£800 rig

FiCtioN75 · 2 Dec 2011 at 15:22

Im after idea's on a rig for a friend of mine. He has around £800 to spend.

He will need OS but will be using a 32 led tv as his monitor.

The machine will be used for general browsing and watching movies etc so a bluray player will be needed.

Im quite out of the loop having not had a pc for over a year so any idea's/input would be much appreciated. Anything ive forgot to mention drop a response and il find out.

Thanks in advance.

FiCtioN75 · 2 Dec 2011 at 15:30

I dont suspect it has to be around that mark. Thats just what he said he had to spend. I think he's the kind of bloke who would rather just spend the £800 and have overkill seeing as he's budgeted that much anyway.

FiCtioN75 · 2 Dec 2011 at 20:06

Im presuming a 600W power supply will be ok, considering he wont be running dual cards or anything?
rig 1
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £119.99
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £114.98
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £57.59
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £54.98
Total : £743.42

rig 2
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £128.99
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £119.99
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £69.98
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 Ultimate Edition 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express SILENT Graphics Card £64.99
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £57.59
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £54.98
Total: £798

Any feedback?

FiCtioN75 · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:05

Great thanks for the input. So ive re-done the rig following your advice. Would the following be suitable.

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £151.99

Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £119.99

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99

Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98

Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £69.98

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 Ultimate Edition 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express SILENT Graphics Card £64.99

Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.99

Total: £794.84

To be honest the chance of him going into overclocking are so slim so not worth paying for the 2500K. Fairly solid build?

FiCtioN75 · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:19

I think the resolution being used, should he decide he wants to game, will require a higher spec card. If he has a change of heart and wants to game then he will have to upgrade his gpu at some point in the future.

FiCtioN75 · 3 Dec 2011 at 07:43

Thanks a lot for the input guys. Im going to put forward the i3 with ssd etc just so that its slightly more future proof. Im fairly certain he will add a gpu next year for abit of gaming. Now time to dig out that build guide sticky!
Thanks again.