another £550- £600 build help

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i was looking at this as a build for a new gaming rig... was wondering if anything wouldn't be compatible or and things that are better to change for.
mainly used for gaming. just some feedback would be good :)

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
OcUK Crusade 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
OcUK Terminator Gaming Case - Black £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322GJ) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £440.74



Thanks for the input
 
RJC said:
As it's just for gaming I would look at the AMD 955 CPU and go for the BeQuiet psu linked below.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083
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+1. Hexcores (such as your X6) are really not too great for gaming - whereas the X4 955 that RJC is referring to is a brilliant gaming chip and should max out games no problem.

Important life lesson: Never skimp on a PSU, always buy a good brand. Cheap or generic PSU can kill components or blow up and take out an entire PC.

The HDD you've specced is an odd size and really rather slow, I would change it to this: Seagate Barracuda

If you can stretch to it, this case is much much better :)

Rest of your spec looks good, and the HD5850 is still a cracking card.
 
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OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £234.98
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £119.99
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
Coolermaster Elite 370 Case - Black £33.70
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £19.99
Sub Total : £491.34
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.37
Total : £602.21
 
As above, no need to go for the 6-core cpu. The case/psu bundle below is a good price for a fairly nice case and much better psu than you chose. If you decide to go for a different case then the PSU suggested in post #2 would be a good choice.

Larger, quicker hard disk drive for the same price. Slightly cheaper RAM.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £20.41
(£17.01) £20.41
(£17.01)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £415.54
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £85.21
Total : £511.25
 
would there be any advantage to getting a sandy bridge? i see everyoe is reccomending them. could anyone spec me one for same ish price? and would it be a better gaming pc thn the ones with the X4 955BE ?

thanks guys
 
Depends on the games you play. If they are very cpu intensive then yes you will see a difference.

In general if budget is £500 it'll be worth spending more on the graphics card rather than jumping from Pheonom II X4 to a Sandy Bridge set up.

Also depends on what resolution monitor you game on/multiple screens etc?

Phenom II X4 955 Vs i5 2500K
 
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Can be done for just over £600.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!*** £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £20.41
(£17.01) £20.41
(£17.01)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.48
(£11.23) £13.48
(£11.23)
Sub Total : £502.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.63
Total : £615.76

I you could stretch the budget to accommodate this would be a pretty good build. You should be easily able to overclock the cpu to give you 4.5GHz. The motherboard allows for better crossifre than some of the other budget end P67 motherboards, although you would have to increase your power supply first. Shop around too. The i5 2500K can be had for £178.99 for elsewhere, so it'll bring you under budget too!
 
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SandyBridge build (£10 over-budget, damn postage! :p - could be brought back into budget if you got a Freezer 7 Pro cooler).

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail
(£166.66) £199.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!***
(£108.32) £129.98

Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
(£83.32) £99.98

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)
(£53.61) £64.33

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC)
(£28.32) £33.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
(£24.99) £29.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£22.11) £26.53

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£10.82) £12.98

Sub Total: £498.15
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £101.73
Total: £610.38
 
Cookeh said:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***PRE-ORDER PRICE ONLY!***
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Sub Total: £498.15
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £101.73
Total: £610.38
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Looks good to me. :)
 
Whilst the above are good SB builds, you asked for a gaming computer, a Phenom x4 955 with a 6950 will beat a SB i5 with 5850 in 95% of games, as such my original spec is my recomended route
 
wouldn't the mther board you first spec'd bottleneck the system? just seems a bit of a cheap motherboads for the other components=/ i don't want to spend extra money but i don't want it to bottleneck lol

thanks
 
No, motherboards have nothing to do with bottlenecking :p

95thrifles is right, PII X4 and 6950 (flashed to a 6970) will be a very good gaming system, we were just giving you other options :p
 
Foxconn are very good boards, with good features and excellent overclocking.

Only issue is that they don't get BIOS updates very often - not really a concern though.
 
danzhang16 said:
Are foxconn any good? I haven't heard much about them, and when I looked them up on google, the news section wasnt too pretty :/
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If you can ignore the news about suicidal factory workers and concentrate on their motherboards then they're pretty good.
 
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