about £700, how does this spec look?

Agent SS

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Last time i was looking for a computer was in 2005, never did buy one for whatever reason. So i've tried to get up to date with stuff, but i'm unsure on whether i'm going overkill and spending too much beyond my needs.

I've played games back in the day (around the year 2000 lol) using 640x480, all options on low and it stuttering and my gunshots not showing on screen till 5 seconds later. The graphics i wasn't bothered about, but the slowdown annoyed me. So anyway, i'd like to join the modern age and enjoy smooth crisp gaming.

I've got a couple of old comps that are bricks now, but i could perhaps salvage things like dvd drives and one has a card reader. Ive got 3 hdd's, all with windows xp on them. I'd like to keep what's on those (mainly my files, not bothered about the programs i had on their), is there a way of doing that?

I was thinking of building this myself, there seems to be plenty of vids and stuff online to help me out. I was gonna hook it up to my hdtv, would that be ok?


AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1075T 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD
(£106.66) £127.99

MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£99.99) £119.99

Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
(£99.99) £119.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
(£66.66) £79.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
(£41.66) £49.99

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
(£37.49) £44.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£19.99) £23.99

TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N)
(£13.32) £15.98

Sub Total : £485.76
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 : £99.50
Total : £597.01
 
AMD processors are outdated at the moment.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N) £15.98
Total : £679.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).





You can also get a much cheaper motherboard for 72 pounds but I don't know if it is any good tbh -
 
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Nothing wrong with your initial spec (except that you missed a PSU!). Like CreMafia pointed out though, Intel are miles ahead at the moment. The i5 he suggested will be far better than the AMDx6. I'd stick with the 460 you picked over the 560 too (£80 less is quite a saving, even though its a tad slower).

If you want to keep your HDDs I suggest you hook them all up to a working computer and move all the files you want to keep onto a single drive, then format one of the others ready for installing Win7 on.
 
Well i figured with it being a bit cheaper, it'd be happy enough with it. Somewhere down the line i could get another in sli.

The psu i was unsure about, if i was to double up would a 750w psu be ok? Or an 850w?

A 650w would be alright for a single gpu yes?
I've not read up on the intel's i must admit. Would the bulldozer work with the formula 4 board by any chance? Or is it too early to tell :/ I'm not too fussed with overclocking, i've never done it before. Though i could OC this one to 3.6ghz or something right?

If i got a 1tb hdd with windows 7 with this build, could i then transfer the files from my smaller hdd's onto that, once it was up and running? I'll have a search for this so i'm more clued up on it.
 
I don't think 650w will be enough, not sure about that to be honest.

Don't know about the Formula 4 motherboard

You can overclock the i5 to 4ghz+

You will be able to transfer the files onto the new hard disk
 
the most important question is, are your DVD drives and hard drives IDE (massive ribbon cable) or SATA (small flat cable)?

if they are IDE you will need replacements as the newer motherboards dont support IDE any more
 
Hmm, they could be IDE, guess i could buy one of those ide to usb converters maybe and pull the data that way. I'd just get new dvd drives etc as they're cheap anyway.
 
The hard drive i need my files from is SATA, so hopefully i'll retrieve them when i get set up.

I'm only a 15 min drive away from Overclockers depot in Newcastle, can i collect things from there if i order online? Or return things if there's a problem? If i'm building it myself, does that mean i am just getting the manufacturers warranty on the components i buy?
 
You get one year warranty with OcUK, and the remainder with the maufacturer.

You can collect at OcUK warehouse (delivery option when you order), just make sure you get the address right :)

Dunno about returning items to them directly. Probably best to get a mod to confirm all that, but I don't see why not.
 
Yeah theres actually an option in your check out under the delivery section to pick up direct from the store

*edit* i'd assume you could return the items direct to the store too, just follow RMA procedure but instead of shipping drive down yourself
 
Well i know some places probably don't work like your regular walk in shops, but if that's the place where items are being sent if there's a problem, seems a bit pointless me paying for it to be delivered when i could just drop it off.
Just kinda wanna ask this for peace of mind really before i part ways with the bread ;p
 
Agent SS said:
Well i figured with it being a bit cheaper, it'd be happy enough with it. Somewhere down the line i could get another in sli.
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If you went with the AMD build (and you'd be mad not to go with Sandy Bridge) you won't be doing anything with SLI.

The Crosshair IV Formula supports Crossfire only, not SLI.
 
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CreMafia said:
AMD processors are outdated at the moment.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N) £15.98
Total : £679.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).





You can also get a much cheaper motherboard for 72 pounds but I don't know if it is any good tbh -
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couple of possible alternatives to cremafias spec

motherboard http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

graphics card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK

cpu cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

the motherboard after a bios update is more future proof than the msi as it will support the pci-e3.0, so in the future when you come to get an ivy bridge cpu and pci-e3.0 gpu no need to change motherboards.

cpu cooler even if not ocing will give lower temps and lower noise.
 
Oops wrong one i clicked on haha! Thanks for pointing that out amigo.

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard [990FXA-UD3]

That's same price as the board i noobed up on, and price is really why i was going for the amd (as is usually the case). Well i guess the difference is only about £30 or so if i did go for the i5 2500k and an intel board.
 
i think i'll stick with the gtx 460, i'm on a budget lol. It'll do for what i need it for no doubt.
Otherwise i'll end up with a £1000 pc :p if i got the best of everything. Thanks for helping guys, i do appreciate the input.
 
Agent SS said:
i think i'll stick with the gtx 460, i'm on a budget lol. It'll do for what i need it for no doubt.
Otherwise i'll end up with a £1000 pc :p if i got the best of everything. Thanks for helping guys, i do appreciate the input.
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look at the spec that cremafia suggested, even with my suggestion of change it still in or just a few £s over your £700 budget. if getting the cpu cooler you can knock £10 off the total and get oem cpu if you can live with the 1yr warranty rather than 3yrs.
 
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