What to choose if You're going to buy a new computer?

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Avalkiz

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Less than 300$

INTEL
Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L
Intel Celeron Dual Core E3200
GoodRam 2GB 800MHz CL5
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

AMD
Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2,6GHz S-AM2 BOX
GoodRam 2GB 800MHz CL5
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

The most basic PC, only for office work, internet and old games. Onboard GPU.

350-400$

INTEL
Gigabyte GA-EP41-UD3L
Intel Celeron Dual Core E3200
GoodRam 2GB 800MHz CL5
Asus Radeon HD4670
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

AMD
Asrock A770DE+
AMD Athlon II X2 240
GoodRam 2GB 800MHz CL5
Asus Radeon HD4670
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

Previous set equipped with a nice graphics card. You can play older games which does not require much power.

400-450$

INTEL
Gigabyte GA-EP41-UD3L
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5300
GoodRam 2GB 800MHz CL5
Sapphire Radeon HD5750
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

AMD
ASRock M3A770DE
AMD Athlon II X2 245
Goodram DDR3 2GB 1333MHz
Sapphire Radeon HD5750
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB 8MB 7200rpm SATAII
Samsung SH-S223C
Fortron FSP400-60APN
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

Decent set, You're avaivable to play newer games on it.

550-600$

INTEL
ASRock H55M
Intel Core i3 530 2,93GHz S-1156 BOX
Goodram DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz PC3-10600 CL9
Asus Radeon HD5770
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
SAMSUNG SH-S223C
Corsair CMPSU-400CXEU
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

AMD
MSI 770-C45
AMD Athlon II X4 630
Goodram DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz PC3-10600 CL9
Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
SAMSUNG SH-S223C
Corsair CMPSU-400CXEU
Gigabyte Luxo M1000

Pretty awesome and cheap one, it should even run Crysis on high, and new games like Battlefield BC2, MW2 etc

800-850$

INTEL
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3
Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz S-1156 BOX
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
MSI Radeon HD5770 Hawk
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
Samsung SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
OCZ ModXStream 500W

AMD
MSI 790GX-G65
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
MSI Radeon HD5770 Hawk
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
Samsung SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
OCZ ModXStream 500W

Almost like the previous one, but these got more powerful CPUs so if you're going to convert a movie or something, it would be faster. And faster RAM

900-950$

INTEL
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3
Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz S-1156 BOX
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
Radeon HD5850
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
Samsung SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
OCZ ModXStream 500W

AMD
MSI 790GX-G65
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
Radeon HD5850
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
Samsung SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
OCZ ModXStream 500W

Awesome set, will run the games that are incoming in next 3-4 years.

1000-1300$

INTEL
MSI P55-GD65
Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz S-1156 BOX
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
Powercolor Radeon HD5870
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
SAMSUNG SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
Chieftec CFT-650-14CS

AMD
MSI 790GX-G65
AMD Phenom II Quad Core X4 965
Corsair DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz CL9 XMS3
Powercolor Radeon HD5870
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
SAMSUNG SH-S223C
SilentiumPC Gladius 600 Pure Black GD-600
Chieftec CFT-650-14CS

Awesome set, will run the games that are incoming in next 5 years.

Due to different nationalities and currencies on these forums, You will have to check prices yourself. :mellow:
 
MSI 770-C45
AMD Athlon II X4 630
Goodram DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz PC3-10600 CL9
Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB 16MB 7200rpm SATA2
SAMSUNG SH-S223C
Corsair CMPSU-400CXEU
Gigabyte Luxo M1000
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This one is almost like mine will be soon, so I like this.

[quote author=Mine]AMD Phenom 9650 x4 (4 CPUs)
Patriot 4GB DDR2 RAM
(Getting this soon) HIS Radeon HD5770 1GB
1TB Samsung HDD
Corsair 450w
Asus M4N78 Pro[/quote]
 
This motherboard is almost perfect for what I need, and it doesn't support DDR3 unfortunately.

