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jack.m

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Hello everyone finally it has come to the time when i have a decent job and i can buy a new pc. I switched to console as i had little money and i can't stand it haha. So im looking for a pc that will be able to play BF3 with a nice smooth framerate, a little bit of video encoding here and there but not much if i can help it. I have a budget of £500 and i don't need a monitor, os speakers or headset but i need a mouse/keyboard (i don't mind if they are cheap if it means we can spend more on better parts). I don't know whats good in the market at the mo but im not sure if i will be able to afford a BD and it might be a bit of an overkill. I have so far:


i5-2500k
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-368-IN

6870
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

And thats it haha i know nothing about motherboards, ram and hard drives so can you guys recommend something good. If anything i have posted above is not amazing or can be better please let me know.

Thanks in advance :D
 
That is a very tricky budget to work with,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Gigabyte GK-K6800 Multimedia Keyboard £10.99
(£9.16) £10.99
(£9.16)
Sub Total : £446.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £91.82
Total : £550.90

You cant fit a i5 2500K and a P67 motherboard (needed to overclock the CPU) into the budget without cutting back on the other important stuff such as the graphics card.

Luckily even at stock speed a i5 2300 is fast - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0


Putting a worse graphics card in - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK - brings it much closer to £500
 
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Hey man thanks for the reply, what if i was to cut out the mouse/keyboard could i spend more on the 2500k or is it not reall worth it and is the difference really easy to tell?

Thanks again
 
jack.m said:
Hey man thanks for the reply, what if i was to cut out the mouse/keyboard could i spend more on the 2500k or is it not reall worth it and is the difference really easy to tell?

Thanks again
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Well the link above shows a i5 2500 (non K) which at stock speeds is the same as the i5 2500K.

The "K" just means it has an unlocked multiplier and a better onboard built-in graphics core (still crap though)

And also to overclock you need a P67 or Z68 motherboard.

I haven't exactly put a great keyboard+mouse in either, picking the Blaze stuff is against my morales as its really bad and unresponsive.
 
Ahh ok thanks i will stick with the 2300 :)

Can you recommend a good keyboard/mouse and i will see if i can scrape a few more pounds from my pockets haha
 
Thanks man,

Ok i think i am getting somewhere now :)

Had a look at a few things and might suggest some other things?

XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)

Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)

MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)

Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)

I am thinking about 6gb of ram or is that a bit of an overkill? As far as the budget goes i am going to get a build im happy with then work on the budget so i will put the budge to about £600 for this lot. Any more ideas?
 
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The Lepa I linked to is better than the Corsair, it also has two pci-e connectors which you need.

So No, dont go for the Corsair in this build.
 
Ok so im looking at spending about £560 which is good only thing is i think i will need a good cpu cooler and i have heard that micro-atx can get very hot very fast? Can you guys recommend me a good cpu cooler?

Cheers
 
Ahh it is all a myth haha and where i worked before in a retail store i was doing some work for the IT guys and they refused to roll out some new computers that were using m-atx as they claim it will overheat haha


Also with intel coolers are they still quite hard to mount? I always had issues mounting one
 
Iv'e never heard of "Intel" coolers been difficult to mount,Just read the instructions take your time,And the job will be a good un,Here's a video showing how to fit it,Hope it helps.
 
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