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New gamming rig , will theses parts work together ok?

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by dan54321, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. dan54321

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    CPU: 7/10 - Slow for a gaming system, but cheap.
    M/B: 3/10 - Asus stuff is poor quality, and that's a very low spec board
    RAM: 4/10 - 2GB is not enough for a gaming PC. At £45 for 4GB, having less is inexcusable.
    PSU: 6/10 - Most CM units are very loud, and the GX units are relatively mediocre. 750W is also ridiculous for such a system
    GPU: 7/10 - The GTS450 is a reasonable card, but the HD6850 at £144 makes it a little overpriced, when the HD6850 is a full 50% faster.
    ODD: 10/10 - The drive I use
    Case: 10/10 - But I only really recommend such a case to top-end systems, not entry-level budget gamers like this, as they're not necessary for cooling or space.
    HDD: 7/10 - OK as Samsungs go, but Samsung are not a good hard disk brand.

    It will all work, but there are some pretty poor choices here.
    You're spending £488 here, plus nearly £20 on delivery due to using two stores, summing at least £505.

    Here's what I'd buy for that money:

    i5 760 CPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/inte...re-28-ghz-8mb-cache-core-ratio-21x-95w-retail
    P55A-UD3 M/B: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/giga...pci-e-20-ddr3-2200-sata-6gb-s-raid-usb-30-atx
    4GB XMS3 RAM: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4gb-...600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-165v
    HD6850 GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1gb-...775mhz-960-stream-processors-2x-dvi-i-hdmi-dp
    Seasonic 430W PSU: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/430w...ronze-80-plus-bronze-82-eff-eps-12v-120mm-fan
    Antec Three hundred case: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/antec-300-three-hundred-black-midi-tower-ultimate-gaming-case-w-o-psu
    LG GH22NS50 DVDRW: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/lg-gh22ns50-22x-dvdr-16xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-sata-black-oem
    WD10EALS HDD: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/blu1...als-caviar-blue-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache

    This comes out at about £615 delivered, a bit more expensive, but it's in a completely different league to the system you posted. It doesn't use terrible quality parts, it has ample memory, the graphics card is much faster, and the CPU is also much faster.
     

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