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Need advice for a decent & affordable gaming PC setup. I don't really care about high definition, resolution, pixels, etc. As long as I can play the latest games (MW3, BF3, LA Noire, etc.) without any lags.
Do I really need a 3GB graphics card or would a 1GB card suffice? Also, there's a lot of 1GB card out there with variable prices. Any differences between a cheap one & a not so cheap one?
Some other details I'd like to get advices on:
- AMD vs Intel (is i5 good enough?)
- ATi vs GeForce
- single or dual card (SLI/Crossfire)
- a good sound system & speakers
- a decent monitor, not necessarily HD
Answer
A 1GB card is enough.
Affordable is a bit of a stretchable given, as a few things depend on your budget of course.
Decent video card for a very decent price is the ATI 6870 (best value for money card), starting at around $140 at NewEgg
A decent P67 mobo would set you back between $60 and $80.
An intel i5 2400 goes for $190
RAM is dirt cheap and for $50 you have 8GB of DDR3 RAM @1600MHz
A good ventilated case should cost no more than $90
A 600 watt power supply can be had for around $80
The difference between a cheap 1GB card and a more expensive one usually sits in the second digit of the card's numbering...
For instance, there's NVidia's 5xx family, with a GTX560ti going for around $250 to $300, while a GT520 would be below $100. Both have 1GB of V-RAM, but the latter is a low level card while the former is a top notch one...
The second digit always indicates the "power" (or lack of) a card has...
As such, for example, a GTX260 would fare better than a GT520 by a serious margin.
A 1GB card is enough.
Affordable is a bit of a stretchable given, as a few things depend on your budget of course.
Decent video card for a very decent price is the ATI 6870 (best value for money card), starting at around $140 at NewEgg
A decent P67 mobo would set you back between $60 and $80.
An intel i5 2400 goes for $190
RAM is dirt cheap and for $50 you have 8GB of DDR3 RAM @1600MHz
A good ventilated case should cost no more than $90
A 600 watt power supply can be had for around $80
The difference between a cheap 1GB card and a more expensive one usually sits in the second digit of the card's numbering...
For instance, there's NVidia's 5xx family, with a GTX560ti going for around $250 to $300, while a GT520 would be below $100. Both have 1GB of V-RAM, but the latter is a low level card while the former is a top notch one...
The second digit always indicates the "power" (or lack of) a card has...
As such, for example, a GTX260 would fare better than a GT520 by a serious margin.
Is this pc good value for money ?
Lee
Hi Is this pc any good for the money i want it to play games on I don't expect it to play games like bf3 or skyrim
its a ADVENT DT1410 Desktop PC
Processor Intel® Quad Core Processor i5-2320 - 3 Ghz - 6MB cache memory
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM 6GB (4GB + 2GB), DDR3, 1333Mhz, Maximum expandable memory 8GB
And advise
Graphics card Intel HD2000
Hard drive 1.5 TB, 7200rpm (variable),SATA
Optical disk drive Yes
16x DVD, 48x CDR, 24x RW 24x DVD -/+R, 8x DL-/+R, 8x +RW, 6x -RW, 12x -RAM
Memory card reader Yes
USB 8
Modem/Ethernet 10/100/1000 GigabitEthernet
WiFi Ralink 802.11 bgn USB Dongle
Audio interface 3.5mm
Expansion card slot 2x PCI-E x1
Keyboard & Mouse Wirelessmultimedia keyboard,wirelessmouse
I know the graphics card is no good but if it's a good pc I will buy one to install my self the pc is 480 pounds just to play games of steam and things like that
thank you :-)
Answer
Yeah thats about what I paied for my PC, and yours is actually a bit better then mine, what with having more RAM and a slightly petter processor, and I got mine at a good deal. 480 pounds (about $750 in usd) is a pretty good deal i'd say. Yeah the graphics card isnt good at all, about for about 100~200 you can get a pretty decent one that will let you play a ton. for something like skyrim you'd need about 480 steam processors for it to run smoothly, and the Intel HD2000 has about 200. Just for low profile games on Steam, it should manage, but i would consider upgrading to AT LEAST a a Radeon HD 5750.
Yeah thats about what I paied for my PC, and yours is actually a bit better then mine, what with having more RAM and a slightly petter processor, and I got mine at a good deal. 480 pounds (about $750 in usd) is a pretty good deal i'd say. Yeah the graphics card isnt good at all, about for about 100~200 you can get a pretty decent one that will let you play a ton. for something like skyrim you'd need about 480 steam processors for it to run smoothly, and the Intel HD2000 has about 200. Just for low profile games on Steam, it should manage, but i would consider upgrading to AT LEAST a a Radeon HD 5750.
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