£500 spec please

xb8browney · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:11

Hi,

My current rig is in need of an upgrade I feel (Spec in sig + SSD )

I'm thinking of spending £500 and I'll be needing

CPU
Motherboard
RAM: not sure how much to go for I have 4Gb currently which seems fine for games?
GFX Card
PSU
Cooler: I did go for a water cooling kit since I'll be looking at £40 for a HSF

I already have Monitor, OS and SSD.

I've put this spec together but I'd like some feedback please

King Damager · 6 Sep 2011 at 11:23

Only change I'd probably make to this spec is drop the H50 down to something like a Corsair A50, (£20 bracket) and get a i5 2500k instead and give it an overclock to about 4ghz... If you felt like upping the OC in future, you could always upgrade the heatsink.

kd

dfour · 6 Sep 2011 at 13:28

King Damager said:
Only change I'd probably make to this spec is drop the H50 down to something like a Corsair A50, (£20 bracket) and get a i5 2500k instead and give it an overclock to about 4ghz... If you felt like upping the OC in future, you could always upgrade the heatsink.

kd

+1

Also the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler £26

Reaper 392 · 6 Sep 2011 at 13:36

yeah, 4GB is perfectly fine for games. if its DDR3 then i'd nick it from your previous PC

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £503.94 (includes shipping: FREE).

this build is totally ready for crossfire for a very easy upgrade path. also comes with an overclockable i5 2500k

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £131.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £503.94 (includes shipping: FREE).
no crossfire upgrade available, but it comes with an overclockable processor, a motherboard that has been put together properly and some lower profile RAM that wont interfere with any cooler

xb8browney · 7 Sep 2011 at 07:54

Thanks for the replies guys..I've updated my basket.

RJC · 7 Sep 2011 at 08:07

You might need to look at the Kingston memory below, as the larger heatsink on the ram may inter fear with the cooler!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

xb8browney · 7 Sep 2011 at 09:22

RJC said:
You might need to look at the Kingston memory below, as the larger heatsink on the ram may inter fear with the cooler!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

Cheers, amended.