£800 - what can I get? Help!

Alternateline · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:32

Hey,

I'm speccing the majority of a new build. I have a good Coolermaster case, Antec 650w PSU, decent optical drive and Vista 64 from my old pc. I don't require a keyboard or mouse.

For around £800 I need a monitor (pref 1920x1080+at least 23") and the rest basically! Any ideas?

The only parts I'm solid on are core i5 2500k oem and corsair a50 hsf. Mobos, memory, hdds, gpus are all swirling around. Any thoughts on the rest?

Thanks.

Shadz · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:40

Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £221.99

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti SUPER OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£209.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99

Asus P8H67M-EVO Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
£99.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98

G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit £39.98

Sub Total : £647.43
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 : £131.84
Total : £791.02

Didnt know what preference you had on Graphics Cards So i just put an Nvidia
card in there.

Alternateline · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:45

That was fast!

That all sounds like good advice and the nVidia card is my preference. Do you think that the Dell monitor is worth the extra outlay? There are much cheaper 24" and even 25" on oc.

Shadz · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:49

Yeh i was looking around the forums anyway thats why it was so quick.

In my opinion it depends on what you want from the monitor.

My opinion is Quality over size. I would much rather have a really good 23" monitor
than have a cheaper monitor that is 24-25".

Monitor is changable though just take a look on the site and see what you like really.

Alternateline · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:55

Cheers.

Will post later when I've made final decisions.

Shadz · 6 Apr 2011 at 23:57

Alternateline said:
Cheers.

Will post later when I've made final decisions.

No Problem mate.

andy_mk3 · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:32

How's this?

SSD is optional, if you don't want it then use the extra money on 8gb memory or a higher end graphics card. Depends what you're going to be using it for.

Alternateline · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:42

Thanks for more ideas. What is the difference between the H67 and other versions of these 1155 mobos?

danewesley · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:47

if you go with that silly suggestion you wont be able to overclock, the main difference is that you can overclock on the p67 boards and not on the h67 boards, so buying a 2500k and a h67 would be a complete waste of money. also a 6870 is a waste, pretty much the same as a 5850/5870, id ditch the ssd, get a p67 board and either a rev 1 6950 for £200 and flash to 6970 or a 560ti.

andy_mk3 · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:48

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155

sk82jack · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:54

P67 vs H67

From what I've read P67 allows you to overclock but doesn't have integrated graphics, not that it matters if your buying a a graphics card anyway lol

danewesley · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:56

what am i looking for? the part where it says overclocking abilities, then says p67 cpu only and then h67 gpu only? if hes using dedicated graphics, on board gpu overclocking will never be used. that post proves my point.

Shadz · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:57

sk82jack said:
From what I've read P67 allows you to overclock but doesn't have integrated graphics, not that it matters if your buying a a graphics card anyway lol

+1 So true haha

danewesley · 7 Apr 2011 at 00:58

i would suggest something more like this, you can overclock the cpu easily, 8gb ram, 1tb storage. you can always nuy an ssd at a later date, i recommend you get windows 7 too.

danewesley · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:03

and again this time with 4gb memory, 500gb hdd, lower spec mobo(still p67), air cooler, but because of all that you can fit an ssd into the budget...Total £798.89

sk82jack · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:05

danewesley said:
i would suggest something more like this, you can overclock the cpu easily, 8gb ram, 1tb storage. you can always nuy an ssd at a later date, i recommend you get windows 7 too.

If its mainly a gaming build you won't need any more than 4GB memory imo, and you could use the money towards a better CPU cooler and HDD (been hearing a lot of good things about the F3)

Operation · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:07

My suggestions re P67 boards would be:

A P67 Gigabyte UD4 for example
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-325-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

These have been well received - Asrock P67 Extreme 6
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-044-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

A Sata 6gb/s HDD is only a few quid more expensive, so you may as well.

Operation · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:14

sk82jack said:
If its mainly a gaming build you won't need any more than 4GB memory imo, and you could use the money towards a better CPU cooler and HDD (been hearing a lot of good things about the F3)

Why CPU cooler. You can get a hell of a lot out of an i5 2500k on air.

Money saved on RAM and even a downgrade to a moderate air cooler could buy you a noticeably bigger monitor.

danewesley · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:17

well the second build i specced, you can take the ssd from it and get a much better monitor.

sk82jack · 7 Apr 2011 at 01:23

Operation said:
Why CPU cooler. You can get a hell of a lot out of an i5 2500k on air.

Money saved on RAM and even a downgrade to a moderate air cooler could buy you a noticeably bigger monitor.

When I said better, I meant better value for money

Sorry should've made that clearer!

Yeah I heard the 2500k runs quite cool anyway so an A50 should suffice, and hence better value for money