£600 Spec Check

andi · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:45

Planning on buying myself a nice new computer, and I've pursuaded myself that £600 is a good budget (gulp..). Looking at other people spec me threads, I've come up with the following.

Total (inc VAT) £576.45

Can anyone see any obvious flaws in my plan, or recommended an alternative for anything? It'll be for games mostly, and to give me a good base for adding to in the future. My particular concerns are, will that PSU be good enough? And will it all fit in an AO5NB?

stulid · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:50

nothing wrong there, just that 1600mhz ram tends to be cheaper than 1333mhz ram, it is at ocuk anyway.

PSU is great.

stulid · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:55

A little bit cheaper at OCUK, and you get free delivery too.

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 ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Lian Li PC-A05NB Aluminium Mini-Tower Case - Black £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £467.41
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 : £95.83
Total : £574.99

stulid · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:58

But I would do this.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £499.08
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 : £101.92
Total : £611.50

£600 with your free delivery.

jamesfreddie · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:37

Go with a P67 Motherboard

stulid · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:41

jamesfreddie said:
Go with a P67 Motherboard

Cant afford it, and a 2400 cpu doesn't have a unlocked multiplier so overclocking will have to rely on the turbo boost only.

keep spamming, only 15 more posts to go.

6644kp · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:55

stulid said:
Cant afford it, and a 2400 cpu doesn't have a unlocked multiplier so overclocking will have to rely on the turbo boost only.

keep spamming, only 15 more posts to go.

turbo is good enough better than the standard clock and I have 125 posts to go!

Why does the members market require 250 posts :mad:

andi · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:11

Thanks. Reason for not going OcUK is I can pick it up in my lunch tommorrow.

Is there a benefit to the 1600mhz ram? As far as I can tell that board can't use it?

stulid · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:12

it will work at what ever speed is set in the bios, so thats 1333mhz I believe at stock,

being rated upto 1600mhz gives more overclocking headroom.

and the motherboard does fit the case

andi · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:38

Excellent. Ta.