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| 1213993 | 2011-07-02 02:12:00 | My brother wants his own pc now that will play some of the current games. The build I have so far for him is: CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 265 Motherboard: GIGABYTE MA78LMT-S2 Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 341 GPU: Sapphire HD5670 1G Ram: Kingston ValueRam 4GB 1333mhz DDR3 2x2gb kit HDD: WD Blue 500gb Sata 2 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Does anyone have any comments on this? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1213994 | 2011-07-02 02:18:00 | Oh forgot the different power supply, Coolermaster 500w eXtreme Power Plus | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1213995 | 2011-07-02 02:23:00 | wouldnt you want atleast a 5770 (or 6770 revised version) for current games? suppose it depends on the games tho. Isnt that cpu abit old too? passmark doesnt even put it on the high end page. do you (he) have a budget? | icow (15313) | ||
| 1213996 | 2011-07-02 02:23:00 | So by current games what do you mean precisely? Budget? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1213997 | 2011-07-02 02:25:00 | Athlon X2 is weak, the low end of the low end, get a Phenom X4. The 5670 is also not great, I'd say get NVIDIA 550 or AMD 6770. www.computerlounge.co.nz AND www.computerlounge.co.nz OR www.computerlounge.co.nz |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1213998 | 2011-07-02 02:31:00 | he is not a high end gamer, and I am trying to keep below $1000. Anything would be better than the P4 2.6 he is using now |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1213999 | 2011-07-02 02:46:00 | Try either of these: Both just over $1050 IIRC All parts from elive (not shopping round for the best deal) |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1214000 | 2011-07-02 02:48:00 | My brother wants his own pc now that will play some of the current games. Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 341 GPU: Sapphire HD5670 1G Don't use a bundled PSU. get a Corsair. And WHY do people also stint on the graphics card? Fine if he isn't into games but you just said he wants to play current games. GPUs come out every year, games are what drives the hardware industry. It's a lame card, go take a look at Toms hardware and the VGA charts, get something at least mid-range. If budget is a problem last years good card is better than this years **** card. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1214001 | 2011-07-02 03:15:00 | Im not using the bundled psu, getting a coolermaster one. so something in the 68-69 series? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1214002 | 2011-07-02 04:49:00 | What size is the LCD he is using, this will dictate what GPU he needs..... | SolMiester (139) | ||
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