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[ssportugal]

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Spec Me! Questionnaire
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1) What's your budget and in which Currency?

€400 (550 USD)

2) When are you going to buy your PC?

December

3) What is your computer type?

Desktop

4) What's the main purpose of the PC?

Gaming

5) When do you intend to upgrade your PC?

Graphics card when needed

6) Do you want to keep any component that you already own?

Yes my GPU a ATI HD 3870 and power supply

7) Do you prefer any brand or manufacturer (Intel/AMD, NVidia/ATI, Asus/Gigabyte,...)?

Not really, just want best performance I can get for the money

8) Are you going to overclock?

Oh yeah! xD

9) Where are you going to buy the components from? Do you have any preference over some store?

No preference just want opinion, can't really answer this because i live in Portugal

10) Will you be assembling the system yourself or will it come pre-built?

Assembling myself.

What i really need is CPU, Motherboard (m-ATX), RAM, HDD, case (I have Fractal design mini in my scope)

Thanks to anyone who can help me

Cheers

[DPGrizz83]

Check this out,



I don't have enough spare time to give you a full spec at the moment. However, the PC in the video costs around $500 USD.

[ssportugal]

DPGrizz83, on 08 November 2011 - 11:10 PM, said:

Check this out,



I don't have enough spare time to give you a full spec at the moment. However, the PC in the video costs around $500 USD.

I already saw that video xD i know linus very well i subscribed to his channel on my youtube account xD
Also in that video he has a GPU and power supply that i don't need, i want for around €400 (500USD) the best CPU, Motherboard (m-ATX), RAM, HDD and case (Fractal Design Mini) possible.

But thanks for answering ! :D

Edited by ssportugal, 09 November 2011 - 10:24 AM.

[WOLF_TEAM_LEADER]

Given that you are running a 3870 there would be no point in having a nice new cpu, motherboard, memory, hdd and case if you still can't play any moderately recent games with your PC.
What do you use your PC for and what res is your monitor?

[Challenger]

just get something like a i5-2500k, Asus P8P67M, 4GB of cheap ram and at this stage the HDD will probably be the biggest expense!

As said before though a new cpu, mobo isn't going to do anything as your 3870 is really old. Really you need to be looking at trying to upgrade your gpu to say a gtx460 minimum to be able to play games for the next year +

[DPGrizz83]

Here's a set-up:




It doesnt have a case, but it will overclock pretty well and the gtx 460 will last a while. This is all assuming your current PSU can foot the load..

You also get a $30 mail in rebate.

Edited by DPGrizz83, 09 November 2011 - 04:39 PM.

[ssportugal]

WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, on 09 November 2011 - 10:26 AM, said:

Given that you are running a 3870 there would be no point in having a nice new cpu, motherboard, memory, hdd and case if you still can't play any moderately recent games with your PC.
What do you use your PC for and what res is your monitor?

I play BF3 and MW3 at medium settings 1080p, but my CPU is slow for me, i want to upgrade now to a new one and later change the GPU

[ssportugal]

DPGrizz83, on 09 November 2011 - 04:39 PM, said:

Here's a set-up:




It doesnt have a case, but it will overclock pretty well and the gtx 460 will last a while. This is all assuming your current PSU can foot the load..

You also get a $30 mail in rebate.

Thanks for answering , dammmmm the HDD's are super expensive now

Edited by ssportugal, 09 November 2011 - 05:05 PM.

[Honey Badger]

I would recommend the same as everyone else. Get yourself a i5 2500k, Asus P8P67-M board, 2x2 or 2x4GB of RAM, and whatever case you want to get. Should be well within your price range, and you're talking serious performance gain over what you have no in terms of raw computing power. Then later when you upgrade your PSU/GPU, you'll be flyin'.

[ssportugal]

Honey Badger, on 09 November 2011 - 05:53 PM, said:

I would recommend the same as everyone else. Get yourself a i5 2500k, Asus P8P67-M board, 2x2 or 2x4GB of RAM, and whatever case you want to get. Should be well within your price range, and you're talking serious performance gain over what you have no in terms of raw computing power. Then later when you upgrade your PSU/GPU, you'll be flyin'.

It's over my budget but you guys are right, i can manage to spend more money, and February I'll be buying a new HDD power supply and GPU
Thanks to all who answered

[DPGrizz83]

ssportugal, on 09 November 2011 - 04:45 PM, said:

Thanks for answering , dammmmm the HDD's are super expensive now

I was shocked too. Ususally Newegg has deals on some for around $50. Not today I guess. But the 2500k will suit you well! Have fun with it!

[Derbixrace]

well for a tiny bit more than the build you did you can get a better case, mobo and a nice CPU cooler for a 4.5ghz+ OC

[ssportugal]

Derbixrace, on 09 November 2011 - 07:06 PM, said:

well for a tiny bit more than the build you did you can get a better case, mobo and a nice CPU cooler for a 4.5ghz+ OC

I want a m-ATX build xD, and for me the Fractal Design mini is the best case for m-ATX.
But thanks for the advice

Edited by ssportugal, 09 November 2011 - 08:55 PM.

[ssportugal]

DPGrizz83, on 09 November 2011 - 07:04 PM, said:

I was shocked too. Ususally Newegg has deals on some for around $50. Not today I guess. But the 2500k will suit you well! Have fun with it!

Well i've been reading and from what i was able to gather warehouses in Thailand were flooded thus damaging HDD products and the production lines, also there is shortage raw materials to build them hence the high prices.
Now, for those that have cash xD, it's the time to buy a SSD.

[ExtremeGrandpa]

I first reported the news about the HDD situation Oct 19th http://trubritar.com...o-shortages-866

And then again on on Nov 1st http://trubritar.com...ear-future-1054

Followed up again today by DLUK saying HDDs are limited to 1 per customer at scanuk., http://trubritar.com...scan-co-uk-1167

So you better if you require a HDD for bulk storage you better ***BAD*** it up now. It wasnt warehouses but manufacuring plants that flooded. And it coul be another 6 to 8 months before they have those plants back online.

[ssportugal]

ExtremeGrandpa, on 09 November 2011 - 09:21 PM, said:

I first reported the news about the HDD situation Oct 19th http://trubritar.com...o-shortages-866

And then again on on Nov 1st http://trubritar.com...ear-future-1054

Followed up again today by DLUK saying HDDs are limited to 1 per customer at scanuk., http://trubritar.com...scan-co-uk-1167

So you better if you require a HDD for bulk storage you better ***BAD*** it up now. It wasnt warehouses but manufacuring plants that flooded. And it coul be another 6 to 8 months before they have those plants back online.

I Haven't been here a while so i never read your post sorry, it really sucks this situation a few months ago HDD's were really cheap :/

[jfrydom]

TBH, I would go for the i3 2100 perhaps with a z68 or p67 board and upgrade the cpu to Ivy Bridge later.