Medium i5 Build

8t10 · 6 May 2011 at 17:11

Hey,

I have some budget for an i5 build, general use, some games, CS4.

So around the £700 mark, less is good, could someone please help me out with speccing a build?

i5 2500k,
Gigabyte mobo (out of preference, if anyone has any strong objection please speak up),
case-wise I prefer boxy and plain,
and this (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-004-XG) are the only things set in stone really.

Cheers for help.

Operation · 6 May 2011 at 17:20

An antec 300 case would suffice. For you budget, the Gigabyte ud4 would be sensible. Basically, I'd recommend the setup in my sig, with your choice of GPU and maybe a lower wattage psu.

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 17:20

Need an operating system?

Operation · 6 May 2011 at 17:21

Huh. Where's my sig gone?

8t10 · 6 May 2011 at 17:23

It ran away

I have the operating system, cheers.

Operation · 6 May 2011 at 17:23

Here it is.

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 17:23

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
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 £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Xigmatek 120mm Crystal Purple LED Fan £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £568.35
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £115.92
Total : £695.52

• Gigabyte motherboard
• Nvidia GPU for CUDA® and PhysX® support
• 8GB of RAM
• 500GB HDD for OS/programs
• 1TB for Storage
• The purple fan

Smithy0115 · 6 May 2011 at 17:26

Any reason you chose the 470 over a 5870?

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 17:27

Smithy0115 said:
Any reason you chose the 470 over a 5870?

see above.

Smithy0115 · 6 May 2011 at 17:29

Ahhh, sorry didn't read the whole post.

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 17:36

Heres another.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £215.99
(£179.99) £215.99
(£179.99)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Xigmatek 120mm Crystal Purple LED Fan £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £569.18
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 : £115.94
Total : £695.62

• 2600K on today special offer
• GTX460 1GB due on the 9th, still has CUDA® and PhysX® support
• 4GB of RAM
• A slightly slower 5400rpm 1TB HDD for storage.

8t10 · 6 May 2011 at 18:46

Other than hyper threading, any need for the i7? I'm still on a dual core, so will it drastically improve rendering or is it just for more boinc points?

I'm liking those two builds btw, I forgot about the nVidia advantages. Cheers for that.

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 18:47

Heres a 2500K vs 2600K comparison - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287

It was just the current price of it that made me put it into one of the builds, you can mix and match

Locke · 6 May 2011 at 18:59

I specced this to someone I know earlier, may as well post for you too look at, he had similar prerequisites.

Not sure what case you want, so just added that one in there. Go pick your own.

I guess you want one with a window to show off those fans

Also, free delivery if you buy after making some more posts.

8t10 · 6 May 2011 at 18:59

If it is normally £15 more, I'll keep it in mind.

@Locke: Damn sexy case... but £85.... *whistle*

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 19:01

8t10 said:
If it is normally £15 more, I'll keep it in mind.

The difference in price between the two CPUS is more than £15,

Only on offer till 09.00hrs tomorrow

Locke · 6 May 2011 at 19:01

You can cut down £40 or so with the case and add in a Nvidia GPU.

sk82jack · 6 May 2011 at 19:20

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
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 £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Xigmatek 120mm Crystal Purple LED Fan £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £568.35
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £115.92
Total : £695.52

• Gigabyte motherboard
• Nvidia GPU for CUDA® and PhysX® support
• 8GB of RAM
• 500GB HDD for OS/programs
• 1TB for Storage
• The purple fan

+1 and then just add in a aftermarket cooler when you get a spare £20-30 and you got yourself a cracking machine!

8t10 · 6 May 2011 at 19:29

Cheers for all your help. I got a 2tb drive lying around to I'll stick that in, saves £60. In your opinions: 460 or 470? 460 will cope with games in 2 years so should I save the money?

stulid · 6 May 2011 at 19:32

8t10 said:
Cheers for all your help. I got a 2tb drive lying around to I'll stick that in, saves £60. In your opinions: 460 or 470? 460 will cope with games in 2 years so should I save the money?

Upto you, both fast, but the GTX470 is faster (obviously

) theres a £28 difference between them.