i5-Based £650 Spec

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Hey,

Got a budget of around £650 for a new rig.. Thought making it i5-based would be the most effective use of my money.. :)

Only need the following:

  • Processor
  • CPU Fan (never use Stock fans)
  • Motherboard
  • RAM
  • Power Supply
  • Case


Here is my build I chose myself, any comments or alterations? :)

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Thanks. :)
 
An extra £15,

Swap memory for Gskill Ripjaw 4Gb that's on special offer.

Swap psu for the better Antec new truepower 650W psu, it won the recent custompc 650w psu round up.
 
Thanks for the comments guys.. :) Taken them on board and shuffled the build around, also noticed with the i7 retail version on offer for £199.99 I could change the CPU+Mobo+RAM for another £60 and get an i7 rig.. Also I added the Antec PSU as well..

Thoughts now? :)


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Ryan-3 said:
The last one there has triple channel ram, for the i7-900 processors.

I'd get THESE :)
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Not quite sure I follow, sorry if I'm being dumb.. The first spec I had shown was an i5-base rig so therefore it had Dual Channel RAM in it.. The second spec I had shown in my previous post was now i7-based as I could go from i5-orientated to i7 for a small fee with the required Triple Channel RAM?

Thanks.
 
Sparx said:
Not quite sure I follow, sorry if I'm being dumb.. The first spec I had shown was an i5-base rig so therefore it had Dual Channel RAM in it.. The second spec I had shown in my previous post was now i7-based as I could go from i5-orientated to i7 for a small fee with the required Triple Channel RAM?

Thanks.
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Don't worry, you were correct with that i7 build.
 
Aha.. After reading around though a few reviews say the difference between the i5 and i7 is very marginal.. So I thought I'd go back to the i5 and add some Scythe fans and stuff for the H50 radiator.. Still unsure wheither I should go back to the i7 based rig or does this look good enough? Hah.


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It kinda depends on what you're doing with it. If you're gaming then the i5 makes a lot of sense, but for some highly threaded applications the the i7 is very powerful.

This Is a direct comparison of the two from anadtech. If you have a look you'll see they match each other very closely except in a few tests
 
ASUS P7P55D-E motherboard

And the Gskill ram that is on special offer £95.99

For the difference of £17 you have to get the i7.

Unless you change the two components above, to get the cost down.
 
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Thanks for the advice so far guys, managed to bump the price down a bit and make a few alterations.. :)

How's this then so far? Still considering wheither to go and change the CPU+Mobo+RAM to i7-based or keep it as an i5? I'm still convinced the i5 is more feasible..

Also, it will be used mainly for gaming and no other intense applications..


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Ok, last Possible tweak I swear.

Lancool dragon lord PC-K62 £84.99

Or the MKII version of the 690 case
 
The MKII of the CM 690 is another £22, while the Lancool case is another £15.. I would've got the MKII of the CM 690 but it's out of stock and also something about it makes me unsure if I want that case.. It's also £92.. :/

What made you pick the Lancool case as a suggestion? :)

Thanks.

EDIT:
After some review reading and research, I actually quite like the Lancool case.. Haha.. I've put that in now.. :D
 
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