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#41

Where did you get that from? The i3 2100 is faster than any previous i3! It’s faster than the AMD Phenom II x4 965/970 in games which the older i3’s can’t say.

Dropping the amount spent on the GPU to go for a GTX 460 1GB or 5850 (you can get them in the UK for about £130 now) will offer you half decent performance for a lower price.

Other than that it looks like you are being misinformed a lot. Check out reputable sites offering reviews and benchmarks such as anandtech, toms hardware, Guru3D, Bittech etc.

EDIT - A comparison between the i3 540 and i3 2100 - The 550 is slightly better than the 540 but not enough to equal the 2100.

#42

The combo you have chosen is very close to my original setup til I upgraded to an i5, same mobo chipset and its also a gigabyte, It has had great quality up until now, and the chip aswell. From my experience the i3’s still lag with anti-aliasing, but who needs it :stuck_out_tongue: .

  • May also be my videocard, its terribad.
#43

Ohai just found the I3-2100 sandybridge core to exact same price so i think im gonna go with that. Thanks Guitarjim

EDIT: i think im fine with the GPU i found.

EDIT2: Decided to take a new sound card: ASUS Xonar D1 - Sound card - 24-bit - 192 kHz - 116 dB SNR - 7.1 - PCI - ASUS AV100 - low profile

#44

Make sure the motherboard is either H67, H61,P67 or Z68 and the socket type is 1155. The older 1156 boards are not compatible.

#45

Doing… Now!.
Current motherboard: Failed Specifications.
Searching for a new.

What about this:
Intel Classic Series DH61BE Desktop Motherboard Intel 2nd Generation Core i7/i5/i3 Socket LGA1155 Intel H61 Express MicroATX Gigabit LAN with B3 Revision.

Tell me if its good enough.

EDIT: I can also choose:
Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3 H61 Socket 1155 7.1 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard (GA-H61M-D2-B3).
Wich one is best?.

EDIT2: I think im gonna go with the Gigabyte motherboard. But still if the Intel Classic is better please let me know.

#46

The newer ones, worse? where did you read that? the new ones are MUCH more powerfull

#47

Heres the first i3 core i had chosen.

The second one i have chosen now.

Why does is the first faster and have more cache?.

EDIT: i chose the I3-2100 because it had some more things but its slower.

EDIT2: You don’t need to help me with the core i have chosen but tell me with of the motherboards above is the best?

#48

The i3 2100 is not slower! The size of cache and clock speed does not indicate overall speed of processor. Architecture is a bigger influence.

For example the i5 750 at 2.66Ghz stock is as fast as (in a lot of cases faster) than the AMD Phenom II x4 965 @ 3.4Ghz. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about and have not done enough reading around current CPU tech.

Out of the two motherboards I agree going with the Gigabyte would be better.

#49

Okay and if you haven’t read it i actually chose the I3 2100 core instead of the other.

#50

What he said.

Personally, any ASUS P68 mobo should be sweet (make sure it indicates revision B3, with any brand, due to the issues intel had with the chipset) but yeah, some will say gigabyte, etc, at this point it´s a question of what you like better, specially since now most functions run directly from the cpu, so mobos are not so different now a days, aside from extras.

#51

build computer on old hardware

overclock the shit out of it

parts are cheap

coolface

#52

I’ve had bad gigabyte customer support, But the function is alright.

#53

^that sounds so much like a bot, I did a double take.

#54

Okay this is the CP for now. If there’s something wrong about it tell me.

Core:
Intel i3-2100 SandybridgeCore i3 Quad-Core Processor ? 3.10GHz, 3MB Cache, Socket 1155.

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3 H61 Socket 1155 7.1 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard (GA-H61M-D2-B3).

RAM:
Kingston ValueRAM - Memory - 4 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1333 MHz / PC3-10600 - CL9 - 1.5 V - unbuffered - non-ECC.

PSU:
CiT 650W Power Supply Unit with PSU and Dual 12V Rails - Black Edition.

GPU:
Sapphire 11179-00-40R HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIE.

Hard drive:
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache 7200RPM – OEM.

PC case:
Cm Storm Mid Tower Scout Case.

DVD Burner:
Sony AD-5260S-0B 24x Internal DVDRW SATA Black Bare.

CPU Cooler:
Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 CPU Cooler.

Sound card:
ASUS Xonar D1 - Sound card - 24-bit - 192 kHz - 116 dB SNR - 7.1 - PCI - ASUS AV100 - low profile.

#55

Not much point in gettting an aftermarket CPU cooler unless you plan on OCing that unclockable CPU or it’s really hot your room. But if you have money to spare, why the hell not.

Also, That PSU looks dodgy. Not saying you must get Seasonic, there are plenty good PSUs that are rebranded and cheap. …ish.

As for the mobo, consider 4 RAM slots, USB 3.0 and SATA3. And where the fuck are you gonna plug that sound card in?

#56

Try to come with some examples. I don’t know much about computer stuff that’s why i asked you guys.

#57

I’d recommend any asus or gigabyte H67 (not H61) motherboards.

If you can afford it, get one of these:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131710&cm_re=asus_p8h67--13-131-710--Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128474&cm_re=ud2h--13-128-474--Product

If not: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131713&cm_re=asus_p8h67--13-131-713--Product

What do you want the soundcard for? Most mobo’s bring them integrated. Almost no mobo at this price point has PCI ports, so you won’t be able to plug your card in.

As for the PSU: https://www.newegg.com/Store/BrandSubCategory.aspx?Brand=1550&SubCategory=58&name=Power-Supplies

#58

Decent soundcards like the asus sonar or the creative x-fi come in PCI-e x1 formats, as for why he would want it, if you have a decent set of speakers, the difference between integrated via shite (and the likes) and a propper sound card is quite noticeable, specially in games that support surround or dts

#59

Well I gotta say, not many of you know what your talking about. First a sound card is not needed. As long as you got a built in sound card it is fine. Second the Intel 2100 Dual Core with 4 threads, doesn’t beat AMD 965 Quad core with 4 threads. You all go and tell people to do their research, but you don’t even do it yourselves.

   My recommendations are go with Nvidia if your getting Intel CPU.. If your going with AMD CPU go ATI/AMD. Make sure that the chipset fits the Graphics card, Nvidia and ATI/AMD don't go well with each other.  Make sure if your getting a computer that's it is upgradeable. You do not want to buy a computer wait 6 months and find a game you cant run and not be able to upgrade the part of the computer that is holding your system down. Cheap computers are only for office use.

Do not go cheap on a motherboard I never liked mini ATX and had have problems with cheap items. Also do not ever Sli/Crossfire They do not give the performance boost worth the extra money in some cases they don’t do anything. Any hard drive between 500GB-1000GB with 7200RPM and 32MB cache or better is good. Just make sure the company doesn’t have a bad rep on that item.

4GB RAM.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

650 Watt PSU.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Also a go with windows XP 64bit or windows 7 64 bit I would recommend the windows 7 64 bit Home doesn’t have any of the extra garbage the others do. Remember 32bit OS cant recognize more then 3GB of ram unless fiddled with.

Windows Home.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986&cm_re=windows_7_home_premium_64_bit--32-116-986--Product

Also your budget range would help a lot.

#60

My budget range is 700 Euro and that is 997,08 dollars.

About the OS i have chosen Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit.

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