Buying a PC

[boxXx]

if i were you i'd spent those couple of extra penny's to get yourself a proper Core i5 instead of the Core 2 Quad series, why would you want to OC your Cpu THAT BAD if you could get a Core i5 build for just 50 euro more which is 25% faster, and also the chance that you WILL be able to oc that high is pretty much NON since them cpu's are friggin hot heads.

A fine listen to km he seems to be TEH PRO lately, i dont wanna be blamed for not giving good advice again...

[Genyus]

Any advice is welcome man, especially since I know fuck all about PCs.

[Radioaktive]

Get the best you can for your budget.
Make sure you video card has the highest bandwidth you can afford.

[Labiloute]

Go for i5 or i7

take a look on my iv bench, every settings maxed out 

Statistiques
Moyenne images/sec. : 64.63
Durée: 37.18 sec
Utilisation processeur : 31%
Utilisation mémoire système : 72%
Utilisation mémoire vidéo : 47%

Paramètres graphiques
Mode d'affichage: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz)
Qualité textures: Elevé
Qualité Filtre Textures: Max.
Profondeur de champ: 100
Distance détails: 100

Matériel
Microsoft Windows 7 Professionnel
Microsoft Windows 7 Professionnel
Carte graphique : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Version des pilotes de carte graphique : 8.14.10.700
Contrôleur audio : Haut-parleurs (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

ID Fichier : Benchmark.cli

[XTO --]

That'd be a A:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 boxed, 12MB, LGA775, 64bit (be sure its an E0) 200€
ASUS P5Q Deluxe, Sockel 775 Intel P45, ATX  117€
Powercolor HD5850 1024MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 250€
Corsair XMS2 Dominator Xtreme Performance TwinX Matched - Memory - 4 GB 112€
SCYTHE Mugen 2 40€

~~~720€  - Of course you could also go with an i5 build but I doubt you can get such a great GFX card within your budget then..Clock the Q9550 to 4ghz and It'll beat the i5

If you can save a bit more money, wait for the 5970






FUUUU double post, please delete the previous

[tacojoe]

Go for i5 or i7

take a look on my iv bench, every settings maxed out  

Statistiques
Moyenne images/sec. : 64.63
Durée: 37.18 sec
Utilisation processeur : 31%
Utilisation mémoire système : 72%
Utilisation mémoire vidéo : 47%

Paramètres graphiques
Mode d'affichage: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz)
Qualité textures: Elevé
Qualité Filtre Textures: Max.
Profondeur de champ: 100
Distance détails: 100

Matériel
Microsoft Windows 7 Professionnel
Microsoft Windows 7 Professionnel
Carte graphique : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Version des pilotes de carte graphique : 8.14.10.700
Contrôleur audio : Haut-parleurs (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

ID Fichier : Benchmark.cli

oh my fucking god....
but thats BM. ingame, its usually -20fps than benchamrk.

[Labiloute]

It goes down sometimes at 45 50 but never more.

[tacojoe]

still thats damn good. ocing it will push that fps really high