£500 system advice

MoFish

MoFish

MoFish

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Hi,

I'm looking to build a new base unit for £500. I don't need any peripherals or monitors, just the case and everything inside it. Stulid kindly spec'd me a computer before christmas which worked perfect.

I just wanted to check if there was any alternatives came to light in the last few months, and if this is still the best buy for my moneys worth? Any advice/help is much appreciated.

Thank you

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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
(£74.99) £179.98
(£149.98)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.49
(£10.41) £12.49
(£10.41)
Sub Total : £405.33
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.42
Total : £500.50

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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11 £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £411.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £84.48
Total : £506.86
 
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hi stulid, no heat sink required?

also noticed on the motherboard page there is a warning about potential sandybridge issues.. im guessing this is nothing to be concerned about?

Cheers
 
Motherboard issue is only really a worry if you're going to be using more than 4 SATA ports. If in the future you are using more than 4 and you have any problems then you can get it replaced under warranty. No heatsink required as retail packaged chips come with the stock intel heatsink.
 
MoFish said:
hi stulid, no heat sink required?

also noticed on the motherboard page there is a warning about potential sandybridge issues.. im guessing this is nothing to be concerned about?

Cheers
Click to expand...

the retail cpu will come with a intel stock heatsink with the thermal paste applied.

the sandybridge issue is to do with some of the sata2.0 ports, less than 5% affected.

if you connect the HDD and optical drive to the SATA3.0 ports then no issues at all.

also you get a free replacement when the new revised chipsets are sent out to board makers, and then onto retailers.
 
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