bf3 build

cjenks22 · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:04

Hey guys want to order parts today i have £650 for parts and monitor no OS required.

i know its not the biggest of budgets but can anyone put something together for me ?

thanks

stulid · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:20

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £128.99
(£107.49) £128.99
(£107.49)
Dell ST2220M 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.59
(£67.99) £81.59
(£67.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
(£44.16) £52.99
(£44.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £546.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £113.27
Total : £679.60

Cant believe the prices lately of everything, if you want it cheaper then there are a few tweaks that can be done.

Doomedspeed · 20 Oct 2011 at 15:36

Thats looks good to me too. That seems the best you can get from that budget, it will be a very good rig too.

The only thing i can suggest, is going for the i5 2500 (retail boxed) £167; that will only save you about a £10, so it's not really worth it. The i52500k means you can OC it at will.

I'd go for Stulid's build, anyday.

cjenks22 · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:24

thanks for your replys can you make some adjustments to the build so i can get the gtx560ti or is it not worth it?

Clav · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:28

I don't think you could shave £30 off there to fit it in. You could leave out the 6870 and try and pick up a 560ti 2nd hand?

cjenks22 · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:32

hmmm ok what about the power supply and hardrive could i same some money and get cheaper ones?

stulid · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:33

cjenks22 said:
hmmm ok what about the power supply and hardrive could i same some money and get cheaper ones?

No you cant, thats the cheapest decent drive and PSU needed to power this sort of system.

cjenks22 · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:45

thanks for your help guys ive decided im going to get this system

its my first build so do i need to buy any additional tools etc i have screw drivers do i need Heat Sink Compound?

any info will be appreciated

stulid · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:49

All the cables come with the PSU and motherboard.

Heatsink compound comes with the Gelid.

Gullanian · 20 Oct 2011 at 17:42

Does that mobo allow xfire? 2x6870's are a great upgrade option for bf3 I think.