New Build, Gaming/Rendering.
Hey folks,
So this computer will be used for gaming (I believe most source based games are CPU limited?) and some rendering (Luxrender/Blender, both of these support a huge number of threads) and probably some engineering based software. I just need the tower for now, no OS, so I was thinking of the following:
Budget of about £800
AMD Phenom X6 1090T - £240
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H - £110
2x2GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 CAS9 - £97
550W Corsair 550VX -£70
Antec Three Hundred - £44
ATI 5850 or HD5770 - Can't find a good 5850 in stock, would a 5770 do 1920*1080 good anyway? - £235/130.
I have no idea about a HDD; some say F3s don't like the new AMD SB.
Optical Drive - £15?
Anything else I've missed? :)
Thank you in advance.
Re: New Build, Gaming/Rendering.
I would consider the Phenom II X6 1055T as you could overclock this to 3.2GHZ and save some money.
This is what I would get:
Phenom II X6 1055T and Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 ~ £239
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
The Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 cannot do symmetrical Crossfire but has the SB850 southbridge,USB 3.0, SATA 3.0 and a split 8 phase VRM.
OR
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T ~ £156
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
AND
Asus M4A89GTD PRO ~ £96
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-SATA-RAID-ATX
This has the SB850 southbridge,SATA 3.0 and a split 8 phase VRM with cooling. Does symmetrical Crossfire at PCI-E 2.0 8X/8X.
4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHZ DDR3 ~ £94
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
500 GB Western Digital WD5001AALS Caviar Black ~ £46
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500-G...MB-Cache-89-ms
The Samsung F3 would be a better value choice. Samsung has released a firmware update for affected drives though.
Antec 300 ~ £42
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
620W Seasonic M12II-620 modular PSU ~ £70
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
1GB XFX HD 5830 ~ £161
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
OR
1GB XFX HD5850 ~ £229
http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx
Titan Fenrir V2 ~ £30
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Titan...-K8-AM2-AM3%29
An optical drive also needs to be added to the build.
Also you are eligible for free Scan postage:
http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...-delivery.html
Re: New Build, Gaming/Rendering.
Wow, thanks CAT for a detailed reply!
Didn't realise most of it was on today only, saves me ~£20.
And thank you for letting me know about the Firmware fix for the F3s. :)