Which Processor and mobo should I get?!

[Anvsk]

Hey guys I was just wondering whether I should get which of the following,

Celeron G550 2.6GHz 2mb cache £30
vs
Pentium G860 3.00GHz 3mb cache £45

I know the Pentium's better but is it really worth the extra £15?

now for the motherboards

MSI H61M-P31-G3 £34
or is there a better one I could get around this pricepoint?

thanks in advance

 

[Feronix]

The G860 is clocked a little bit higher and does support faster memory (1333MHz).

May I ask what you plan to do with your pc?

 

[Anvsk]

Some gaming and some graphics work I have a very limited budget I have the case,psu and ram picked out its just down to these two

The games ill playing will mainly be Skyrim,Minecraft, source games and BF3 once I get it - Im not looking to max out games at 1080p but play at medium-highish at 1366x768 on a 15.6" monitor -my eyes hurt

 

[Feronix]

For the things that you want to do, I'd grab the fastest CPU that you can afford, in this case the G860. It actually performs quite well in games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s

Gameplay starts at around 17:30

 

[Anvsk]

haha thats Ironic thats the video Im using as a guide

 

[Feronix]

It's a great little machine for the price tbh, I was properly impressed with its performance! But Pentium over Celeron in this case, I believe the Celerons are more for 'email PCs' and such.

 

[Anvsk]

yeah I know where your coming from and this saves me from having a bottleneck if I wanted to fit a GTX 650 ti right?

 

[MacLeod]

What's your budget? We can slap one together for ya that'll get you the most horsepower per dollar....or pound depending on which side of the pond you're on.

 

[Anvsk]

Thanks that'd be really helpful! yeah so im in the uk so I can use Aria and Scan - my budget is £60-£80 if I could squeeze it :L that's for the Motherboard and CPU I dont know if you could work with that and I dont mind buying used as long as its in good condition

thanks in advance

 

[iBeInspire]

Thanks that'd be really helpful! yeah so im in the uk so I can use Aria and Scan - my budget is £60-£80 if I could squeeze it :L that's for the Motherboard and CPU I dont know if you could work with that and I dont mind buying used as long as its in good condition

thanks in advance

I could start a thread on the FS&W section and sell you a Athlon ii x3 + Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 for £80 if ya want

EDIT : I'm upgrading to a FX6300 on the 28th and the board is a spare I've got laying around, just though I'd mention that

 

[Feronix]

I could start a thread on the FS&W section and sell you a Athlon ii x3 + Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 for £80 if ya want

Don't think he can acces that yet so buying from a forum member is kind of out of the question.

If you do buy new, the MSI H61 board with the G860 are a great combo for your budget.

 

[iBeInspire]

Don't think he can acces that yet so buying from a forum member is kind of out of the question.

If you do buy new, the MSI H61 board with the G860 are a great combo for your budget.

Didn't I read a post from Tom saying it was open to all members..? :/
If not, my bad.

 

[Anvsk]

I could start a thread on the FS&W section and sell you a Athlon ii x3 + Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 for £80 if ya want

EDIT : I'm upgrading to a FX6300 on the 28th and the board is a spare I've got laying around, just though I'd mention that

Em I dont have the £80 at the moment but only have £50 - ill have 80 once I sell my two old gfx cards
but thanks for the offer I dont want to give you underpayment because Im on a really tight budget and this is mainly about gaming performance so ill consider it but thanks again

 

[iBeInspire]

Em I dont have the £80 at the moment but only have £50 - ill have 80 once I sell my two old gfx cards
but thanks for the offer I dont want to give you underpayment because Im on a really tight budget and this is mainly about gaming performance so ill consider it but thanks again

If you could find £60 I'd prolly give it to ya, having a clear out

If not, I'd +1 the suggestion of G860 + MSI H61

 

[Anvsk]

That's a very tempting offer but I feel id get better bang for my buck with an intel pentium sorry man but thanks anyway