Just decide if you want to spend as little money as you can to accomplish said goals or get maximum out of the money you are prepared to put in. I usually prefer the later unless you are absolutely sure you won't have any use of it. If you are planning on having the computer at least a few years it can be hard to know exactly what you will want to use if for in the future. Although if you are planning to upgrade it later on you might go with the first alternative.

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

July 21 2011 22:36 GMT

#22

Ok, let's say then, that I'm willing to put in 500 USD, what should I get?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

July 21 2011 22:41 GMT

#23

H61 / H67 motherboard = ~$70
Core i5 2400 = ~$190
Radeon HD6850 = ~$160
8GB = ~$60

This is still overkill for your resolution but this is what $500 would accomplish.

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

July 21 2011 23:00 GMT

#24

On July 22 2011 07:41 skyR wrote:
H61 / H67 motherboard = ~$70
Core i5 2400 = ~$190
Radeon HD6850 = ~$160
8GB = ~$60

This is still overkill for your resolution but this is what $500 would accomplish.

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. This is, what I can get my hands on in Switzerland for 500 USD:

ASUS P8H61-M
Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 8GB
Intel i5 2300
Gigabyte HD6850 OC

With your approval, I'll go ahead and buy it tomorrow.

FabledIntegral

United States9232 Posts

July 21 2011 23:04 GMT

#25

On July 22 2011 08:00 d1v wrote:

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Stop getting OC versions! What site are you using btw for Sweden?

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

July 21 2011 23:08 GMT

#26

On July 22 2011 08:04 FabledIntegral wrote:

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Stop getting OC versions! What site are you using btw for Sweden?

Haha, they're the same price as the non-OC on the site I plan to order from. Actually, I'm currently residing in Switzerland, thus I am limited to what I can get my hands on here. There's only one major retailer I know of (stegcomputer.ch) and the parts above are available on the page.

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

July 21 2011 23:11 GMT

#27

Your computer died out of nowhere? If you're not sure exactly what happened or exactly which power supply you have (i.e. what model it is, and how good that model is), I'd be wary of powering all these expensive new components with an unknown power supply. The power supply could possibly have killed your old components and/or maybe the power supply is dead anyway.

Unless you're sure the power supply is okay, I'd replace that if your budget allows. You may have to anyway.

The power supply selection sucks on that site, so there's nothing particularly compelling that is listed, that's cheaper than the FSP Aurum 500W (80...units of currency). That's way overkill by the way, but it's a pretty decent unit:
http://www.steg-electronics.ch/de/article/fsp-aurum-gold-500w-497021.aspx

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

July 21 2011 23:25 GMT

#28

On July 22 2011 08:11 Myrmidon wrote:
Your computer died out of nowhere? If you're not sure exactly what happened or exactly which power supply you have (i.e. what model it is, and how good that model is), I'd be wary of powering all these expensive new components with an unknown power supply. The power supply could possibly have killed your old components and/or maybe the power supply is dead anyway.

Unless you're sure the power supply is okay, I'd replace that if your budget allows. You may have to anyway.

The power supply selection sucks on that site, so there's nothing particularly compelling that is listed, that's cheaper than the FSP Aurum 500W (80...units of currency). That's way overkill by the way, but it's a pretty decent unit:
http://www.steg-electronics.ch/de/article/fsp-aurum-gold-500w-497021.aspx

Yeah, you're probably right.

scph

Korea (South)262 Posts

July 21 2011 23:36 GMT

#29

I'd rather get a P67 board with an i5 2500k and settle with the GTX 460 if you can't afford the 560 after that. You pay a little more but hey, it's so much more worth it to be able to overclock, even if you do it minimally, like up to 4.0ghz (which is already a huge OC and it still has room for more). Considering the i5 2300 is already $180, the 2500k is so much better for around $210. A P67 board runs for more too but it's all worth it imo. Mostly for sc2 you're not going to notice a huge difference in the 460 and 560. In other games possibly 15-20 fps in the 560's favor, but you're resolution is pretty low it's not going to be too significant.

Don't forget the GTX 460 can OC really well too, I'd say it falls short of the 560 only slightly if both cards are running at the same clocks. Of course, the 560 can OC too. =]

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