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Lewis
I really mean budget! I have pretty much £300 for the desktop. I can go a bit over, maybe £350 if its worth it.
I understand that for this price the computer wont be amazing but where is the best value for money going to be? I mainly want it for Starcraft 2 so it needs to play this with no lag or rather, as little as possible.
I live in England which pretty much rules out ordering from the states. Any help is appreciated.
Answer
Recommended Specifications for playing Starcraft 2
Operating System
Windows Vista®/Windows® 7
Video
512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD 3870 or better
Memory
2 GB RAM
I would go on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008E3M23S/ref=s9_hps_bw_g147_ir05?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=8EB3C7E368564B508B16&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=289597847&pf_rd_i=428651031
and add this graphics card to it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-HD6570-Graphics-Passive/dp/B0052MJQN8/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1349713128&sr=1-14
That way you'll be able to play that game at least pretty well.
Recommended Specifications for playing Starcraft 2
Operating System
Windows Vista®/Windows® 7
Video
512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD 3870 or better
Memory
2 GB RAM
I would go on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008E3M23S/ref=s9_hps_bw_g147_ir05?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=8EB3C7E368564B508B16&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=289597847&pf_rd_i=428651031
and add this graphics card to it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-HD6570-Graphics-Passive/dp/B0052MJQN8/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1349713128&sr=1-14
That way you'll be able to play that game at least pretty well.
What motherboard should i use in a new gaming PC build?
Tom
I have a budget of £600 and at the very max £700.
I have chose an Intel i5 3570k Processor, and a Coolermaster Storm Enforcer case..
Which motherboard would be suited to me? I want to play games, and will choose a GPU in time.
I had my eye on the Asus-P8Z77-V Motherboard, but is it necessary?
Are there better suggestions on what to spend money on?
Cheers
Answer
Although parts have to be selected one by one, the key to the optimum build is the final total list. When you put more money into one part, there is less left for the other parts. Although not every available choice is listed, you can do well with
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/
where you can put in a total (or partial) list, and a permalink in the top left can be copied and shared. It changes with each change you make. It assures you get all the parts you need and does some compatibility checking. You need to decide on performance for the money, or future upgradability at a lower current performance. You need to choose quality/stability/reliability levels which at higher cost reduce the performance.
Generally, overclocking an i5 is not necessary until into the highest level of gaming. An i5-3470 is often a better value, and you can use the Intel cooler, or add a better one anyway like the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. Without an aftermarket cooler, you cannot overclock the CPU. You would also need a Z77 or Z75 based motherboard to overclock. But, your total budget may aim towards a lower cost CPU and higher GPU for faster better gaming. You want to match your motherboard internal I/O to your case, and a case for long cards is helpful. The Storm Enforcer is an excellent case, among others. It has USB 3.0 x 2 (internal), USB 2.0 x 2, Audio x 1, Speakers x 1 Front Ports. So, your motherboard needs to have an internal USB 3.0 header.
£136 for the P8Z77-V is certainly nice, but you are running out of money fast.
£168 CPU, £25 CPU cooler, £66 case, about £40 for 2x4GB 1600 1.5V with heat spreaders and XMP ready CAS 9, say £127 HD 7850, £50 single rail 80 plus 500+Watt PSU good brand like Corsair or XFX, £50 1TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64MB cache HDD, £14 DVDRW, £68 Windows 7 64 bit, plus where do you stand with keyboard, mouse, audio output system, monitor? That's £744 in this list, with no SSD for either a WIndows OS load and work in process like a video editing before archiving and HDD interactive games or maybe Intel HDD acceleration SRT/RST or some combination by partitioning an SSD. You see, your choices are leading to an over-budget if you need everything. I think you need to evaluate your total set for maximum gaming. It is great to have a top level system, but it costs top level money.
Features of that motherboard -
Top 2 brand (Asus+Gigabyte are 1+2 about tied order), MSI+Asrock about tied 3+4, and look no deeper. Wi-Fi GO! - DLNA Streaming and Remote Desktop Made Easy, digital power, fast boot, LucidLogix Virtu MVP, 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) plus an extra PCIe x 16 you won't need, 4 SATA III 6Gb/s, Intel gigabit ethernet, Realtek ALC892 audio:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Audio-Codec-Comparison-Table/520
plenty of USB including the internal USB 3.0 header, 4 system fan connectors
These will meet most of the parameters:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=7,8,18,27&f=2&c=26,36,51,52&l=2&k=6,5,4,3,2&n=4&u=1&sort=a6
starting at £97.05
Everyone's "perfect" build at a price point is just a little different. I suggest you fill in all the parts and then adjust up and down. The build is 85% planning and 5% buying and 10% building.
