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1196604 2011-04-23 06:01:00 How would an i3-540 and a Sapphire HD5770 perform? (on something like cyrsis, as thats such a bench marking game) hkingsbury (13817)
1196605 2011-04-23 06:11:00 How would an i3-540 and a Sapphire HD5770 perform? (on something like cyrsis, as thats such a bench marking game)

It's OK. Average. Ish.

Take a look at www.tomshardware.com

Look at the VGA charts first, graphics is the number one important component, then the CPU charts - 2nd importance.
pctek (84)
1196606 2011-04-23 08:56:00 I'd struggle to recommend such an old platform. You can get an i5 2400 for around $300 - 2 generations newer, higher clocked and has turbo at that.

And you can get an 1155 board for around $250-ish (gigabyte, so a deecnt brand too) so the overall price shouldn't be much different.

As for GPU, I'd go with an HD5850, HD6850, GTX460 1GB or GTX560 depending on budget.
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Richardd150 (13927)
1196607 2011-04-23 09:10:00 What store is giving you that quote? If it's up to date, they're REALLY trying to get rid of old two-gen-behind hardware AND rip you off big time at the same time. qazwsxokmijn (102)
1196608 2011-04-23 10:56:00 Just occurred to me, won't you need an OS as well? Unless of course you have one lying around. An OEM (Win7) will be around $180. Richardd150 (13927)
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