£400 - £600 Budget Spec

[ByMRK1]

Selling my PC to my friend for £400. Going to need a brand new system. Everything apart from O/S and monitor. I am going to be gaming at 1920 x 1080. Games: Call of Duty 4 and Most of the latest ones.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £477.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.30
Total : £595.81

 

[Hyburnate]

I think Stulid should have his knowledge stripped. How do you know this stuff?

 

[ByMRK1]

Thanks stulid. Is their any 8GB ram that wont increase the price by too much? And how will the system you specced compare to the one in my sig?

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £482.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.30
Total : £601.81

It will destroy your current rig.

Theres such a difference between the CPU and the GPU difference is shocking

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/112?vs=288

 

[J-FRO]

just watch the overclock on it, it comes with a standard cooler but if you want to push over 4Ghz probably recommended to get an after market cooler.

 

[ByMRK1]

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - £124.98 inc VAT
I think I am going to add this in for £45 extra, Just cos I like the looks..
Oh yes, And can you take away the hard drive? As my friend is letting me keep my current one and I install his previous. Maybe you could add a aftermarket cooler in with that £30?
And do you think there's any point in adding this motherboard for the extra £45?

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.98
(£104.15) £124.98
(£104.15)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £514.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £106.80
Total : £640.81

Nice board - http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_z68xp_ud3p_review,1.html - http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z68xp-ud3p_review/11

 

[ByMRK1]

Ok that looks very nice, thanks! Am I allowed to make a thread to show pictures of parts and me building it?
And do I get free shipping yet? So the ew total would be £620

 

[stulid]

Yes you can make a build thread with pictures of the boxes, construction and the finished build.

Look here to see if you qualify for free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&posted=1&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner

Get this RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 - its on special offer over the weekend and I'm looking at the Gelid and thinking it maybe too close to the ram slots to clear the vengeance.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.98
(£104.15) £124.98
(£104.15)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £513.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £106.47
Total : £638.81

 

[ByMRK1]

Ok, So I need 54 more posts . And I will be ordering around Christmas time as my friends birthday is on Christmas thus him getting the money for it then. Do you think the price of this build will lower by then?

 

[ByMRK1]

Also, How comes in the two reviews you sent me about the GIGABYTE Z68P-UD3 Motherboard, one review said they got it to 4.6Ghz and it wouldn't budge while the other said it got it to 4.8Ghz?

 

[stulid]

Yep, the deals change weekly so things will alter by then.

 

[stulid]

Also, How comes in the two reviews you sent me about the GIGABYTE Z68P-UD3 Motherboard, one review said they got it to 4.6Ghz and it wouldn't budge while the other said it got it to 4.8Ghz?

Not all CPU's are the same some do better than others. Theres a wanted thread in the MM for instance for some guy wanting to swap his 2600K for a better overclocker.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...4-i5-2500K-2600K-batch-number-and-o-c-results

 

[ByMRK1]

Ohh I see, Is there a definite overclock that I will be able to achieve and do you know any websites that explain how to overclock the Intel Core i5 2500K specifically? I have a Custom PC magazine that shows me how to get to 4.5Ghz but thats with a P8P67 Pro and I was hoping to achieve more then 4.5Ghz.

 

[stulid]

Enable your trust.

 

[ByMRK1]

What do you mean?

 

[stulid]

The button in your post, login.

Got some reading material to send you.

 

[ByMRK1]

Where do I go? user cp?