I am sensing at an overview of your price,
i5-3470, the Storm Enforcer, maybe a motherboard under £120 chosen by YOUR preferences of features that should include SLI capable, Lucidlogix, at least 2 SATA III, USB 3.0 internal header, ATX size from a good brand. Almost the whole list above has that.
Show a whole build and ask for suggestions at about the same bottom line price.
See my answer and the links here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApNCRJZVxSXSu1NQoqJ5_ejsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130403092028AAAASSr
"The key things in building a computer are:"
That saves links and copy-paste of a long answer added to my long answer here.
Although parts have to be selected one by one, the key to the optimum build is the final total list. When you put more money into one part, there is less left for the other parts. Although not every available choice is listed, you can do well with
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/
where you can put in a total (or partial) list, and a permalink in the top left can be copied and shared. It changes with each change you make. It assures you get all the parts you need and does some compatibility checking. You need to decide on performance for the money, or future upgradability at a lower current performance. You need to choose quality/stability/reliability levels which at higher cost reduce the performance.
Generally, overclocking an i5 is not necessary until into the highest level of gaming. An i5-3470 is often a better value, and you can use the Intel cooler, or add a better one anyway like the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. Without an aftermarket cooler, you cannot overclock the CPU. You would also need a Z77 or Z75 based motherboard to overclock. But, your total budget may aim towards a lower cost CPU and higher GPU for faster better gaming. You want to match your motherboard internal I/O to your case, and a case for long cards is helpful. The Storm Enforcer is an excellent case, among others. It has USB 3.0 x 2 (internal), USB 2.0 x 2, Audio x 1, Speakers x 1 Front Ports. So, your motherboard needs to have an internal USB 3.0 header.
£136 for the P8Z77-V is certainly nice, but you are running out of money fast.
£168 CPU, £25 CPU cooler, £66 case, about £40 for 2x4GB 1600 1.5V with heat spreaders and XMP ready CAS 9, say £127 HD 7850, £50 single rail 80 plus 500+Watt PSU good brand like Corsair or XFX, £50 1TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64MB cache HDD, £14 DVDRW, £68 Windows 7 64 bit, plus where do you stand with keyboard, mouse, audio output system, monitor? That's £744 in this list, with no SSD for either a WIndows OS load and work in process like a video editing before archiving and HDD interactive games or maybe Intel HDD acceleration SRT/RST or some combination by partitioning an SSD. You see, your choices are leading to an over-budget if you need everything. I think you need to evaluate your total set for maximum gaming. It is great to have a top level system, but it costs top level money.
Features of that motherboard -
Top 2 brand (Asus+Gigabyte are 1+2 about tied order), MSI+Asrock about tied 3+4, and look no deeper. Wi-Fi GO! - DLNA Streaming and Remote Desktop Made Easy, digital power, fast boot, LucidLogix Virtu MVP, 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) plus an extra PCIe x 16 you won't need, 4 SATA III 6Gb/s, Intel gigabit ethernet, Realtek ALC892 audio:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Audio-Codec-Comparison-Table/520
plenty of USB including the internal USB 3.0 header, 4 system fan connectors
These will meet most of the parameters:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#m=7,8,18,27&f=2&c=26,36,51,52&l=2&k=6,5,4,3,2&n=4&u=1&sort=a6
starting at £97.05
Everyone's "perfect" build at a price point is just a little different. I suggest you fill in all the parts and then adjust up and down. The build is 85% planning and 5% buying and 10% building.
I am sensing at an overview of your price,
i5-3470, the Storm Enforcer, maybe a motherboard under £120 chosen by YOUR preferences of features that should include SLI capable, Lucidlogix, at least 2 SATA III, USB 3.0 internal header, ATX size from a good brand. Almost the whole list above has that.
Show a whole build and ask for suggestions at about the same bottom line price.
See my answer and the links here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApNCRJZVxSXSu1NQoqJ5_ejsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130403092028AAAASSr
"The key things in building a computer are:"
That saves links and copy-paste of a long answer added to my long answer here.
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