(another) Help with gaming rig thread :(

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £541.21
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 17.50% VAT : £96.77
Total : £649.73

this setup(motherboard and PSU) will do SLI.

if this modular PSU was in stock - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497 then happy days.
 
I was not actually thinking straight when saying get an i7, I should be thinking get an i5 which is dramatically cheaper then in 3 years i7 will be cost of i3's 'hopefully' :)
 
Ya thats already sorted mate. Thanks.
Is the thermal compound that comes with the stock HSF good enough. Think i have some arctic silver somewhere around. Its a couple years old, does it go off? lol
 
Liampope said:
LOL at thread :)

i7 :rolleyes:

£100 PSU in a £550 budget :rolleyes:

The Coolermaster PSU bundled with that case will be absolutely 100% fine. It's hardly a £5 Chinese bomb is it, for heaven's sake.

Spec is pretty much perfect. Get cheaper 1600MHz RAM though...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

The 460 is fine, but with the money saved on the RAM you could get this which is a stunning deal. Would have to be quick though, as they'll be gone fast...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-MS

OP can upgrade the PSU for a nice modular later when more cash is available if he really can't sleep at night thanks to all the scaremongering on here :). Also add a decent cooler at some point for the mandatory 4GHz overclock.
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funkyphantom said:
Wow a sensible post at last!! its ok, I've been a member of these forums long enough to take eveything said with a pinch of salt.

Thanks
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funkyphantom said:
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Right, I guessed at the budget, it now turns out that i have £650 to spend. Can anyone beat this? Baring in mind i have 12.50 to spare because i dont need shipping.
Thanks
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Sigh

Slated... and you went with your original basket + a 600W decent PSU after all

Sigh

:)
 
Personally I would get an i5 650 3.2Ghz (saves a tenner and gains 400Mhz) and that tenner could go towards your delivery cost.

Processor: Intel Core i5 650 3.2Ghz £135.00

Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £94.99

RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel £59.98

These are the only changes I would make. 267Mhz is pretty negligible, and you won;t really notice any difference.
 
Jonnykiv said:
Personally I would get an i5 650 3.2Ghz (saves a tenner and gains 400Mhz) and that tenner could go towards your delivery cost.
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And gets you a dual core instead of a quad core. Fail :p

The corsair XMS3 is worth the extra few quid, if not for the 1600MHz, then for the renowned brand/reliability/stability.
 
Jonnykiv said:
Personally I would get an i5 650 3.2Ghz (saves a tenner and gains 400Mhz) and that tenner could go towards your delivery cost.

Processor: Intel Core i5 650 3.2Ghz £135.00

Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £94.99

RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel £59.98

These are the only changes I would make. 267Mhz is pretty negligible, and you won;t really notice any difference.
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beeejezus!! Folks recommending dual over quad core to save a tenner. Times surely arnt that bad?? :P
 
To be fair, Intel's current naming system is downright confusing unless you thoroughly read up on what's what, and not realising all i5s aren't pretty much the same is quite common. It wouldn't be surprising if Jonnykiv thought the i5 6xx were quads.
 
Liampope said:
To be fair, Intel's current naming system is downright confusing unless you thoroughly read up on what's what, and not realising all i5s aren't pretty much the same is quite common. It wouldn't be surprising if Jonnykiv thought the i5 6xx were quads.
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You sir are a cheeky swine (if insult was intended). I know it isn't a quad, but unless you are going to be doing nothing but folding@home or benching, how many programs and games really make full use of all 4 cores. Plus I was trying to keep it with-in his budget.

I maybe daft, but I certainly am not stupid.
 
Calm down calm down - no insult intended at all! :) A lot of people come on here and do not realise the differences in the i5 family with number of cores, assuming they're pretty much all the same. Plenty of games are using quads now - a dual core's days are numbered. As a community rather partial to a bit of overclocking, the stock MHz difference would be irellevant to most as bringing the 760 up there and beyond is just a bios visit away. Therefore nobody would recommend an i5 650 as it's literally half the CPU of an i5 760 for almost the same price, as you're paying for an onboard GPU that no gamer will use. i5 6xx only worth considering if you're actually going to use that onboard GPU.
 
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