£800 build any good?

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 09:40

My mate is looking to build his pc this summer and I've specced this up for him.

Is the motherboard ok? I'm not up to date with 1155 mobos. Would a Z68 board be better?

He's set on the HAF-X case so for a tenner more, can get that PSU with it, but is it decent enough?

Anything else to change?

Jegethy · 2 Aug 2011 at 09:52

What is the build for? If it's just for gaming he'd be better off with i5 2500k

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 10:25

Mainly gaming. Some video stuff.

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 10:25

As above,

Also this board is better - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

The PSU that supplied isnt the best compared too XFX/Corsair/Antec 750W PSU's etc. but at that price, you cant go wrong and the spec isnt very power hungry either.

IvanDobskey · 2 Aug 2011 at 10:33

Also, better off with a high end air cooler than that watercooler.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-078-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:45

Ok brilliant. Thanks for the suggestions. Knocked it down to about £700 now. He said he's gonna get a SSD later on, but can afford it now I guess.

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:54

How's this?

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:55

Very nice, but the Retail CPu is £6 more and has a further 2years warranty and a stock cooler and packaging.

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:51

Ah right, yeah. Cheers.

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 17:16

Ok my mate has said he'll get the extra ssd + hdds later on anyway. So what about this?

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 17:18

Looks good

But this 6950 has higher clocks - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 17:28

Ah yes, I did see that but thought Sapphire is better as a brand. Haha.

Also, worth going for the £130 Z68 board instead?

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 17:30

Razor-BladE said:
Ah yes, I did see that but thought Sapphire is better as a brand. Haha.

Also, worth going for the £130 Z68 board instead?

If you want,

Lucid virtu.
SSD caching
Quicksync

Then yes, the ASUS Z68-V thingy is good.

Also you can still use the PC if anything happens to the 6950, sell it and theres a period of time until a replacement.

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 17:48

You still here Razor bladE?

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-CR

:eek:

24hr deal only, will go back up tomorrow.

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 18:09

At first I was like :eek:

because that's a nice find! Then I was like :eek:

because he just said he's done it (I didn't realise he's ordering today)... then I was like :eek:

again because he was just on the final checkout page lol.
Thanks for the help

This was his final build.

stulid · 2 Aug 2011 at 18:11

That was lucky.

See you changed the cooler

And the 6870 at that price was good too.

Jegethy · 2 Aug 2011 at 18:49

Can't help but notice you didn't go for the retail cpu though. Even if you don't need the stock cooler, £6 is a small price to pay for 2 years more warranty.

Razor-BladE · 2 Aug 2011 at 23:37

Yeah, the silver arrow was out of stock otherwise he would have gone for that one.

Oh yeah, I just didn't change it in the basket. But I forgot to tell him.. lol. So I'm not too sure which one he went for. I'll ask him next time.