[Hugus]

Hello Everyone:

I was wondering if you could advise me of which build you would recomend and if you have any advice:

AMD 788 GBP

AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T (2.80GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/)
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Intel 977 GBP

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Thank you for any and all help.

[Keylime]

Hugus, on 15 August 2010 - 04:42 AM, said:

Hello Everyone:

I was wondering if you could advise me of which build you would recomend and if you have any advice:

AMD 788 GBP

AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T (2.80GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/)
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Intel 977 GBP

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Thank you for any and all help.

Sorry bro, but that isn't enough nitty gritty info for me to work with. And I'm. too lazy to do the leg work myself.

[dragonclaw]

Both look fine and will run ff14 on low settings with 4000+ score. That being said, if you want the AMD system, it may be worth waiting a bit. AMD is set to release 2-3 more X6 processors, some faster and some slower than the T1055, and possibly issue some price drops with them.

Also, it may be good to get more ram, as prices are said to go up in the near future (or so says market sources), but that can always be added over time if needed.

Now, the battle between AMD and intel....intel is faster, amd is cheaper for the performance, blah blah blah..... just pick the one you want. Whatever you choose, make sure you get a good cooler for it, so if you want to experiment with overclocking, you can.

Edit: Btw, are you buying this pre-assembled or building it yourself out of parts?

This post has been edited by dragonclaw: 16 August 2010 - 02:16 PM

[tarutinkler]

I wouldn't run anything less then a 650w power supply with 2 460s.