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1250359	2011-12-23 02:02:00	You always have to make a compromise between what's the best and what you can afford. Only you can decide what price level that is. I see why you chose a 6770, still a reasonable card and just over $210 when I looked. seems like the next Jump starts about $100 more upwards. You could drop back to an i5 2400 and still get a quad core for about $30 less, not sure it's worth the saving but you're unlikely to notice the difference between the two and it does have the features you say you need. Personally I would stick with a quad core, they are becoming the norm and while it's true games up until now haven't required them there's no garauntee it'll stay that way and games aren't the ony thing you can use the pc for. Two choices really; 1. build the machine you listed or something similar ( all the motherboards you mention are ok ) and be happy for now. Upgrade the graphics later if you feel the need, it could take 6-12 months until any games come out that'll have problems. Maybe longer and even then you will probably still be able to play them with slightly lowered settings. Meanwhile it's a capable enough machine you'll get plenty of use out of. 2. Spend a little more now or redistribute the cost to get a better graphics card and you should get a bit more life out of it without upgrading. There are pro's and con's either way. Todays top end card often = a midrange card 12 months later and a midrange card now and another in 12 months works out at a similar cost and overall life to one high end card now but you end up with newer technology and require less power to run it. (don't look at mine I went over the top.) To reinforce the advice here, never run a PC on a cheap generic PSU. Stick to the recognised good brands, it is one of the most crucial parts of the PC and shouldn't be skimped on. If you look at the amp ratings for the various voltages on a cheap 500W PSU and compare them to a good brand like Corsair you will see the difference. A cheap 500W PSU will supply 500w... for less than a microsecond, at the south pole in midwinter, outside, with 500 penguins blowing cool air on it, and then let the magic smoke out anyway. Probably taking your CPU, Graphics, and motherboard with it, but not completely - they will seem to work when you replace the PSU but the system will continuously crash for no apparent reason until finally dying a few weeks later. This may seem like a ridiculous exageration, it isn't. A good PSU is rated to supply continuous current @ 40 degrees or more, a cheap one is rated for instantaneous burst current at 20 degrees or less.	dugimodo (138)
1250360	2011-12-23 02:59:00	the 6770 is $200+. The 5830 is cheaper and better (pricespy.co.nz).	icow (15313)
1250361	2011-12-25 05:21:00	one thing to do is to get the unlocked i5-2500 the i5-2500k its unlocked so it is better i am pretty sure you can overclock it that way to	jxer4567 (16665)
1250362	2011-12-25 10:02:00	If your not oc-ing its not worth it.	icow (15313)
1250363	2011-12-25 10:18:00	If your not oc-ing its not worth it. +1 And in a weird wtf move the 2500K has a better graphics core than the 2500, I guess for people who do a lot of video encoding using quicksync and also overclock..... because that's such a big market segment. It would make more sense to me if the lower end CPUs had the better GPU core, surely it's budget oriented builds that use integrated graphics. Gamers don't care as a rule, although if you buy a Z68 board it is possible to get both quick sync and discrete graphics running together, but I haven't really seen any software around that takes advantage of it. If you don't plan on overclocking any desktop model i5 is more than good enough. I looked at the benchmarks, the 5830 does seem like a better choice from what I saw, not A card I'd seen mentioned anyway prior to this thread.	dugimodo (138)
1250364	2011-12-25 10:19:00	It would make more sense to me if the lower end CPUs had the better GPU core, surely it's budget oriented builds that use integrated graphics. That's why the AMD A8 makes sense.	icow (15313)
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