As you can see, the main thing is the gfx card. That can be dropped to a GTX 650
- Sinxar
- Sinxar
Over here an nVidia 670 would be over half of his budget in one fell-swoop. So it would be too much I think.
Processor: I was avoiding i5 due to price, I looked into the i3 because it was very cheap, $200 is quite expensive, it works out to £123, but I think it is worth it.
- bozo64r
- bozo64r
Quad core vs Dual core, well if you can wouldnt you rather go for quad, as it will be twice the speed overall?
I put this together on Novatech:
I know its a little over you budget, however in that setup you got an i5 (Quad core), 8Gb, 600w PSU, 2TB (could be swapped for a 1TB black if speed is more important) and a GTX 660 (half way ground between the 650 and the 670).
Maybe Sinxar may disagree but this should be a lot better than the system you suggested on ebay - I think. Sure you can put better components in, however trying to stick around the £500 mark is hard. I would try and go the extra for quad core, as it will be better in the long run.
ps. looks like that MB is only 2 slots too, geez: MB really can cheap out eh? well not much you can do, but pay more for a MB. If you went for something like the Novatech Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 3570K - 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz - Intel Z77 Chipset Motherboard deal, you get 4 slots with a 3570K but costing an extra £80 over-all.