A good configuration for gaming at a 1280 x 1024 resolution?

PSPianist · Mar 13, 2011

My friend has an old BenQ FP71G+ monitor and a keyboard + mouse, and he wants me to build a machine to go with it.

He has a budget of around 550 AUD.

I made a config, not sure about it though,

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition - $99

MOBO: ASUS M4A87TD-USB3 - $99

RAM: Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A 4GB - $55

PSU: Antec Neo Eco 520C 520W Power Supply - $68

GRAPHICS CARD: PowerColor Radeon HD5770 1GB - $125

HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB HD502HJ - $49

CASE: Xigmatek Asgard Pure Black Edition - $49

-$544

Improvements?

francis511 · Mar 13, 2011

Sounds OK

Disparia · Mar 13, 2011

Just put together a similar, but lesser spec'd box for my wife using:

Athlon II X2 250, Asrock 760G motherboard, 4GB DDR2, HD5670 1GB. I had leftover DDR2, hence the 760G and not 8xx. She plays at 1680x1050. That 5770 is more like my 4870, and I play at 1920x1200.

If there's something better for the money, IDK, not familiar with Australian prices. But what you have now should do really well at that resolution with a good deal of eye candy enabled.

Mussels · Mar 13, 2011

the specs i was going to reccomend are similar enough to what you found, that will be fine.

i dont know the board, but make sure it has unlock potential - you could get lucky with that CPU and get some extra cores out of it.

AsRock · Mar 13, 2011

If a 4890 is about the same performance than a 5770 i be more than willing to test a few games out for you if i have them.

BraveSoul · Mar 13, 2011

i think similarly priced quad core would be better in the long run,, like athlonII x4 3.0ghz,,just in case ur friend finds a 22" monitor in the future

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A good configuration for gaming at a 1280 x 1024 resolution?

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