My new gaming rig

AMD Bulldozer 4100 black edition 3.6 GHZ processor unlocked to 4 GHZ per core Turbo settings ready)- APU (accellerated processor unit much better than itel CPU's)
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8 GigaByte Kingston RAM 1.600 MHZ DDR3

Seagate 1 TeraByte Hard Drive 9.600 RPM

500 Watt Arctic Power Supply

1 Gigabyte Graphics Card (board only) ( an additional GFX with HDMI DVI & VGA installed


6 USB Ports 3.0 Ports


Express recovery (discless, ready to go with the machine, so ready to reformat/recover)
8 Channel HD Digital Sound (Ideal even to have your own home threatre plugged in)
Internet ready
Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
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Software Specifications

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit fully updated
Microsoft Antivirus-

Phonesuit


Microsoft Office Enterprise


Wireless Card

Firewire Card

Extra 4 usb ports (making it a total of 10.

19' Widescreen Monitor (LG Brand)

.... Why did u get the 4100 that thing is so slow and where did u hear it was better than Intel CPUs? Intel is the superior brand no matter what anyone says. APU is a CPU + GPU if you are building a gaming rig the integrated GPU dont mean diddly squat. You have the graphics card so why not get a better CPU like the i5 3550K or 2500K.

Yeah, it's not a good idea to stick with stock parts, I recownd intel CPUs too, all te experience I've had with AMD ones are bad bad bad..

Mainly cause it all cost me 150

im plannin on savin up some money and getting a gaming rig. any suggestions? preferably a cheap one

whats your budget?

Why would you ever need 6 USB ports!?

Mouse, keyboard,then if you want to sync a ipod that's, dvd writer/drive and external storage all at once...

depends chuckling. im gonna get £52 a week through job seekers allowance. so preferable cheap but i can save up more.

Well, I mean you would need atleast 200 for anything decent (unless you can get a special offer - hw I got mine so cheap)

INTEL is not Suprieor in all
1. Intel's Processor's are good but still AMD is not far behind
2. Intel's Graphics Cards Are TRASH
So The question is Will you buy a full intel pc if u were offered?
i would say no because with intel's graphic card price i could get a hundread times better one with Nividia

yeah i mean just for an intel cpu ( most basic) it costs like 100 thats 2/3 of my whole rig spent

Oh... Fail

BubbaDing wrote:Why would you ever need 6 USB ports!?

My computer has:

- 10 USB Ports
- 2 SD Card Ports
- 2 Mic Jackets
- 2 HeadPhone jackets
- 1 HDMI Port

That's all I can remember I'll update post when I get home

Luda3 wrote:Oh... Fail

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I'd recommend a Core 2 Quad at least, it's one of the cheapest Quads out there!

chucklingDRAGON wrote:Well, I mean you would need atleast 200 for anything decent (unless you can get a special offer - hw I got mine so cheap)

i can save 200 and more if needed.

Ok I'm mean shop around a bit possibly heet a second hand one or just customize it yourself...

can anyone recommend a motherboard? i was looking around for a cheap one but the cheapest ones i could find were about £100-£150

EF wrote:can anyone recommend a motherboard? i was looking around for a cheap one but the cheapest ones i could find were about £100-£150

Depends what CPU you are looking for..

probably gonna get an AMD. i dont know much about gaming computers but im willing to learn iv just been looking at a few sites to learn how to build one and what the main components are. (i dont think i spelt components right =S)

EF wrote:probably gonna get an AMD. i dont know much about gaming computers but im willing to learn iv just been looking at a few sites to learn how to build one and what the main components are. (i dont think i spelt components right =S)

Like I said earlier, Intel is much more user friendly and generally more efficient than AMD..one tip: make sure you get the right socket on your motherboard.

On what grounds is it user friendly?

Enlighten wrote:one tip: make sure you get the right socket on your motherboard.

yea iv learnt about the sockets and stuff now :3 and could anyone possible try to piece together a cheap gaming rig? :3 i tried but it came to £329 :L that was just the motherboard, cpu and graphics card. i didnt do very well :L

Lol what are you looking for? Like exactly...