Cyber Rat Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 So, my friend's PC died on him two days ago and he's buying a new one, so he would like to hear advice on what to buy. The price range is 400-500 euro. What he needs are advice on motherboard, RAM, HDD, CPU and graphics card. And he needs to have money left over for a new case and a power unit. He's been thinking of getting an Intel processor and a radeon card instead of an nVidia one (although the graphics card decision isn't final, that's why he's asking). He's buying the components in Serbia and can't order online, but components over here aren't more expensive than from abroad, so a "general price range" will also do the job. And yes, he needs the PC for gaming among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Does he have an OS already? What is "among other things" Does he want to Crossfire in the future? Does he want eyefinity? First advice would be to make sure MoBo is compatible with DDR3 (I'll be honest, I've not gone shopping yet so maybe most are these days?) and he'll have to skip on Sandy Bridge compatibility at the moment, but it's not a huge loss. Also try to get one with USB 3.0 compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Windows 7 64bit. Other uses are Internet and music + videos. He doesn't use anything like Photoshop or 3D modelling. I'm guessing he wouldn't want to be locked out of the option of using Crossfire at some point. He has only one monitor so far and I don't think he'll be using multi-display setups any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Well that handily saves a good €100 or so (dunno how much Win 7 license is), and any complexities associated with making PC work great with 3D/photoshop. If he wants to get Crossfire at some point in the future that easily knocks out a chunk of MoBos since he'll need one with two PCI-E slots (and crossfire support) I'll maybe let others take over here. I won't be looking at current hardware market until summer, so not sure on the top crop of Intel CPUs (i7's?), AMD GPUs. As for cases, that's usually to taste. Is he wanting one with form over function? Something compact, like a midi-ATX, or a full tower? Or something that'll just hold the parts in place, nothing fancy on top, save the cash for other parts? BTW is nothing recoverable, cos I'd of assumed HDDs n DVD drives wouldn't be needed on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The case just needs to hold the parts in and nothing else. As for salvageable parts from the old one, I'm pretty sure his HDDs are in working order, but he said he wanted a new HDD as well, so no idea what he's planning with the old ones. He didn't mention anything about a DVD drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 500 euro is about $680 US. I'm not sure about the price for parts over in Europe but yeah, $680 US is pretty tight if he wants some of the newer stuff. I would say your friend should hold off on an new HDD for now so he can have a little more breathing room for the other stuff. His DVD drive should be good to go too. If I was him, I would reuse the case as well but then again, I don't know what kind of case he has. I doubt he'll get anything too fancy but if he shops around right enough, he could get away with something good. Serbia, not sure what you can get over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 PC parts tend to be cheaper in Europe, though I'm unsure of Serbia. So while direct translation is $680, that might not be relative to how much that would buy you in the States. Also I'm with Malicious, what's up with the current case? Just wanting a change of scenery or is it fucked beyond repair/beige? I'm getting a new case when I upgrade but that's cos I'm currently on a midi-ATX thing that's dirty cheap n nasty. I want an Antec or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 PC parts tend to be cheaper in Europe, though I'm unsure of Serbia. So while direct translation is $680, that might not be relative to how much that would buy you in the States. Also I'm with Malicious, what's up with the current case? Just wanting a change of scenery or is it fucked beyond repair/beige? I'm getting a new case when I upgrade but that's cos I'm currently on a midi-ATX thing that's dirty cheap n nasty. I want an Antec or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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