greenmedic88 said: I'd hesitate to recommend the 5830. Tests showed that while it performs between the 5770 and 5850, it's a bit closer to the 5770, which for about an $80 premium, is too much at current prices.
I wasn't really impressed with the benchmarks although it would be a solid buy at $200. |
Yes, I'd stick with the 5770 for what you want.
You could probably go a bit lower on the CPU if you're not doing anything too intensive. An Athlon II tri-core or quad-core would be 50-90 euros cheaper. Or if you value low power consumption/heat/noise, then maybe an i3 530, though it will be priced higher than its AMD performance equivalent.
Components from the US will be a lot cheaper (for example, your CPU and GPU would each be 50 euros cheaper ). But there will be shipping costs. Not sure about US/EU power compatibility for other components but anything without a direct connection to the PSU (CPU, RAM) should certainly work. The rest might work, but I don't know.