Mates birthday build advice

andyfrost01 · 14 May 2013 at 22:31

My housemate at uni is looking to build a system for around 500 with potential to upgrade when the funds are available. The main use would be gaming and general work use. could people put me a spec together
cheers andy

fishingcat · 14 May 2013 at 22:37

I recommend www.reddit.com/r/buildapcforme as a great resource for complete build suggestions.

DaleTheWhale · 14 May 2013 at 23:00

fishingcat said:
I recommend www.reddit.com/r/buildapcforme as a great resource for complete build suggestions.

The whole point of this forum is for us to help people buying from OcUk with their builds? :confused:

Does your friend want to buy now as he could possibly land a Haswell system with a budget of £500?

EDIT: They're ridiculous builds on that reddit forum!

andyfrost01 · 15 May 2013 at 00:55

ThaReaperGuy said:
The whole point of this forum is for us to help people buying from OcUk with their builds?

Does your friend want to buy now as he could possibly land a Haswell system with a budget of £500?

EDIT: They're ridiculous builds on that reddit forum!

No it will be later in the year

Gibbo3771 · 15 May 2013 at 10:16

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squarehead94 · 15 May 2013 at 10:40

Later in the year, prices will change significantly what with haswell (intels next gen line up of processors) becoming available. probably best to look then as current products will become significantly less value.
Patience is a virtue buddy.

Gibbo3771 · 15 May 2013 at 12:21

squarehead94 said:
Later in the year, prices will change significantly what with haswell (intels next gen line up of processors) becoming available. probably best to look then as current products will become significantly less value.
Patience is a virtue buddy.

No...they won't...it takes years and always has for previous chips to drop down in price.

Bare in mind that Haswell is just a more efficient, slightly faster architecture than Sandy/Ivy, the price difference between a 3570k and a 4570k(right name?) will be £20-30.

Look at the 2500k, it is only £10-20 less than the a 3570k.

You would be lucky if the prices drop by a fiver between Haswell release and Xmas.

The only way you will get current chips/mobos cheap iis if everyone ditches their Z77 + i5 builds for the new ones.