£350 for an I5 system

therutz · 3 May 2011 at 21:24

Can someone tell me what would be the best to get along side a i5 2500k
the items needed are

CPU (will be a 2500k as stated) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275
Motherboard
Ram

Items already have are
ATI 3650
Arctic 500w PSU
Case Coolermaster CMstacker

We have £350 to spend in total

Cheers all

stulid · 3 May 2011 at 21:29

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £68.39
(£56.99) £68.39
(£56.99)
Sub Total : £275.30
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 : £56.96
Total : £341.76

Great price currently on 8GB of RAM.

Cookeh · 3 May 2011 at 21:31

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £19.99
Total : £353.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

Shopping around will get you a Hyper 212 Plus for £15inc

8GB, as listed by Stu (beat me again curse him

) would be another option, depending on your uses.

Scon · 3 May 2011 at 21:31

I'd be tempted to drop to 4gb and then get a better power supply.

What are you using the rig for?

therutz · 3 May 2011 at 21:37

Stulid you are the man

thanks for such a good and quick reply

What is the motherboard like for overclocking and would the 500w be good enough for OC this system ?

If not then no OCing till upgrade to new PSU

stulid · 3 May 2011 at 21:39

therutz said:
Stulid you are the man

thanks for such a good and quick reply

What is the motherboard like for overclocking and would the 500w be good enough for OC this system ?

If not then no OCing till upgrade to new PSU

It should be as good almost as its bigger brother GD55 - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/07/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/5

Your PSU worries me

therutz · 3 May 2011 at 21:46

The machine is going to be OCed and will need stabillity so if that psu is not good enough what would suggestions be

Lots of vid converting and folding etc as well as games like portal 2 etc will be this main use also Virtual machines etc

Also thanks to COOKEH as i have taken into consideration your speks to (in fact was looking at the cheeper version of that board earlier

stulid · 3 May 2011 at 21:47

I am going to copy cmndr_andi on this one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

hopefully the cables are long enough for your Stacker.

therutz · 3 May 2011 at 21:51

stulid said:
I am going to copy cmndr_andi on this one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

hopefully the cables are long enough for your Stacker.

i got a couple of 24 pin extentions and a 6 pin extention here already so ready for that if it becomes a problem

Bought one of these for a mate a while ago he is very pleased with it

therutz · 3 May 2011 at 21:54

Right thanks all minds made up now i know what to get and thanks again you have all really helped out a lot

Its great to get sound advice