New Build budget around £400
Current Parts Purchased
Coolermaster Elite 335 case
Coolermaster Real Power M520
Pioneer DVD re writer
4gb Kingston DDR3 1333mhz
500gb Samsung F3
Need advice on the mobo gfx and cpu now
I'll be using it for: gaming (but can run on integrated gfx for now until i have more money available), photoshop CS3 and internet and suchlike.
Update 5/02/10: have got memory and hdd now just need a decent cpu and mobo combo. Max budget is £180 for the two. any recommendations?
Any help much appreciated
Re: New Build budget around £400
Re: New Build budget around £400
Come on Will, you can afford it, go all out!
The above poster has indeed posted some nice ideas, I'd go AMD for value.
Re: New Build budget around £400
Re: New Build budget around £400
This is what I would get:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 ~ £120
http://forums.hexus.net/newreply.php...te=1&p=1868745
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO ~ £69
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
The motherboard has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling,all solid capacitors and the HD4200 IGP with 128MB of dedicated DDR3.
If you don't want to overclock the processor get the following 785G motherboard:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179183
It only has a 4+2 phase VRM with no cooling and does not have all solid capacitors. It does have 128MB of DDR3 dedicated to the IGP.