New Rig Etc

[benj3]

Hey guys I am looking at spending around £5-600 on a new rig in January times my current rig is outdated and pretty sure the PSU is going to give up on me soon

Any way what I have which I wont need to buy is: monitor/HDD/case basically

and what I need is: CPU, Motherboard, Graphics Card, Ram and PSU

This is what I am pretty sure on getting which is 5870 which I can pick up for £190ish

I watched the budget rig review on youtube, but would prefer to stick with AMD and got for an X4/X6, but feel free to give me as much advice as possible

so basically what would you make with £5-600 budget and needing to buy cpu/psu/mobo/graphics and ram

(Sorry if its in the wrong board I didn't want to make a post for every piece of hardware)

P.S. Maybe creating a general new rig forum area would be a bonus

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[alienware]

Going for an AMD X4 is pretty daft IMO. X6 or nothing.

 

[cbiltsouris]

600 pounds is around 1245 dollars australian

but Im just gonna give you some ideass

asus sabertooth

i7 950

corsair 750 ax

mushkin redline ridgeback

gtx 570 or that 5870 or get a msi ngtx 460 hawk overclock the core to 950mhz and then sli later

I dont know the currency conversion so Im just giving suggestions

 

[benj3]

Thanks for the input sources is about 100ish over budget but might go down in the new year so will keep it in mind!

 

[I Hunta x]

600 pounds is around 1245 dollars australianbut Im just gonna give you some ideassasus sabertoothi7 950corsair 750 axmushkin redline ridgebackgtx 570 or that 5870 or get a msi ngtx 460 hawk overclock the core to 950mhz and then sli later

I dont know the currency conversion so Im just giving suggestions

If only, over here that would be about £8-900ish.

You could just buy an AMD overclocked bundle such as this one http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundl...Pre-Built+Overclocked+Bundle+?productId=42415 and add on a 460 or a 6870

With a HX650 and that bundle is £430

460 direct cu is + £110

6870 is + £200

 

[cbiltsouris]

yes deffs save save save mate!

 

[Jamzieth]

hehehe i read that as £5 to £600. Good luck with the £5 rig XD lol

 

[benj3]

haha £5 rig off to a bootsale i go

 

[alicarve]

check toms videos out he has made a whole computer for £5-600

I would go for i3 or i5 myself paired with some muskin ram and a gtx 460

 

[Mr Muggles]

check toms videos out he has made a whole computer for £5-600

I would go for i3 or i5 myself paired with some muskin ram and a gtx 460

this

 

[bertdasquirt]

For 5 pounds u couldnt even get a intel pentium I with 256kb of ram! hahaha lmfao!

***EDIT*** just for your info the only reason toms budget pc is awesome for the price....1. coz its intel.... 2. coz its overclocked ..... 3. mushkin ram..... 4.pre-built and 5. its cheap! so if you wanna make a build like toms BUT amd then you would be better off buying one of their amd bundles and spending more money.... personally i have nothing wrong with amd just think intel give a better bang for their buck! im actually thinking of getting that bundle when i next get paid...

 

[benj3]

For 5 pounds u couldnt even get a intel pentium I with 256kb of ram! hahaha lmfao!

***EDIT*** just for your info the only reason toms budget pc is awesome for the price....1. coz its intel.... 2. coz its overclocked ..... 3. mushkin ram..... 4.pre-built and 5. its cheap! so if you wanna make a build like toms BUT amd then you would be better off buying one of their amd bundles and spending more money.... personally i have nothing wrong with amd just think intel give a better bang for their buck! im actually thinking of getting that bundle when i next get paid...

yer I watched toms build before I made this post I would go for it but I dont think its much of an upgrade thats why im looking at higher range parts at the moment, think im deffinetly going to get the Sabertooth Motherboard as it will last me a good 2-3years and will work my way up from their prob with an i5 and a HD5870

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[Jamzieth]

Awww I was hoping you'd take the challange and trye to source a £5 rig (lots of begging for freebees) XD

 

[benj3]

maybe next year

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