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shipinabottle

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Hey guys, looking at building a computer for my dad who still running on a Single Core, 9800XT build.

So for his birthday were going to build him a new pc.

He mainly plays Flight Sim (not FSX) as he is limited by his old machine now.

with roughly £600 to spend, what would be the best builds?

(do not need a case, PSU, mouse + keyboard or DVD Drive)

Thanks in Advance

Lee
 
Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £340.00
Options applied to the above product:
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £32.99
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £184.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
Total : £591.97
 
Slightly over, but put a SSD in.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £184.99
(£157.44) £184.99
(£157.44)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £91.99
(£78.29) £91.99
(£78.29)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Sub Total : £521.65
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.95
Total : £624.10
 
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £179.99
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £92.99
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £91.99
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £58.74
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
Sub Total : £598.67
 
The Patriot ram has a high recommended voltage for Intel i series chips, I thought you could only go 1.65v max.
 
Liampope said:
No HDD, RJC. Ah - but then no aftermarket cooler in mine. Never mind - we're almost there.
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Put a SSD in and wondering if the op could re-use his old one for storage! :D

Edit: bugger, could updated my post above!!!
 
RJC said:
The Patriot ram has a high recommended voltage for Intel i series chips, I thought you could only go 1.65v max.
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Hadn't noticed that to be honest, though the intel spec is 1.8 max for DDR3. You are also supposed to keep it no more than 0.5 above Vtt if I recall, so that would mean 1.3 on the Vtt. I need that anyway for my 4GHz OC. If you were unlucky maybe you wouldn't get it running at C7 timings staying within volts spec? Who knows - maybe stick with the XMS3 to be safe, although that's only C9 anyway.
 
Patriot is good but I wouldnt run the higher voltage stuff on Intel tbh, theres a chance it could fry the memory controller, Id stick to 1.65 stuff like the Corsair
 
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