Also, I'm just fine with DDR2. I probably wouldn't notice much of a difference, and this serves me just fine :tongue:
 
Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor (3.2GHz, 8MB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
6GB (3X2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz Memory
1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capability
NVIDIA 1.5GB GeForce GTX480
 
ev0lution said:
Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor (3.2GHz, 8MB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
6GB (3X2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz Memory
1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capability
NVIDIA 1.5GB GeForce GTX480
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And how much is that? ;_;
 
[TMS]M1Rc34 said:
ev0lution said:
Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor (3.2GHz, 8MB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
6GB (3X2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz Memory
1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capability
NVIDIA 1.5GB GeForce GTX480
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And how much is that? ;_;
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Only $3000. :biggrin:
I might actually get that soon. Or a laptop with similar specs.
 
Ohoho, laptop with this specs xD
It will never be as powerful as a PC.
And don't buy GTX480. Buy HD5890.
 
Avalkiz said:
Ohoho, laptop with this specs xD
It will never be as powerful as a PC.
And don't buy GTX480. Buy HD5890.
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It's possible.
Well, probably not that powerful, but almost same specs.

EDIT: Actually...
Intel® Core™ i7-920XM Processor Extreme (2GHz,4 Cores/8 Threads,turbo up to 3.2GHz, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64bit (English)
8GB (2 x 4GB) Dual-channel 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
640GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive (320GBx2)(Raid 0)
8X DVD + /-RW Drive with DVD + R double layer write capability
CrossFireX(TM) Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5870
 
Avalkiz said:
Ohoho, laptop with this specs xD
It will never be as powerful as a PC.
And don't buy GTX480. Buy HD5890.
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There is no such thing as a HD5890.

Also, the 5850 is the same as a 5870 if you overclock it, so the 5870 isn't worth the extra.

There is so much wrong with this thread, truly and honestly, I do not have the time to correct it all. Jesus.

Also, where is the £1500~$2000 bracket?
 
Avalkiz said:
WaFFLe said:
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There is no such thing as a HD5890.
[...]
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There is.
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No, there is not. There is the 5830, 50, and 70.
Avalkiz said:
WaFFLe said:
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Also, where is the £1500~$2000 bracket?
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A PC that costed about 1k is enough. More money put in your computer right now is jus a waste.
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Really?

If you do heavy video encoding or rendering, you will benefit from a 6 core, or an i7 w/HT, and 8 - 16GB RAM, as you will use it.

I put close to £1500 into my current PC, it's not a waste if you use the hardware that you buy.

Also, you have no SSD's in the selection, which is laughable as they are the perfect boot drive, and you always choose Corsair RAM, which is overpriced, there are much better options out there with lower latencys for less. Don't even get into a Tech related argument with me. You will lose.
 
WaFFLe said:
Also, you have no SSD's in the selection, which is laughable as they are the perfect boot drive, and you always choose Corsair RAM, which is overpriced, there are much better options out there with lower latencys for less. Don't even get into a Tech related argument with me. You will lose.
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SSD hard drives boot much faster, but their life span is highly decreased.

Plus, the max one can hold is 100GB, unless you buy 4.. and that's like 900$? yeah.. waste.
 
FrostBytez said:
Yeah? they made 10x 100GB's SSD's and put them into one on the same SATA channel..
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Technically that still means you were wrong because there are 1TB models on the market.

Also, SSDs*
 
GPow69 said:
FrostBytez said:
Yeah? they made 10x 100GB's SSD's and put them into one on the same SATA channel..
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Technically that still means you were wrong because there are 1TB models on the market.

Also, SSDs*
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Just like i said, they made a thicker case and added a bigger SSD disk into it.
 
But 1TB models are available. You said they didn't make them at all, you never specified how they made them or not.
 
GPow69 said:
But 1TB models are available. You said they didn't make them at all, you never specified how they made them or not.
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Uhm, Maffia pointed that there was 1TB models about 4 posts ago.

Why are you mentioning it again? o.o
 
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