New budget pc

dexter27 · 22 Jun 2011 at 12:13

olivier renault said:
The 460 OC is £127 now.

:'(

At least the GTX 460 Green is still at an attractive price. That over any GTS 450 any day. If you want to save money, the value GTX 460 will be a nice performer.

So http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-139-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830 is almost same to the one i have now? Yeah i think ill go for that then.

Update:

Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 "Green Edition" 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £407.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.87
Total : £503.21

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 12:16

Cool.

The green edition is downclocked and less Vram on it.

Heres a small case - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/06/22/fractal-design-arc-mini-review/1

olivier renault · 22 Jun 2011 at 12:24

interesting budget case, if you like the clean looks of the Lian Li and compactness. Bit like a mini Antec 100.

Fractal Design Core 1000.

meh, no rear fan. kinda pointless and a sneaky way to budget the case.

dexter27 · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:50

stulid said:
Cool.

The green edition is downclocked and less Vram on it.

Heres a small case - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/06/22/fractal-design-arc-mini-review/1

I do like that case, cant find it anyhwhere for sale though...

dexter27 · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:57

olivier renault said:
interesting budget case, if you like the clean looks of the Lian Li and compactness. Bit like a mini Antec 100.

Fractal Design Core 1000.

meh, no rear fan. kinda pointless and a sneaky way to budget the case.

Yeah that case is nice too... Any OCUK staff can tell me when they'll have them back in stock by any chance?

Thanks.

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:01

Ask in the customer support section.

The ARC Midi has a ETA of August - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1556

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:19

So after much review reading and deliberation... I think ive settled on the antec 100, seems the best value/size/cable managment case/2 fans included/looks case for me... So my (hopefully)final spec is the following:

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 "Green Edition" 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £108.89
(£89.99) £108.89
(£89.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £90.74
(£74.99) £90.74
(£74.99)
OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black **Pre-Order ONLY Price** £83.68
(£69.16) £83.68
(£69.16)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £60.49
(£49.99) £60.49
(£49.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.36
(£36.66) £44.36
(£36.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £31.24
(£25.82) £31.24
(£25.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.24
(£24.99) £30.24
(£24.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.13
(£14.16) £17.13
(£14.16)
Arctic Cooling Keyboard - Black £10.07
(£8.32) £10.07
(£8.32)
Sub Total : £394.08
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home, 1 with:
DPD Two Day Parcel - Eire & Scottish Islands
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.65
VAT is being charged at 21.00% VAT : £87.09
Total : £501.82

Any final thoughts before i click Buy?

Edit: Actually scratch the 100, gonna get the 300

stulid · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:43

Keep the 100,

Cheaper and has a black interior.

Spec is spot on.

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:47

stulid said:
Keep the 100,

Cheaper and has a black interior.

Spec is spot on.

I keep reading how the cable management in the 100 is ****... And its only like 7£ more or something... And the inside color doesnt really matter does it, without a window?

stulid · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:50

The 300 is even worse than the 100, it has zero cable management holes while the 100 has two.

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:52

stulid said:
The 300 is even worse than the 100, it has zero cable management holes while the 100 has two.

Oh. So what are the differences between the 100 and 300 then? Is the 100 smaller? Why is it cheaper?

Reaper 392 · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:53

dexter27 said:
Oh. So what are the differences between the 100 and 300 then? Is the 100 smaller? Why is it cheaper?

god knows why the 100 is cheaper. its way better though so i wouldnt complain

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:58

Reaper 392 said:
god knows why the 100 is cheaper. its way better though so i wouldnt complain

Huh, ok then. Cheaper is Better!

Mm, does the 100 come with fan filters? Should i get a few of http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-043-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=795 ?

stulid · 25 Jun 2011 at 11:58

Heres something I knocked up a while ago,

If your going to start adding filters or are in the mindset of the 300 is only £7 more, than can I interest you in a few more case choices,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-BX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-164-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=736

The Zalman is well stacked out with features,

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 12:19

Wow! That Zalman z9 case is quite awesome. Really filled with features! Yep i think ill go for it.

Thanks!

Just comparing it to the 100 and 300, and it just blows them away.

Oh and ive got one more question, the 'retail' cpus come with a cooler, but do they also come with thermal paste? And if so, that thermal paste is good enough right?

stulid · 25 Jun 2011 at 12:28

The cooler has paste pre-applied.

Its good enough.

dexter27 · 25 Jun 2011 at 18:12

Damn it, just realised that spec i posted was without the psu, i must have accidently clicked the 'x'... So now im up to:

OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £110.91
(£91.66) £110.91
(£91.66)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £90.74
(£74.99) £90.74
(£74.99)
OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black **Pre-Order ONLY Price** £83.68
(£69.16) £83.68
(£69.16)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £60.49
(£49.99) £60.49
(£49.99)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £45.36
(£37.49) £45.36
(£37.49)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.36
(£37.49) £45.36
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £31.24
(£25.82) £31.24
(£25.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.24
(£24.99) £30.24
(£24.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.13
(£14.16) £17.13
(£14.16)
Arctic Cooling Keyboard - Black £10.07
(£8.32) £10.07
(£8.32)
Sub Total : £434.07
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home, 1 with:
DPD Two Day Parcel - Eire & Scottish Islands
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £23.15
VAT is being charged at 21.00% VAT : £96.02
Total : £553.24

Also upped the GFX card, since they lowered the price of this one, and the difference with the old one is 2£... I assume this one has 2£ more performance value than the other one.

Ok, i think im ready then.

Thanks for all the help Stulid and others

dexter27 · 27 Jun 2011 at 23:37

Well, was about to order it, and the Motherboard has just gone out of stock. What other motherboards are good?

dexter27 · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:22

dexter27 said:
Well, was about to order it, and the Motherboard has just gone out of stock. What other motherboards are good?

Anyone please help?

stulid · 28 Jun 2011 at 16:40

Not too much to ppick from at that price range, that MSI has SATA3.0 and USB3.0.

There is this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-453-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1965

But it doesnt have the features of the MSI H67 motherboard.

For £80 you can have this which does have STA3.0 and USB3.0 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-335-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1965

But at that price you may as well get a P67/Z68 board.