Your quick opinion wanted

regulus · 13 Mar 2010 at 16:38

This is a gaming PC for my brother I'm building. Will be a birthday gift but don't want to go over £700 - £750 as I still need a gaming PC myself. I'm waiting till June or so, but I would need to buy this one within this week.

He doesn't overclock, so I will overclock it for him and leave it at that. He will be gaming at 1920 x 1200. Have a look and tell me what you think. I have a hard drive and DVD RW I'm installing so that's not needed.

One question about the MOBO. Do I need to buy him a £120 motherboard or can I go for something a tad cheaper? I only go with that one as I've read overwhelmingly happy experiences with it so I was influenced by reviews.

longqoo · 13 Mar 2010 at 16:43

looking good!

cmndr_andi · 13 Mar 2010 at 16:44

Lovely motherboard. It has "proper" x8x8x multi-GPU support unlike cheaper boards.

If you reckon he won't be putting in a second 5850, then any of cheaper ASUS or Gigabyte boards will be fine.

regulus · 13 Mar 2010 at 16:46

cmndr_andi said:
Lovely motherboard. It has "proper" x8x8x multi-GPU support unlike cheaper boards.

If you reckon he won't be putting in a second 5850, then any of cheaper ASUS or Gigabyte boards will be fine.

I doubt he would unless I recommend it. Possibly down the line, so I suppose this board is good then.

stulid · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:03

That's one awesome birthday gift.

mame · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:25

I think this would be worth spending an extra £6 on

regulus · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:32

Thanks, changed.

Mean Mr Mustard · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:35

That's pretty much the set up I have and you can't go wrong with it for that sort of money. That MB is very nice and overclocking with it is a cinch.

regulus · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:38

Just before I order, it does all work together seamlessly right?

mattjd · 13 Mar 2010 at 17:38

I think spending the extra £6 on the retail 750 is worth it you get an extra 2 years warranty.

I would also change the fan to something like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-TQ&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 and maybe if you want stick a fan or 2 on it.

PermaBanned · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:18

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Patrtiot G Series Sector 5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1333ELK) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £75.99
(£64.67) £75.99
(£64.67)
OCZ Z-Series 550w SLI Certified Power Supply £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Zalman Z7 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
Sub Total : £573.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £102.43
Total : £687.73

stulid · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:27

regulus said:
Just before I order, it does all work together seamlessly right?

Yes.

regulus · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:44

Superewza said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Patrtiot G Series Sector 5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1333ELK) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £75.99
(£64.67) £75.99
(£64.67)
OCZ Z-Series 550w SLI Certified Power Supply £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Zalman Z7 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
Sub Total : £573.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £102.43
Total : £687.73

Had a look at the AMD and strongly considered it for a while, as the top offering is cheaper than the i5 750, but most benchmarks I read seems the 750 to be top dog still.

stulid · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:47

You could save another £20ish on that amd spec by using a 955 instead.

PermaBanned · 13 Mar 2010 at 18:52

regulus said:
Had a look at the AMD and strongly considered it for a while, as the top offering is cheaper than the i5 750, but most benchmarks I read seems the 750 to be top dog still.

If it's a gaming system you won't notice a difference. And i put some better cooling on it so you can clock it more than enough to make up the difference in other things.