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General => General Discussion => Computer Talk => Topic started by: VenomX on July 21, 2011, 05:45:20 AM
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Okay, so I'm building the gf a gaming PC for her birthday, and need a little help with parts and stuff. The whole thing should ideally be under £350 (€400, $550 USD), and be able to run games on a 19".
Had a couple of parts in mind as listed below, but would like some input into mobo and possibly gfx card.
CPU: AMD 955 Black AM3 socket
2x2GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Single slot Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Mobo: ???
And case and other stuff as well, but thats the general idea. So a mobo under about £60 would be perfect, thanks for the help :).
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CPU: AMD Phenom or AMD Athlon?
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This is just a little over your price mark http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=3d&products_id=45409 (http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=3d&products_id=45409)
Oh and $90 AUD is roughly equal to your GBP.
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Its a Phenom.
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Hey I have the same specs :P you shouldn't be cheap on MB, you could safe some money on the memories, Phenoms 2 use only 1333 MHz out of it... unless you will decrease the frequency and timing. I had a 350W PSU for half a year, then it started to burn a bit, but it was very old :lol: you should be fine with such a PSU. Considering which kind of games would be played on it, isn't more suitable for it a better GPU (but then you'd have to get better PSU :D)? I have a 5770 and I can't wait to get rid of her :lol: also you can't overclock much with the BOX cooler, so you may get some more efficient one.
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Okay, so I'm building the gf a gaming PC for her birthday, and need a little help with parts and stuff. The whole thing should ideally be under £350 (€400, $550 USD), and be able to run games on a 19".
So it needs to run Farmville then? :P
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You really dont wanna go cheap on the Mobo :/