Another upgrade thread.

Gibbodagreat · 23 Feb 2010 at 21:40

Hi all,

I've been given the go ahead by my bank manager "wife" to upgrade my current system, my budget is around £700-£750 I'm looking for a MB,CPU,PSU,Ram (4Gigs Upwards),GPU (With a possible crossfire/SLI in the future) and a case. No need for a monitor,keyboard,mouse and os.Any help would be appreciated.

P.S Looking forward for comments from my fellow country men Odin and Alex53

.. Oh nearly forgot I'll be using it for casual online gaming mainly Startrek Online which I would like to play with all settings high :cool:

Regards

Gibbodagreat · 23 Feb 2010 at 22:13

chipps101 said:
buy this for £680 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-237-OK&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

spend the other £70 taking the wife out for a meal to get back in her good books

Thx for your recommendation chipps as for getting back on her good books I'm taking her to Paris for her bday

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:46

Is this system ok?

This quote is from a shop in Spain (around 30 min from my home) the total is 854.00 Euros I can claim back the VAT which amounts to 717.36 Euros and with the exchange rate around 1.10 in Gib that £631.31, comments please.

Regards

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 18:51

I greatly appreciate all your recommendations but what's stopping me from buying overseas is that what if a part comes defective I really don't want the hassle of sending it back :confused:

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Regards

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 20:18

Oh! to hell with it!!! I'll order from Oc lolol and I've decided to go for the pre-build systems, looking at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-237-OK&tool=5 I've noticed it's a duo core and I rather have a quad, also cat I like the Phenom II X4 955BE system you mention but can Oc build the system for me or they have to send them separate?

Regards

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 21:03

Ok I've decide on this system.

The memory CAT mentions is out of stock (Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage [PVV34G1600LLKB]) so I've gone for the one on the basket is it ok?

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 22:09

Check the price list http://www.pc-clinic-gib.com/pricelist.php

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 22:12

chipps101 said:
omg @ the delivery cost

thats why i suggested the pre built system as it should come in one box i think instead of about 3 for all the separate parts.

i am sure ocuk will build a machine to your exact spec if you ask them too.

Chipps I've already asked them via Webnote

Gibbodagreat · 24 Feb 2010 at 22:40

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The Core i5 750 based build I suggested would be better even with £100 delivery!!

You mean this system?

Without VAT it's £730.06

And this one

Comes to £673.03

Gibbodagreat · 25 Feb 2010 at 16:10

Got an email from Oc saying they won't build a pc from the specs I provided so back to square one looking at a pre build atm.

Gibbodagreat · 25 Feb 2010 at 21:28

I've decided on the "Titan Xenomorph" Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz @ 4.00GHz DDR3 AVP Edition System with the 5770 card but I'm not sure about the 400W PSU, is it ok or should I get a higher one?.

Regards

Gibbodagreat · 26 Feb 2010 at 14:27

Thx a bunch Cat for your suggestions I'm going for the AMD Phenom.

The case, HD & writer I'll buy them locally and it will save me around £40 on carriage

. Also which thermal compound should I go for?

Gibbodagreat · 26 Feb 2010 at 16:46

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I would probably get some Arctic Cooling MX-3:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-002-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=27

Arctic Silver 5 takes something like 200 hours to reach optimal performance.

It's out of stock :mad:

never mind I'll buy it from somewhere else also I might splash out on a Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) what do you think?.

Gibbodagreat · 27 Feb 2010 at 08:07

Apachegunface said:
Why don't you trust someone off here to build it you and ship it you if you don't know how? I'd do it for you for free.

Thx for the offer I've build a few systems in my time

Gibbodagreat · 27 Feb 2010 at 08:12

Okay this are the final specs I'm going for,

It's not on the pic but I've added 4Gigs ram the intel ssd 40Gig one plus a 2.5 to 5.25 caddy. What about cables should I stick with the ones supplied or should I get better ones ?

Gibbodagreat · 27 Feb 2010 at 11:13

Any ones in particular?

Gibbodagreat · 27 Feb 2010 at 17:56

Finally decided to press the 'confirm' button

Gibbodagreat · 28 Feb 2010 at 19:59

shmacks said:
Odin is not from Gibraltar he mostly hangs out under a bridge in La Linea with his fellow gitano trolls. This is of course whilst they dance the night away listening to "tengo una camisa negra"

PS - Enjoy the build and good luck convincing customs to not charge you import duty

I know a few of them only hope they are on duty