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Guide - the Budget Gaming PC
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RAM coolers are silly unless you're using something silly like 2533MHz modules or something
Good case airflow is what does the trick! 
As for the i5-750, the stock cooler is naff but can still hold it in check perfectly well at stock speeds. Once you start climbing toward 3GHz things come apart fast though and while you could manage a mild overclock with the stock cooler in a case with great airflow you'd be getting nasty temps
If you want to OC the i5-750 do yourself a favour and get a CPU cooler beforehand. At least an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev2, preferably a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus or even a Scythe Mugn 2 Rev2. 0 -
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- If you're not playing very intensive games or never intend on upgrading to a 1080p monitor you can drop down to the 512MB version of the HD5750, saving 20 beans
- The CPU is nice but there's always the X4-955BE or even the X4-945 if you need to save some.
- That PSU is both underspecified and overpriced (I thought you'd put two of them in the basket for that price!). Get something like a Corsair VX550 if you want to run a 125W TDP CPU! 0 -
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http://twitpic.com/1srj6b
Slightly overkill really would really like to be closer to the 500 mark. oh well
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CPU: You could drop down to the X4-630 and save nearly €30 if you didn't mind losing all the L3 cache.
Mobo: Fine.
RAM: There's cheaper but I'd recommend you spec the OCZ Platinum instead as its the same price as the Gold right now
Graphics: Fail. I think you might need to spend more here, HD5750 at least! So that's anothert €20-30 to add to the price
HDD: Samsung F3 is better but IIRC more expensive so do as you wish.
PSU: Naff. If Pix have got the CX400 back in at a sane price (€40-50) you could survive on one of those if you're not OCing heavily, given the low power draw of the HD5670/5750
Case: Horrid, nasty old stock! Thermaltake V3 has vanished from the website so I'd recommend upgrading the case to a NZXT Gamma and save a tenner in the process 0 -
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CPU: You could drop down to the X4-630 and save nearly €30 if you didn't mind losing all the L3 cache.
Mobo: Fine.
RAM: There's cheaper but I'd recommend you spec the OCZ Platinum instead as its the same price as the Gold right now
Graphics: Fail. I think you might need to spend more here, HD5750 at least! So that's anothert €20-30 to add to the price
HDD: Samsung F3 is better but IIRC more expensive so do as you wish.
PSU: Naff. If Pix have got the CX400 back in at a sane price (€40-50) you could survive on one of those if you're not OCing heavily, given the low power draw of the HD5670/5750
Case: Horrid, nasty old stock! Thermaltake V3 has vanished from the website so I'd recommend upgrading the case to a NZXT Gamma and save a tenner in the process
Thanks for the advice! really appreciate it! 0 -
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CPU: You could drop down to the X4-630 and save nearly €30 if you didn't mind losing all the L3 cache.
Mobo: Fine.
RAM: There's cheaper but I'd recommend you spec the OCZ Platinum instead as its the same price as the Gold right now
Graphics: Fail. I think you might need to spend more here, HD5750 at least! So that's anothert €20-30 to add to the price
HDD: Samsung F3 is better but IIRC more expensive so do as you wish.
PSU: Naff. If Pix have got the CX400 back in at a sane price (€40-50) you could survive on one of those if you're not OCing heavily, given the low power draw of the HD5670/5750
Case: Horrid, nasty old stock! Thermaltake V3 has vanished from the website so I'd recommend upgrading the case to a NZXT Gamma and save a tenner in the process
I'm building a rig for a friend, and using these suggestions as a base.
One question, would swapping the 925 for the 965 ( which is €20 more) be worth it?0 -
To reiterate: This is a thread for budget gaming builds. Not €800+ monster rigs. The clue, believe it or not, was in the title...
This thread is dedicated to builds under €700 with leeway given if OS/monitor is required (limit used to be €600, but time has not been kind
) Any posts contrary to this rule-of-thumb may be moved with extreme prejudice! :eek: 0 -
ouch!:o sorry didnt really read the first post properly,was just hoping to get a general direction of the parts and then i can open a thread to optimise the price/performance of the buildTo reiterate: This is a thread for budget gaming builds. Not €800+ monster rigs. The clue, believe it or not, was in the title...
This thread is dedicated to builds under €700 with leeway given if OS/monitor is required (limit used to be €600, but time has not been kind) Any posts contrary to this rule-of-thumb may be moved with extreme prejudice! :eek: 0 -
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Mobo prices are up too, making it hard to justify updating entire platforms due to prohibitive total cost; as a result lots of AM2 builds are floating around simply to help cash-strapped upgraders keep their DDR2 and sometimes even their mobo, saving €100-160 (and let's not forget how cheap X3-440s and X4-630s are in comparison to Intel CPUs...).
Graphics card prices were uncompetitive up until Fermi; now they're just taking the urine as AMD realises nVidia is poor past €300 and doesn't have a leg to stand on under that. The mid-range cards are actually rising in price as a result, really hurting budget sub- and borderline-1080p gaming rigs 0 -
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I can't remember what you want to do on your system
But that's a cack price for a HD5670, a HD5750 isn't that much more and utterly roasts it in 3D performance
Shortlist: If no 3D, get whatever. If heavy-duty multimedia or very light-duty gaming at a low res get the HD5570. If heavy-duty gaming on a low-to-medium res or light-duty gaming at 1080p get a cheap HD5750. If medium-duty gaming at 1080p try to get a HD5770 1GB instead.0 -
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