PLEASE HELP!

[Guest]

So, I'm a fairly young gamer who's recently got into it, currently running on an old acer laptop.

My Birthday is coming up soon, and I have my eyes on a gaming computer build, my budget is £500 (British Pounds)

The very first debate is AMD FX-4170 processor or Intel Core i3 3240 or Pentium G860 (meaning I could maybe spend a little bit more on graphics card, or maybe even a crossfire setup) or is there anything else under £100 (British Pounds) that would be better?

I currently have my eyes on this sort of thing, can you please tell me of any other better pieces I could swap out or recommendations

Processor: AMD/Intel (debatable)
Motherboard: AsRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard (£95)
Ram: Corsair 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (£40) ! ALL PRICES IN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS!
Hard drive: Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM with 32MB buffer (£60
Graphics card: Asus HD 7770 2GB AMD Radeon graphics card (£120)
Power Supply: NO IDEA! please recommend

Please answer if this will be a good setup

I'm planning to run rFactor 2, F1 2012, Project cars etc, hopefully on high settings

THANKS FOR READING NOW COMMENT, IM WAITING! :lol:

 

[cball1311]

What about and OS, monitor, case, keyboard/mouse?

 

[Guest]

already got

 

[jimpz]

If the Asrock Mb is the one you want, you've settled your AMD/Intel debate, that mobo takes an intel processor .

 

[cball1311]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£89.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£35.15 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £502.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-05 18:00 GMT+0000)

 

[Guest]

thanks!, quick question, should i buy a i5 3570k or get an amd fx4300 but get something like a amd radeon 6970?

 

[masterman467]

I5, but first stop being a troll... case in point http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/383565-31-10000-build-cashing#t2901298

 

[Retrowire]

I5, but first stop being a troll... case in point http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/383565-31-10000-build-cashing#t2901298

seconded.

I believed in you alex! I thought that $10,000 build was REAL!

Also, stick with the intel based mobo.

 

[Guest]

sorry! wondered just how far a computer could go!

 

[Broxton19]

sorry! wondered just how far a computer could go!

Then be truthful and just ask, not act like you have some pay raise and waste peoples time....

 

[ArcticWonder]

Then be truthful and just ask, not act like you have some pay raise and waste peoples time....

Seriously.... That sort of thing will get you banned off of TH.. And for good reason to. You don't need to BS us.