£650 spec adjustment

bru · 17 Feb 2013 at 15:21

Final spec, after explaining to the customer about currant GPU ram usage and quad core vrs dual he decided to go for both the i5 and the 2GB 7850, swapped the psu out for a better but dearer corsair builder 500 series.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £146.99
1 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £41.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
1 x Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £9.98
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.99
Total : £691.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

LukieBoy007 · 17 Feb 2013 at 15:51

Still wouldn't agree with a H61 board. A i3 and a Z77 board would be the better choice imo.

bru · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:01

But there is no advantage to a z77 board over a h61. he will not be using an SSD so no need for SATA III, he will defiantly not be overclocking at all ever, and not a chance in hell of using dual graphics cards, so with this in mind what can a z77 board do that the H61 cannot do? at nearly twice the price.

LukieBoy007 · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:40

But he may do so in the future?

Idleman · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:46

At the very least, would look at getting a B75 board, as it offers sata 6gb port for an ssd in the future and USB 3.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
Total : £62.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

bru · 17 Feb 2013 at 18:02

I really don't get it why buy a dearer board just for the sake of it if the cheaper one will do exactly the same job, he doesn't need USB 3 or SATAIII and he will not be upgrading this machine. It will be replaced by a new machine in about 18 months time just as he did with his last machine and the one before that.

Doomedspeed · 17 Feb 2013 at 18:14

bru said:
I really don't get it why buy a dearer board just for the sake of it if the cheaper one will do exactly the same job, he doesn't need USB 3 or SATAIII and he will not be upgrading this machine. It will be replaced by a new machine in about 18 months time just as he did with his last machine and the one before that.

Okay, get a cheap motherboard then.

We've gave you our advice.

LukieBoy007 · 17 Feb 2013 at 18:40

Or how about he buys a machine which will last longer than 18 months, can be upgraded and won't be spending any extra unnecessary money.

Idleman · 17 Feb 2013 at 18:51

LukieBoy007 said:
Or how about he buys a machine which will last longer than 18 months, can be upgraded and won't be spending any extra necessary money.

This makes better sense, as obviously your mate has none. By getting a decent system now he wont need to upgrade much in a couple of years time. Psu, hdd do not need to be replaced every time and if his cerrent system has DDR3 ram that also can be reused.

bru · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:44

His machine will be sold on complete to one of his friends just as he has done each time before.

I suggested getting a machine and just upgrading the individual components to make it better right back at the start but he wasn't interested then and still isn't now. I know it doesn't make any sense but at least hes getting a much better machine than if he went to one of the many mass market beige box companies.