Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by Rojiin

The 7750 would not be overkill at all.  It would be playable with most options turned off in those games you listed.

No one has mentioned the A10 and 7750 in hybrid crossfire.  I do not know much about that setup other than it is supported by AMD.  I have read that it provides good performance, but do know how many issues might crop up from it.  I am not recommending it, but it is something to research and check out in your games tech forums specifically to see if it works well with those games.

Hybrid Crossfire doesn't work very well.  The only reasons I could see even trying it in a desktop is if you like to experiment with hardware (e.g., the sort of person who will use liquid nitrogen to overclock an Intel Atom), or if you already have the integrated graphics and someone gives you the discrete card for free or nearly so.

Okay thanks for your info guys and it has helped me come to a decision that i will buy the fx 6300 and a 7750 gfcx card. Can  anybody find me a good motherboard for £30 - £45 for an AM3+ socket chip from http://www.ebuyer.com/ It would help me alot because i dont know anything about motherboards...

Originally posted by Karaminal

Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by Rojiin

The 7750 would not be overkill at all.  It would be playable with most options turned off in those games you listed.

No one has mentioned the A10 and 7750 in hybrid crossfire.  I do not know much about that setup other than it is supported by AMD.  I have read that it provides good performance, but do know how many issues might crop up from it.  I am not recommending it, but it is something to research and check out in your games tech forums specifically to see if it works well with those games.

Hybrid Crossfire doesn't work very well.  The only reasons I could see even trying it in a desktop is if you like to experiment with hardware (e.g., the sort of person who will use liquid nitrogen to overclock an Intel Atom), or if you already have the integrated graphics and someone gives you the discrete card for free or nearly so.

Okay thanks for your info guys and it has helped me come to a decision that i will buy the fx 6300 and a 7750 gfcx card. Can  anybody find me a good motherboard for £30 - £45 for an AM3+ socket chip from http://www.ebuyer.com/ It would help me alot because i dont know anything about motherboards...

The proper platform for an AM3+ socket CPU is an AMD 900 series chipset.  Those cost more than you were hoping to pay, but here's the cheapest one on the site:

http://www.ebuyer.com/349910-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3-socket-am3-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ds3

There are some cheaper AM3+ motherboards with the very old AMD 760G chipset, and those would probably work, but they might not--and even if they do, it will likely be with some features disabled.

Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by Karaminal

Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by Rojiin

The 7750 would not be overkill at all.  It would be playable with most options turned off in those games you listed.

No one has mentioned the A10 and 7750 in hybrid crossfire.  I do not know much about that setup other than it is supported by AMD.  I have read that it provides good performance, but do know how many issues might crop up from it.  I am not recommending it, but it is something to research and check out in your games tech forums specifically to see if it works well with those games.

Hybrid Crossfire doesn't work very well.  The only reasons I could see even trying it in a desktop is if you like to experiment with hardware (e.g., the sort of person who will use liquid nitrogen to overclock an Intel Atom), or if you already have the integrated graphics and someone gives you the discrete card for free or nearly so.

Okay thanks for your info guys and it has helped me come to a decision that i will buy the fx 6300 and a 7750 gfcx card. Can  anybody find me a good motherboard for £30 - £45 for an AM3+ socket chip from http://www.ebuyer.com/ It would help me alot because i dont know anything about motherboards...

The proper platform for an AM3+ socket CPU is an AMD 900 series chipset.  Those cost more than you were hoping to pay, but here's the cheapest one on the site:

http://www.ebuyer.com/349910-gigabyte-ga-970a-ds3-socket-am3-7-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-970a-ds3

There are some cheaper AM3+ motherboards with the very old AMD 760G chipset, and those would probably work, but they might not--and even if they do, it will likely be with some features disabled.

Well i dont mind paying £52 pounds on it then its no worries :) Are there no cheaper ones though?

Here's all of the ones that the site has:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+970&subcat=3536&cat=222

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+990X&subcat=3536&cat=222

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+990FX&subcat=3536&cat=222

If a motherboard costs less than about £50, you should seriously worry about it being a piece of junk.

Originally posted by Quizzical

Here's all of the ones that the site has:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+970&subcat=3536&cat=222

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+990X&subcat=3536&cat=222

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00050=AMD+990FX&subcat=3536&cat=222

If a motherboard costs less than about £50, you should seriously worry about it being a piece of junk.

Thanks alot for this, im just pick up that 52 quid one. Its free delivery too so i might aswell. Also not sure on the hardrive to get, it only has to be 500GB and a decent one but they all look the same to me :S

With a budget like that I think you should start thinking about Ebay UK. 

Your odds of getting a useable system for the money might just be better trusting individuals not to rip you off.