bertdasquirt
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OC3D Review Build a NEW gaming system for under £600
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bertdasquirt
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4 pin atx power adapter as my current psu one is too short to reach to the top of my motherboard in my xigmatek utgard...
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4 pin extension might make it easier to understand
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4 pin extension might make it easier to understand
murphy7801
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Then throw in a gtx 570 for a laugh because that will only cost another £100
MSIRawZ
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Hi Zeals,
We don't supply any software per say. We do of course supply everything that comes with the motherboard i.e. Software CD and anything extra that the motherboard vendor suppied with the motherboard. We also supply the extra socket mounting that comes with each CPU cooler incase you wish to upgrade and use the same cooler on a different platform.
Hope that helps
EDIT: Just realised, you are on about our bundles right? lol
Hi Zeals,
We don't supply any software per say. We do of course supply everything that comes with the motherboard i.e. Software CD and anything extra that the motherboard vendor suppied with the motherboard. We also supply the extra socket mounting that comes with each CPU cooler incase you wish to upgrade and use the same cooler on a different platform.
Hope that helps
EDIT: Just realised, you are on about our bundles right? lol
Yep, I hate bloatware xD Took me an entire day to get rid of all the bloatware on my laptop
bertdasquirt
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Exactly thats what i said;
Meaning i'd rather go for the cheaper on so i can afford a new PSU.. but it all depends on how much money i get for xmas... also noticed an i5 bundle on overclockers gigabyte board and corsair dominator RAM @ £280
Exactly what i was thinking and much easier if you have already got a decent case, psu storage etc... you could buy a new 6900 seriese card when it comes out and will still equate to £600--- sadly im not in that situation
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If you want to see how bad my current rig is, check out my profile, ive got the rough specs listed.
Exactly thats what i said;
Meaning i'd rather go for the cheaper on so i can afford a new PSU.. but it all depends on how much money i get for xmas... also noticed an i5 bundle on overclockers gigabyte board and corsair dominator RAM @ £280
Exactly what i was thinking and much easier if you have already got a decent case, psu storage etc... you could buy a new 6900 seriese card when it comes out and will still equate to £600--- sadly im not in that situation
If you want to see how bad my current rig is, check out my profile, ive got the rough specs listed.
tiagojcp
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that i3 on the review has the same vantage score as my q8200@3.22ghz. Based on that do you thing it can handle well a card like the hd5970 (I'm waiting for the 6990 to buy it)? Or should I upgrade my cpu before thinking in upgrading my 4850? Putting in other terms: budget cpu = budget videocard?
bertdasquirt
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IMO i think your CPU is fine at the moment.. and you should get a new graphics card.. you will see dramatic game performance increases. Then your next upgrade after that would be new CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Storage e.t.c.
The reason i was thinking about buying this bundle is because im still stuck on a stupid AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+...
with a 6800GT...
The reason i was thinking about buying this bundle is because im still stuck on a stupid AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+...
tiagojcp
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that i3 on the review has the same vantage score as my q8200@3.22ghz. Based on that do you thing it can handle well a card like the hd5970 (I'm waiting for the 6990 to buy it)? Or should I upgrade my cpu before thinking in upgrading my 4850? Putting in other terms: budget cpu = budget videocard?
If its one or the other get a GPU first.
alienware
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No it absolutely can't handle something like the 5970 you would be throwing your money away.
I used to own Crossfire Radeon 5770. In a review on this site with an I7 920 they knocked out nearly 18000 3d marks. In my system (Phenom 2 940 @ 3.4ghz) they knocked out 14500.
Your CPU will bottleneck anything over a 460 1gb IMO. I certainly wouldn't spend the money on a top level card and then put it in there.
BTW thanks for posting that though. Maybe now these people who keep wanting to buy X4 AMD chips can finally understand what I am saying. IE - They are no better than the 45nm quads and cost more. The I3 is where it's at now.
Alien thats almost all B******S.
Your scores were lower because it was AMD.
You will loose a bit where its a lower chip but its not huge. Look at the comparisons in the review against a 4ghz 950... slim to nothing in it.
BUT if you have that sort of money for a GPU then you may want to think about spreading the load a little more.
alienware
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I took those cards from a 3.4ghz Phenom 2 (14500) and put them with a 3ghz Phenom 1. Score went down to 12000. Reason they were faster on the 920 is because the 920 is faster and allowed them to go faster. I mean, you said it yourself, it was because it was an AMD.
2500 3d marks less due to a slower CPU. Wish I had something even slower to throw in there to test them with now
Here you go. 3D score for a 470 GTX with a Phenom 2 940 @ 3800mhz.
I've seen a 460 score more than that with a 920 OC to 4ghz. Bottlenecking. That's why I just got an I7 rig.
Aye benchmarks will go down its a BENCHMARK, its FPS you want to look at.
