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adam55443

adam55443

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Right a friend has asked me to build him a pc as i adviced he would get more bang for his buck

So i thought i would ask if you very nice people would help out

Things not required

Keyboard/Mouse
OS
Monitor

Pc Requirements

my friend plays a lot of minecraft and watchs Full HD films and also does some editing of videos for youtube so i was thinking a 2500k would be nice

Regard Adam
 
Hi there :)

Firstly, bare in mind Ivy Bridge is out soon [29th] so it might be worth waiting for that before deciding exactly what to buy. Here's what I'd suggest if buying now:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £58.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £592.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
very nice build above. but as beejjacobs said wait if you can for ivy at the end of the month. if u cant wait i would go with that build. case is ur choice tho of which u like the most.
 
I'd agree to wait till the end of the month for IB......however to get an idea of what you can get for your money now

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £606.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



I prefer the 460 to the 6850. It also adds cuda support. I didn't add an aftermarket cooler as you can get to 4ghz on the stock heatsink anyway. If he wants one it would make a nice gift for someone to buy :)

The case has USB3 ports, PSU has enough juice to accept higher rated GPUs should he want to upgrade later. My HDD is slightly faster than Beejs....his is still a nice budget spec though.
 
Thankyou all very much for the input i think i will wait for the end of the month to see if prices drop etc

The Z77 motherboard how different are they from the Z68 is it something that i should consider upgrading in my pc??
 
adam55443 said:
Thankyou all very much for the input i think i will wait for the end of the month to see if prices drop etc

The Z77 motherboard how different are they from the Z68 is it something that i should consider upgrading in my pc??
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No problem :) Good idea to wait, he might be able to get a cheaper i5 2500K then or a new Ivy Bridge i5 instead!

Z77 is the chipset released for ivy bridge. Differences include native USB3 ports, and PCIe Gen3 as standard [with an ivy bridge CPU]. If you've got a Z68 board, a new Z77 board isn't worth the cost to upgrade
 
beejjacobs said:
Z77 is the chipset released for ivy bridge. Differences include native USB3 ports, and PCIe Gen3 as standard [with an ivy bridge CPU]. If you've got a Z68 board, a new Z77 board isn't worth the cost to upgrade
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Don't forget lucid MVP which increases FPS in games, this isnt on the Z68 mobos :)
 
sweet well i will wait for my own upgrade prob another year but i will wait till the end of the month to get my friends pc together

thanks once again
 
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