need help with budget pc build

dep2k

dep2k

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my brother wants to upgrade his computer. his budget is tight so max £350

Going to use the basic from his old pc so no psu,dvd drive,case,keyboard, mouse,os needed. Mainly to be used for gaming

MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 - £69.98
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition - £89.99
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz - £47.99
MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 - £129.59

Many thanks in advance.
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail 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** MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £289.12
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 : £59.82
Total : £358.94


You never mentioned if you need a harddrive? so included a quick one.

The motherboard above has SATA3.0 and USB3.0

i3 2100 is faster than a Phenom - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-2120-2100.html
 
RAM: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
CPU:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-362-IN
Mobo:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-448-AS&tool=5
GPU:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-XF

Total: £381.94 you can probably sell the download codes for the games at £10 each (at a guess) So its a bit over budget but performance is worth it :)

You can save money and use the mobo stulid spec'd i just spec'd this one incase he may want to put a 'k' chip in at some point. Thinking about it use the board stulid suggested :p
 
Greavesy said:
RAM: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
CPU:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-362-IN
Mobo:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-448-AS&tool=5
GPU:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-XF

Total: £381.94 you can probably sell the download codes for the games at £10 each (at a guess) So its a bit over budget but performance is worth it :)

You can save money and use the mobo stulid spec'd i just spec'd this one incase he may want to put a 'k' chip in at some point. Thinking about it use the board stulid suggested :p
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i make that £393.34. i think you forgot the delivery
 
I think someone didnt see the budget (£350) I might as well spec a 15 2500K system for not much more.
 
What if the games is something he wants to use and play?

Anyone can go overbudget on a spec, the trick is not too.

Heres a i52500K spec that blows everything out the water,

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £68.98
(£57.48) £68.98
(£57.48)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sub Total : £359.94
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 : £73.99
Total : £443.93

If you dont need a harddrive its £410 and well worth it.
 
Yes i get the point stulid but do you not often spec a HafX with psu combo, then suggest to people to sell the psu? Same principle applies i believe.
 
Greavesy said:
Yes i get the point stulid but do you not often spec a HafX with psu combo, then suggest to people to sell the psu? Same principle applies i believe.
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Its not the same principle.

A free PSU that is a bit rubbish can be sold to recoup costs while keeping the extra PSU specced.

What if the OP wants these games? nothing to sell to recoup costs.
 
z68

Hopefully they'll be some better budget z68's soon as the SSD feature is a nice to have option although just installing your OS on the SSD on a p67 board would probably yield similar results especially if you RAID 0'd your data drives
 
thanks for the help system standing at

MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK - £129.59
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz - £89.99
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 - £74.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 - £29.99
postage - £9.50

Total - 335.95

would it be worth changing the msi 460 gtx for XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition - £139.99
taking the total to £346.36
 
dep2k said:
thanks for the help system standing at

MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK - £129.59
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz - £89.99
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 - £74.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 - £29.99
postage - £9.50

Total - 335.95

would it be worth changing the msi 460 gtx for XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition - £139.99
taking the total to £346.36
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Yes the 6870 is worth it - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/290?vs=313

If your going to get a P67 board then get cheapest 1600 ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
 
If your into overclocking then this will probably be good for 4.5ghz with a half decent cooler - just remember if going for this you would be on a 1156 socket so upgrade paths are limited. Try as I might I could not get a 6870 within budget but bear in mind that as little as a tenner more and you could squeeze one in and it would be worth it. Overclockers sell a guaranteed OC i3 bundle which would definately be a good way to go.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-042-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
(£91.65) £109.98
(£91.65)
Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sub Total : £289.12
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £59.72
Total : £358.34
 
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