Help chosing a PC…
July 25th, 2016
I’m looking into getting a new PC and seeing as I’m not that clued up with new PC technology, I wouldn’t mind a little help.
Firstly I’m looking for something that can play a few games, The Sims 3 for example and have also thought about getting Battlefield 3.
My budget is around �370 and after a lot of searching round I’ve got it down to these three…unless you guys find something else better of course http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eight-Core-3-1Ghz-AMD-FX-8120-16GB-1TB-6670-Desktop-PC-Gaming-Computer-/200839159328?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2ec2f25e20
OR
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-Core-4-2Ghz-AMD-FX-4170-16GB-500GB-6670-Desktop-PC-Gaming-Computer-/190745867586?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2c6956f542
OR
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360519336488?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
The first two are from the same company and they look like the cheaper company of the two so I’m leaning towards one of the firs two. The third is a different company.
I’ve gone for the same graphics card on all of them and I’m happy with that, but if someone could explain which one has the best CPU that would be great as they confuse the hell outta me!
Cheers!
If you gotta choose from those 3, I’d say the first one would be best.
However, You’d be better off spending a little more money and building it yourself, That way
not only you’ll get better value for your money, But you’ll also get better warranty (+better future upgrade options for the CPU & GFX) I made you the following build:
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200R / �49.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/corsair-carbide-series-200r-compact-atx-case-8D00.html
PSU: Antec VP 550W / �46.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/antec-550w-basiq-vp550p-atx-psu-7TD8.html
Mobo: Gigabyte B75M-D3V / �46.38
http://www.dabs.com/products/gigabyte-b75m-d3v-s1155-intel-b75-ddr3-matx-8013.html
CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 / �144.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i5-3470-s1155-3-2ghz-6mb-85GF.html
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600 DC Kit / �31.93
http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-8gb--2-x-4gb--hyperx-blu-ddr3-1600mhz-dimm-240-pin-cl9-7K8L.html
GFX: Asus Radeon 7770 / �85.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-amd-radeon-7770-hd-1ghz-1gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-864D.html
HDD: Seagate 1TB / �54.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/seagate-1tb-barracuda-sata-6gb-s-64mb-7200rpm-hard-drive-7XD5.html
ODD: Samsung 24x DVD Burner / �13.99
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-24x-sh-224bb-dvd-rw-sata-oem-half-height-89GR.html
�475.25 Total, Free delivery!
Your gonna have to put it all together yourself obviously, But it’s not as difficult as you
may think and anyone can learn it with a bit of patience! Intel processors rule at the moment
and AMD got nothing on em (it’s been like that for a few years now, They just can’t keep up!)
The i5-3470 (despite having 4 cores, vs 8 on the FX 8120) is a much better performer!
Also, Socket 1155 is much more future proof. The Radeon 7770 is a significantly better card than the 6670 and will provide you with better gaming performance. Current Intel motherboards support PCI-Express 3.0 while AMDs support 2.0. A lot of video cards use 3.0 these days (including the one in my build) while PCI-E 3.0 is significantly faster than the previous revision, Current cards don’t take full advantage of it so the differences are minimal (that may change in the future however.) It got 8 gigs RAM and not 16 like in those pre-builts, But it’s more than enough! Then there’s the warranty, With any of the pre-builts above, Your only gonna get 1yr warranty (for all parts) but if you go with my build, You get better warranty by far, To be exact:
Case - 2yrs (but your not gonna need it)
PSU - 2yrs
Mobo - 3yrs
CPU - 3yrs
GFX - 3yrs
HDD - 2yrs
ODD - 1yr
RAM - Lifetime (Products lifetime, Not yours, But should be a few good years at the very least)
Up to you. You’d get much better value for your money going with my build.
I agree with . Build it yourself its not that hard.
This will help you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxaVBsXEiok