Need Help Building a Stable PC

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omega1368

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Hi im looking for some advice on what hardware i should get to build a stable pc for gaming and 3D modeling, i would like it to have windows vista inistalled on it. Im a university student so my budget is a bit limited, im aiming for a £500. With the new games coming out such as Diablo 3 , battlefiled 1943 im going to be needing 4 gb min ram, 512 min graphics card and a fairly fast CPU. I have build a Desktop before but I have failed to get matching hardware. I have a Nvidia graphics card in the past and i have had bad experiences with it, i would like to get a Ati card this time. If anyone knows a good set of hardware that will match each other ( so there not bottle necking ) please reply and let me know.

Thank you.
 
so thats roughly 800 usd? if so here is a build i'm about to make that should do fine.
this board and cpu combo has massive OC potential


Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

Intel E8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Corsair 750TX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

XFX HD 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394

Patriot Extreme ddr2 1066 (2x2gb)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220397

and hdd and case are just your preference


Comes to $641.54 or 392.478 GBP So you have ~200usd for a case and hdd

you can't go wrong with

Antec 902
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058

WD Caviar 320gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136098


and for an OS just get the Windows 7 RC and preorder the upgrade.
 
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great

thats a nice system thanks for your reply, is the 6 or 8 mb cache on the cpu gonna make that much diffrance?
 
omega1368 said:
thats a nice system thanks for your reply, is the 6 or 8 mb cache on the cpu gonna make that much diffrance?
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not really noticable unless you do hardcore rendering, modeling, video editing etc. in those cases you would just go to the i7 anyway.
 
current spec

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£126

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£99

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£113

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)
£41

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)
£35

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
£94

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
£71

£600 including VAT and Delivery.

Have look at this spec and let me know if this will work. I want the computer to last atleast for a 2 to 3 years before upgrading. Thanks for you help
 
omega1368 said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£126

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£99

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£113

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)
£41

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)
£35

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
£94

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
£71

£600 including VAT and Delivery.

Have look at this spec and let me know if this will work. I want the computer to last atleast for a 2 to 3 years before upgrading. Thanks for you help
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I would personally go am3, and not even think about intel socket 775 as it is end of life, and no new cpu releases on that platform, so be warned that in the future, if you get socket 775 then you will need a new mobo and cpu when you upgrade. Id go for something like this:

Mobo:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158608
CPU:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159071
Memory:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166463

Triple core>Dual core, same price, and DDR3, with a crossfire capable motherboard too;)
 
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Should i go for the Intel Due CPU or the Intel Quad Core , they have the same price but Quad core is newer than the other. Can someone tell me which one will be more reliable and faster thanks. Also does this spec support 8 mb ram?
 
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omega1368 said:
Should i go for the Intel Due CPU or the Intel Quad Core , they have the same price but Quad core is newer than the other. Can someone tell me which one will be more reliable and faster thanks. Also does this spec support 8 mb ram?
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Tbh, i would either go phenom II AMD or core i7 intel, socket 775 is basically end of life, what you see is what you get. No new cpu's will be released for socket 775.
 
my budget only goes up to 600 pounds if you can refer me to i7 that will cost me in that range then il be glad to get a i7
 
omega1368 said:
iv heard the preformance is not great do u have a phenom II is it working fast for you
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I know people with phenom II's, and they like them. They overclock very well, and perform similarly to a socket 775 core 2 chip. Only reason im running 775 is i built this system about 14 months ago ,before phenom II was released.
 
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