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Hi there, my mate wants to refresh his machine which is used purely for gaming.

He has a case, monitor and OS but needs most other things including PSU.

Now I think he wants it to last a while and wants it to perfrom well with recent games releases and potentially BF3.

Is it possible to come up with two specs, one of around £400 and one of around £500.

Cheers
 
 
Heres a spec based on an actual quad core i5 CPU and last generations high end GPU.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Stalker Call of Pripyat PC Game Voucher £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Asus P8H61 Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.59
(£12.99) £15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total : £424.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £86.92
Total : £521.51

Free delivery = £510
 
I meant over the i3 2120 but the i5 2300 is a lot better, go with stulid's build. You get free shipping as well so minus £10.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £40.99
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £512.53 (includes shipping : £12.50).

£530 if you have free shipping :)

stulid, this is a good build :D yes/no? :)

EDIT: Check further down for updated spec!
 
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Eric's collar said:
I meant over the i3 2120 but the i5 2300 is a lot better, go with stulid's build. You get free shipping as well so minus £10.
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I assumed as it's mainly for gaming an i3 2120 with a (potential) 6970 would be a better option (or would it just be a bottleneck or something?)

Also, DefiantAsh, he doesn't need the case which takes you to £500 :)
 
personally id have the quad, 2500k or stulids, keeps your system up to date for future games etc.

Also BF3 looks intense, so id like a quad, but a dual core should do just fine.

oo, better then :)
 
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DefiantAsh said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £40.99
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.60
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £542.53 (includes shipping : £12.50).

£530 if you have free shipping :)

stulid, this is a good build :D yes/no? :)
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NO.

crap PSU with wrong connectors.

Crap case.

no P67 motherboard for the K cpu

etc
 
stulid said:
NO.

crap PSU with wrong connectors.

Crap case.

no P67 motherboard for the K cpu

etc
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calm down, sorry, i didnt think he would have the intension of oc'in, and i just grabbed a psu :) and i tihnk he doesnt need a case the bloke above said so, room to tweak mobo/psu?

EDIT; Updated spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x Asus P8P67-M Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £94.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £521.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

£512 say for free postage.

Hopefully this is better than previous, same PSU you specced, and a P67 with crossfire capabilities - future upgrades etc.
 
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stulid said:
You know that ASUS P67 boards suck?
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did not, but you could have just been reasonable and told me to switch it for the MSI @ £99 :(

and Crossfire - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-445-AS - says it at the bottom :/

UPDATE, omg stulid!!!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £526.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

minus £10 for postage, cba myself :)
 
DefiantAsh said:
did not, but you could have just been reasonable and told me to switch it for the MSI @ £99 :(

and Crossfire - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-445-AS - says it at the bottom :/

UPDATE, omg stulid!!!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £526.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

minus £10 for postage, cba myself :)
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msi c45 doesn't support crossfire but that's only necessary if the op plans to use it lol
 
DefiantAsh said:
did not, but you could have just been reasonable and told me to switch it for the MSI @ £99 :(

and Crossfire - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-445-AS - says it at the bottom :/

UPDATE, omg stulid!!!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £526.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

minus £10 for postage, cba myself :)
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You know you could use the Seagate barracuda;) and Sony make nice DVD burners dont you think?;)
 
sk82jack said:
msi c45 doesn't support crossfire but that's only necessary if the op plans to use it lol
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I know, stuck it on as my attempt to please stulid, which seems to be difficult, at the moment anyway.

So its either oc on a good board without xfire, or oc on a crap board with xfire? well stulid implied that i was incorrect so :)

ok stulid, its like GD now, stacking up my posts, i better not get banned for this :)
 
DefiantAsh said:
I know, stuck it on as my attempt to please stulid, which seems to be difficult, at the moment anyway.

So its either oc on a good board without xfire, or oc on a crap board with xfire? well stulid implied that i was incorrect so :)
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Theres basically two options in this thread.

much better GPU's for a gaming PC, with a CPU that cant be overclocked (does it need too?;))

lower end GPU with a CPU that can be overclocked.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £509.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Much cheaper build, and guaranteed to thrash anything that stulid posts on here!

Just below £500 by a small 10 pence!
 
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