quick £500 spec please

andyuk1 · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:39

hi all,going to update a few things.motherboard,memory and cpu.I have a 5870 and case and everything else.£500 is the limit.Will be used for gaming and watching films.Been looking at the overclocked bundles but not sure which way to go.Any help would be great thanks..i will be putting the cpu on the water loop with the swifttech kit i have allready.So i will need a cpu block as my old one wont fit.

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:43

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
(£88.32) £105.98
(£88.32)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
DeepCool Ice Edge 400-FS Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2/K8) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Sub Total : £310.78
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DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.96
Total : £383.74

Put it together yourself, added a Blu-ray drive for the full HD experience.

Murray · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:44

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £254.99
(£212.49) £254.99
(£212.49)

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)

Sub Total : £350.79
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DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £72.06
Total : £432.35

andyuk1 · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:47

is there much difference between i5 and i7.would the i7 be more future proof?

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:49

Minimal difference, the 2600K has hyperthreading and a tiny bit more L3 cache, thats useful for rendering etc,

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287

The Asrock motherboard has Lucid Virtu and SSD caching, plus a nice quiet cooler for those movie nights

hbk123 · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:52

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Sub Total : £309.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.59
Total : £381.55

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:56

hbk123 said:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Sub Total : £309.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.59
Total : £381.55

No heatsink?

andyuk1 · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:56

hbk that looks good with the 8gbmem.what overclock do u think i could reach on it.

timmillwood · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:25

Why have no AM3 specs been suggested?

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:28

timmillwood said:
Why have no AM3 specs been suggested?

Were do you want to start?

DJ_Martin · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:30

timmillwood said:
Why have no AM3 specs been suggested?

I think £500 is the point where you switch between CPU companies. Assuming it's a gaming PC, at £500 or above you should probably go SB and get an i5 2500k, below it then get the x4 955 or the GPU will suffer. As the OP already has a GPU and a £500 budget, he can afford to go with a 2500k which is better than anything AMD offer and therefore the best option.

timmillwood · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:42

argh!
My budget is about £500 too, and I have been swaying towards AMD just because I thought it would give me more bang for buck, and more money to spend on other bits (memory, graphics and psu)

DJ_Martin · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:49

timmillwood said:
argh!
My budget is about £500 too, and I have been swaying towards AMD just because I thought it would give me more bang for buck, and more money to spend on other bits (memory, graphics and psu)

I see you have been posting in various sub forums for each different part, these are normally more beneficial when asking about a certain upgrade however for a full system, just posting a spec me thread in General Hardware is the best bet. At fear of thread hijacking I would suggest doing so. Make sure you make it clear your budget, what you need (Monitor? OS? Mouse? Keyboard?), what your main uses will be and any other specifics that you may need? e.g. A wireless keyboard over a wired one etc.
Then either me or any of the other members of the forum can help (WIll most likely be Stulid, he's pretty good

)

timmillwood · 20 Jun 2011 at 18:27

Will do, sorry for the hijack!
Expect a spec me later tonight.