£300-£500 Spec

The Badger · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:52

Could you guys offer your services and "hook" me up with a spec for the above budget.

My current spec is faulty i believe so i'd rather not use any of those parts.

Need everything but O/S Monitor mouse keyboard ect...

Use - Gaming.

Cheers,
Pauliee

stulid · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:54

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Gigabyte H61M-D2 Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £61.20
(£51.00) £61.20
(£51.00)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £399.26
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £81.95
Total : £491.71

Wepohn · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:08

Why have you chosen the 5850? does it perform better than the ocuk value 1gb gtx 460?

stulid · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:11

Wepohn said:
Why have you chosen the 5850? does it perform better than the ocuk value 1gb gtx 460?

yes - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=180

and its cheaper.

Wepohn · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:13

Interesting

Cookeh · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:38

HD5850 is normally £150ish pounds.

OcUK - somehow - has managed to broker a deal with Sapphire and hence can sell them much cheaper.

Stulids build looks good to me, but I'm really not very up to scratch on H61 so can't offer an opinion there!

The Badger · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:39

would it be worth swapping the above ram for the tri channel? Such as

GeIL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz VALUE PLUS Triple Channel (GVP36GB1333C9TC)

stulid · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:42

Pauliee said:
would it be worth swapping the above ram for the tri channel? Such as

GeIL 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz VALUE PLUS Triple Channel (GVP36GB1333C9TC)

sandybridge uses a dual channel controller, so 4GB/8GB etc only, install in pairs.

Cookeh · 10 Apr 2011 at 23:04

I present to you, the CoolerMaster Hyper TX3

Doesn't have to be yellow Stu, and where do you see thumbnails on mine?

Just makes it easier for those of us on tiny monitors, and is easier to get the parts for should the OP go with the spec.