£500 for cpu, mobo

dandos23 · 9 Apr 2011 at 20:04

As title really.

At the end of August I will be upgrading and will have £500 to spend on a system. I already have all peripherals, PSU, HDD, GPU optical drive and OS. All I need is a CPU, mobo (if I go with sandybridge then I will need RAM as well).

The system will be used for video encoding, photoshop and some CAD work, I dont really do any gaming but might have a little play with a flight sim at some point.

I will also be keeping an eye on what AMD's BD can do and with AMD I wont need RAM so might be able to get a SSD as well.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Scone · 9 Apr 2011 at 20:08

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-062-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1802

Grimley · 9 Apr 2011 at 20:10

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Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £263.99
(£219.99) £263.99
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Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £134.98
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G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM) G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
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Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £38.99
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Total : £499.34

dandos23 · 9 Apr 2011 at 20:13

As much as the "Radon Torosaur" from ocuk is a great deal, I thought that an i7 2600K would be better for the programs that I will be running. Although I dont really know too much about intel systems.

dandos23 · 9 Apr 2011 at 20:14

@ Grimley

Thanks mate, that looks great. I wont need the cooler as it will be under water though.

Cupra · 9 Apr 2011 at 22:24

dandos23 said:
At the end of August I will be upgrading and will have £500 to spend
Any help will be much appreciated.

come back in august?

pumaz · 9 Apr 2011 at 22:33

Cupra said:
come back in august?

This is the best advice you will get

lolwithtim · 9 Apr 2011 at 22:36

It might be good to come back in August, as said. There might be some new products (like Bulldozer, whenever that will come out >__>).

I do think i7 2600k, a Gigabyte or Asus mobo and 4/8GB of RAM like what Grimley mentioned is the way to go, at the moment anyway.

dandos23 · 9 Apr 2011 at 23:01

I do understand the whole "come back in August" thing, I am just trying to work out colour schemes and need to order certain bits for the build now, although I might be able to wait a while to order things.