair (haha) and a 2GB version of the same GPU is only £100 more so I figured it would be worth it in the long term. Also, I am wondering whether I should wait for the AMD 7000 series to come out? Again, any feedback is very much appreciated!

Fractal Design Midi Case £77.99 http://goo.gl/iMWWy
CM 120mm Fan X2 £16 http://goo.gl/Tucek
Novatech 2GB GPU £199.99 http://goo.gl/lJ8B3
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD £99.98 http://goo.gl/bOmYK
Corsair 1333Mhz 8GB RAM £32.99 http://goo.gl/U3hzT
Gigabyte Motherboard £95.99 http://goo.gl/GRdys
Samsung 22X ODD £13.98 http://goo.gl/iKsA2
Corsair 600w PSU £55.98 http://goo.gl/Op5Kf
AMD 3.6Ghz Q-C CPU £86.99 http://goo.gl/GjSrn
Novatech 150MB/S USB Wifi £9.98 http://goo.gl/jdqvz
liyama 24” 1080p LED Display £159.98 http://goo.gl/jLV9h
Creative 2.1 Speakers £37.99 http://goo.gl/vDNj5
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit £79.98 http://goo.gl/pc1lt
TOTAL: £967.82
 
I would definately not spend an extra 100 on a 2GB version of the same gpu. Going with 2GB of memory may be needed if you had a larger monitor, but at 24" you should be good with 1GB. If you WANTED to spend that extra 100, good areas to put it in would be either an upgraded gpu or going with an Intel cpu and mobo instead of AMD.

Other than that, the build looks fine to me, although I'm not an expert.
 
The second GPU he chose is not the same. It's a 6950 instead of the 6850 he chose earlier. It would be very different. And Vram matters with resolution, not size of the screen.

To the OP, the 6950 you chose would be much faster than the 6850 you chose before. The 7xxx series is out, but only for the 7970, which is about $600 USD.
 
faster hdd on sale

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

also the case comes with enough fans, and i'd put the money to a better brand graphics card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

or this is an even better brand and will run cooler

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...ds/atihd6900series/r6950twinfrozriiipeoc.html

this actually has more power far a buck

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/p1-550s-ukb9.html

better brand and cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-023-AS&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

way better for money, on sale this week

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-152-CL&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=165
 
Ditch the creative speakers and the USB wifi card. You want a decent set of headphones for gaming (headphones are by nature more revealing than speakers, you hear more), and you want an internal PCI or PCI-E wifi card.
 
Mishkin said:
I would definately not spend an extra 100 on a 2GB version of the same gpu. Going with 2GB of memory may be needed if you had a larger monitor, but at 24" you should be good with 1GB. If you WANTED to spend that extra 100, good areas to put it in would be either an upgraded gpu or going with an Intel cpu and mobo instead of AMD.

Other than that, the build looks fine to me, although I'm not an expert.
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It's not exactly the same, it is a later series with an upgraded clock aswell as other things. Is Intel really that much better than AMD? Personally I would really like to stick with an AMD FX CPU and chipset because of their power and value for money.
 
All these links are to overclockers, I would prefer to stick with novatech for all my products as they are offering me discount. The drive, it is sata 2 not sata 3. I think I will put money to a better graphics card, a different brand maybe? Will a 550w PSU be powerful enough for the build? I am looking for an LED backlit LCD Display.
 
I already have a pair of Beats Audio Solo headphones, will these be good enough for gaming? Plus I am not really too bothered about sound, I plan to hook up a dvr with the monitor aswell which is what the speakers are for. What are the advantages of a PCI wifi card rather than a USB adapter?
 
unless doing video editing or 3d modeling or autoCAD or similar things, there will be next to 0 benefit from more cores, and if you were going to spend more on the cpu, the you'd want to switch to an intel i5-2500k, that kills the amd cpus. also for the power supply question earlier, a good 500w could run your system, i linked a really good 550w which actually had more power than that 600w, you have to compare the amperage on the +12v rain which the XFX one had more, the corsair is still good, but it is their low end model.
 
jonnyp11 said:
unless doing video editing or 3d modeling or autoCAD or similar things, there will be next to 0 benefit from more cores, and if you were going to spend more on the cpu, the you'd want to switch to an intel i5-2500k, that kills the amd cpus. also for the power supply question earlier, a good 500w could run your system, i linked a really good 550w which actually had more power than that 600w, you have to compare the amperage on the +12v rain which the XFX one had more, the corsair is still good, but it is their low end model.
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Whatabout heavy video editing and rendering? So, do you think I should stick with my AMD CPU or switch to an Intel? Thanks for the advice on the PSU (Y)
 
SATA 2 and SATA 3 means nothing for a mechanical drive. a 3gb/s drive vs a 6gb/s drive will perform the same. A mechanical drive will never get to those speeds. It's more for SSDs which can utilize the extra speed. They just says 6gb/s so people buying a motherboard that says it has 6gb/s SATA ports will know it works.

As long as you have a 7200rpm, the drive will be fine. Very little real-world difference between a 64mb cache and 32mb.
 
claptonman said:
SATA 2 and SATA 3 means nothing for a mechanical drive. a 3gb/s drive vs a 6gb/s drive will perform the same. A mechanical drive will never get to those speeds. It's more for SSDs which can utilize the extra speed. They just says 6gb/s so people buying a motherboard that says it has 6gb/s SATA ports will know it works.

As long as you have a 7200rpm, the drive will be fine. Very little real-world difference between a 64mb cache and 32mb.
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But are 6GB/S motherboard SATA ports backwards compatible with 3GB/S mechanical drives? :confused:
 
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