BlueTopika's New PC Opinion

Alright guys i have a £330 budget so it shall not be anything ultra.

I wanted a laptop but from the price of them ill be going with a desktop pc,
+ side is there cheaper and easier to upgrade.
So if you guys could give me your opinion on this Desktop & upgrades twould be appreciated.

Zoostorm Intel G530 Dual Core, 2GB, 500GB Desktop PC System.

• Great performance from cutting edge G530 HD processor.
  
• This
  system comes complete with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, and
  Microsoft Office 2010 Starter which includes Starter versions of
  Microsoft Word and Excel.
  
• Enjoy HD quality graphics from the new generation Intel Graphics processor.
  
• It also features 2GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive.
  
• This system comes complete with keyboard and mouse.
  
• Intel Celeron G530 dual core processor.
  
• Processor speed 2.4GHz.
  
• 2GB DDR3 RAM 1333 HMZ.
  
• 500GB SATA hard drive.
  
• DVD optical drives: Dual layer CD-RW, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM speed.
  
• Dedicated graphics.
  
• Shared graphics.
  
• On-board graphics memory.
  
• Intel HD 2000 graphics card.
  
• 6 USB ports.
  
• Ethernet port.
  
• Wired keyboard and mouse.
  
• 5.1 surround sound.
  
• Microsoft Windows 7 Premium.
  
• Includes: Microsoft Home and Office Starter, Adobe Reader, Windows Media Player, Anti-virus and security, Disc writing.
  
• Size H36.5cm, W18cm, D4cm.
  
• Weight 8.7kg.
  
• Power saving facility.
  
• EAN/Barcode 5055396002416.
  

Well it aint that bad apart from the processor.
Dunno about the FX card(I'm not into AMD)

Butdo you know where you will buy it?
Maybe a website or anything will help if I can find something better for ya.

Cann0nball wrote:Well it aint that bad apart from the processor.
Dunno about the FX card(I'm not into AMD)

But do you know where you will buy it?
Maybe a website or anything will help if I can find something better for ya.

Link to Desktop : ARGOS
Link to DDR3 : PCWORLD
Link to FX Card : PCWORLD

OK for the budget but First make sure that you have PCIe expansion slots available and that your Powersupply has the connector on it. The last thing you want to do is buy the parts open them and then realize you cant use them or return them....

P.S. The "FX" card is actually called a GPU and you confused me because my computer will be running a FX-6100 CPU which is AMDs new 6 core processor.

Yeah, just make sure your power supply unit can take all the new hardware and that your motherboard is compatible with all the stuff being put in it. About the graphics card, for ATI HD products, you take the second number of the card name to gauge it's strength. So a six for the 6670 isn't bad at all, I have a 4670

For the CPU, I'd recommend a Core 2 Duo cause a Celeron is painfully slow and was used almost a decade ago >.> from what I've experienced, they're the most efficient and fastest dual cores out there, but old motherboards tend to not support them if you are thinking of upgrading old hardware. I got mine cheap for £30 on eBay, but I think new prices can range from £50-£90 for good C2D.

DDSLoan96 wrote:OK for the budget but First make sure that you have PCIe expansion slots available and that your Powersupply has the connector on it. The last thing you want to do is buy the parts open them and then realize you cant use them or return them....

P.S. The "FX" card is actually called a GPU and you confused me because my computer will be running a FX-6100 CPU which is AMDs new 6 core processor.

NO! get the 1090t instead, its around the same price, AND its actually properly supported by windows 7! If you get the FX-6100 you will need windows 8 and HOPE that its properly supported. (since it got SOOO slow cores its like a dual core intel 1.7ghz laptop cpu)

Check this out! http://www.overclock.net/t/1158070/fx-6100-vs-1090t-1055t-or-1100t

And that is why you should get a AM3 MOBO xD

Elenrai wrote: NO! get the 1090t instead, its around the same price, AND its actually properly supported by windows 7! If you get the FX-6100 you will need windows 8 and HOPE that its properly supported. (since it got SOOO slow cores its like a dual core intel 1.7ghz laptop cpu)

Check this out! http://www.overclock.net/t/1158070/fx-6100-vs-1090t-1055t-or-1100t

And that is why you should get a AM3 MOBO xD

Really?! every review ive been seeing on newegg says that the FX6100 is extremely fast and AMD apparently doesnt make the 1090 t anymore

edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644 Getting this mobo with the 1090t Black Edition....gonna overclock it with the Coolermaster hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler

DDSLoan96 wrote:

Really?! every review ive been seeing on newegg says that the FX6100 is extremely fast and AMD apparently doesnt make the 1090 t anymore

edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644 Getting this mobo with the 1090t Black Edition....gonna overclock it with the Coolermaster hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler

Im extremely happy with your choice of MOBO, and we are getting the same cooler! Be adivsed it took ME 4 hour to assemble that piece of shits. Its REALLY good and can get overclocked higher then the FX-6100 (4.0ghz) versus a higher clock speed of the t 1090 (4.1ghz) I am content with running turbo mode although I might OC soon.

Just found out that the 1090t is out of stock....any other suggestions? Dont know if it will ever be in stock again. Is the Phenom X4 975 Black editon good?

DDSLoan96 wrote:Just found out that the 1090t is out of stock....any other suggestions? Dont know if it will ever be in stock again. Is the Phenom X4 975 Black editon good?

1075T or 1100T (best) should be your next choice, for gaming the Phenom is better by a slight margin but 6 cores will give you some preperation for the next line of AAA games after ps4/720/wiiu have gotten on the market.

Aren't we going off-topic guys?

Cann0nball wrote:Aren't we going off-topic guys?

no were in an offtopic section

DDSLoan96 wrote:
no were in an offtopic section

Going off-topic in an off-topic section.

Elenrai wrote:
1075T or 1100T (best) should be your next choice, for gaming the Phenom is better by a slight margin but 6 cores will give you some preperation for the next line of AAA games after ps4/720/wiiu have gotten on the market.

Could you link me?

Cann0nball wrote:

Going off-topic in an off-topic section.

now were going off topic on an offtopic conversation in an offtopic section

Cant find it reasonably priced on newegg or amazon and since im not a american I dont reallly know a lot about non-scandinavian sites, I recommend you keep hunting for those cpu´s tho since they are just that much better.

If you really just use it for gaming the 4 core AMD should do fine, BUT DO NEVER BUY THE FX cpu, no matter which ones, they use a architecture named SMP that somehow allows to to throw 8 cores into their cpu (its the excact same cpu with locked cores) unfortunately this SMP magic means that you have to divide the amount of cores by 2 to get the actual amount of cores. 8/2=4=you just paid a lot for nothing. Get the quad core if nothing else is avaiable, spend the saved money on a bigger graphics card.

AMD 1045t good? and doesnt the FX series use the Bulldozer architecture

DDSLoan96 wrote:AMD 1045t good? and doesnt the FX series use the Bulldozer architecture

Indeed the FX does, but because of the SMP its MUCH weaker even when overclocked vs the t1100, also, the 1045t is alright but it cannot be overclocked, get it only if you cant afford t1090 (since the 1100 is a step too far xD)

The 1090t isnt that expensive at 179 USD but its out of stock EVERYWHERE

DDSLoan96 wrote:The 1090t isnt that expensive at 179 USD but its out of stock EVERYWHERE

Ill assist thee! You live near newyork right?

yeah...wait y *squeals* dont rape me!!!

Elen You will be very happy after reading this.

Found the 1100T for 199.99 USD

DDSLoan96 wrote:Elen You will be very happy after reading this.

Found the 1100T for 199.99 USD

gettit! xD