It's finally here - Sort Off - Psst Stuild look :p

King Damager · 5 Feb 2011 at 17:42

Ok, well, over the next few months I'm going to start buying the parts to finally put the pc together.

I'll be spending £1000 as a max budget, and as it will be my own money, I'll be spending a couple of months buying parts as and when they come on sale xD

As such, can you get a better build than this for £1000?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £199.98
(£166.65) £199.98
(£166.65)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Gigabyte P67A-UD4 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £87.82
(£73.18) £87.82
(£73.18)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £70.99
(£59.16) £70.99
(£59.16)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sub Total : £793.09
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £161.37
Total : £968.21

I know it's slightly under, but any money I can save is better, especially as I may well have to try and fit an OS in....

Couple of things...

1) Picked the Corsair PSU because of the warranty, and feel they have a better reputation than some of the other PSU manufacturers in a similar range. Oh, yeah, will 650W be enough for the 480? I think it should be, but just wanted to check, if not I'll just go for the 750W version just to be safe

2) I'll probably get a c400 when they come out instead, but for now, the c300 is in there so I can work out the budget etc....

3) Case is more of a personal preference.

4) Motherboard - I'm pretty sure I could save a bit here... Anyone feel like suggesting alternatives? - Want something with a fairly nice RMA xD

Chances are I'll be ordering the 480/Ram ASAP

kd

King Damager · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:24

ok, xD Gave in, and went for the 480

So that's £800 build with no graphics card limit xD

kd

stulid · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:27

well look at that!!!!

luv that case, so will you.

Just think a bigger psu might be nice, you have a motherboard there that does SLI/Croosfire, but two GTX480 would need 850w+ psu, for a single card 650w is plenty.

this mobo will save £40 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-152-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906 but is for a single gpu.

Cookeh · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:28

King Damager said:
ok, xD Gave in, and went for the 480 So that's £800 build with no graphics card limit xD

kd

I wouldn't go with OCZ ram personally, they've had some rather mixed reviews recently and they are withdrawing from the RAM sector - how this will affect possible RMAs I don't know!

King Damager · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:34

Yeah, that is the big choice, whether to go for a 850W with that Mobo, and maybe add a second 480 at a later date or maybe go for a cheaper PSU and Mobo, and the single 480...

The thing is, I think it might be easier to save the money on the PSU and Mobo, as realistically I doubt I'd go SLI, probably more likely just to upgrade to a newer GPU at the time the 480 starts to struggle...

This is going to be one I might have to think about xD

And yeah Cookeh, I've heard mixed reviews on OCZ. I might see if the Geil stuff comes offer again in the next few weeks. Might be a better choice?

kd

chipps101 · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:36

Cookeh said:
I wouldn't go with OCZ ram personally, they've had some rather mixed reviews recently and they are withdrawing from the RAM sector - how this will affect possible RMAs I don't know!

it's only there value gold ram that has been having problems, their high end kits are still as good as anyones and they and ocuk have stated that rma's will not be a problem.

Cookeh · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:37

Would definitely be! Not sure if it will come on offer again after such a short time, but it's still quite cheap as far as they go

Cookeh · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:37

chipps101 said:
it's only there value gold ram that has been having problems, their high end kits are still as good as anyones and they and ocuk have stated that rma's will not be a problem.

Fair enough then, didn't know about OcUKs statement.

stulid · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:38

It was the GOLD stuff that was crap.

this should be save,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-222-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

i would avoid the platinum stuff too, sounds and looks to much like Gold

King Damager · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:39

In all honesty, the only issue with the ram is I was playing with the idea of getting 2X4anyway, instead of 2x2 xD So yeah, it'll be an interesting thing to think about for a bit.

Then again could always add another 2x2 at a later date, is the platinum stuff reasonable still?

kd

Nibbles · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:39

congrats on making a build that stulid didnt have to tear apart and help you remake. i think this deserves a mention as an informed build choice! *thumbs up*

chipps101 · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:40

Cookeh said:
Fair enough then, didn't know about OcUKs statement.

Gibbo said:
They have stopped producing memory but are still in business just focussing on SSD and PSU's. I have it in writing they will be honouring lifetime warranties on memory as will OcUK.

stulid · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:42

King Damager said:
is the platinum stuff reasonable still?

kd

I gave a good enough reason above to avoid platinum.

King Damager · 5 Feb 2011 at 19:43

Nibbles said:
congrats on making a build that stulid didnt have to tear apart and help you remake. i think this deserves a mention as an informed build choice! *thumbs up*

Haha, yeah three months of looking at every build log that's posted on here and that's what you get

stulid said:
I gave a good enough reason above to avoid platinum.

Ha, only just saw the reason! xD Might go for the SpOps one then xD

kd