Build me a system for £700

almighty15 · 11 May 2009 at 21:22

As above, essentials :

1. Must have a quad core
2. SLI or Crossfire

RJC · 11 May 2009 at 21:28

Do you need Monitor and mouse ect.

RJC · 11 May 2009 at 21:32

£100.00 over:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game £241.98
(£210.42) £241.98
(£210.42)

Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£147.82) £169.99
(£147.82)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £85.99
(£74.77) £85.99
(£74.77)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £696.22 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £106.31 Total : £815.03

almighty15 · 11 May 2009 at 21:34

RJC said:
Do you need Monitor and mouse ect.

Nah, just the tower

almighty15 · 11 May 2009 at 21:35

RJC said:
£100.00 over:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game £241.98
(£210.42) £241.98
(£210.42)

Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£147.82) £169.99
(£147.82)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) £149.49
(£129.99) £149.49
(£129.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £85.99
(£74.77) £85.99
(£74.77)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £696.22 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £106.31 Total : £815.03

That i7 cpu is a no go mate, not spending that much on a CPU. Not to fussed about i7 ATM

RJC · 11 May 2009 at 21:37

No probs, thought I just stick it in, how about this AMD setup:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail �217.99
(�189.56) �217.99
(�189.56)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) �149.49
(�129.99) �149.49
(�129.99)

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard �119.99
(�104.34) �119.99
(�104.34)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) �85.99
(�74.77) �85.99
(�74.77)

Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU) �68.99
(�59.99) �68.99
(�59.99)

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) �51.74
(�44.99) �51.74
(�44.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) �40.24
(�34.99) �40.24
(�34.99)

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) �32.99
(�28.69) �32.99
(�28.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD�RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM �17.99
(�15.64) �17.99
(�15.64) Sub Total : �682.96 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : �12.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : �104.32 Total : �799.78

Memory out of stock, but they have others in stock for �20.00 more, above is a starting point

MachIN3 · 11 May 2009 at 21:49

Why not tri core? most apps dont use quad yet so this is a cheaper option.
Didnt know if you meant supports sli/crossfire, or actually have it. Threw it in anyway xD

Kennysevenfold · 11 May 2009 at 21:52

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - OEM £206.99
(£179.99) £206.99
(£179.99)

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49
(£89.99) £103.49
(£89.99)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)

Corsair HX 520W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-520HXUK) £82.98
(£72.16) £82.98
(£72.16)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £63.99
(£55.64) £63.99
(£55.64)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)

Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £48.29
(£41.99) £48.29
(£41.99)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £621.47 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £95.28 Total : £714.50

almighty15 · 11 May 2009 at 21:52

Swap the 4870 for the OCUK 260GTX.

RJC · 11 May 2009 at 21:54

Hi MachIN3 you have got DDR2 memory with DDR3 motherboard

MachIN3 · 11 May 2009 at 21:56

RJC said:
Hi MachIN3 you have got DDR2 memory with DDR3 motherboard

I edited before you posted

RJC · 11 May 2009 at 21:58

MachIN3 said:
I edited before you posted

1 min difference I'm to slow.

Captain_Slick · 11 May 2009 at 23:58

Erm, no offence to anyone, but if he can get the i7 for £700, there really is no point spending the same amount on anything else... especially when most of the other specs are basically the same apart from small differences.

Sycho · 12 May 2009 at 00:13

Some items not in stock though.

Audigex · 12 May 2009 at 11:35

Captain_Slick said:
Erm, no offence to anyone, but if he can get the i7 for £700, there really is no point spending the same amount on anything else... especially when most of the other specs are basically the same apart from small differences.

He doesn't want i7 though. And he does have a point, i7 is a very good architechture, but you're paying a premium for it and why spend that much cash if you don't do the CPU-intensive tasks it's designed for? May aswell spend the difference on quality components elsewhere.

Captain_Slick · 12 May 2009 at 12:25

But the difference in all the other specifications has been a slighly bigger hard drive or slighly more powerful PSU, and yet it still costs £700. That's hardly a premium.

Doesn't make money sense to spend the same amount on basically the same specification but with, lets be honest, much slower CPUs.

And the £700 i7 spec has more RAM than all the others...

And i7 wasn't designed for purely CPU-intensive tasks. It's awesome at everything.

If he doesn't want i7, that's fair enough, but don't spend the same amount on the same components (near enough) coupled with much slower CPUs. That's just silly.

EDIT: Just seen your spec in your other thread; yeah, go for the i7 setup. Anything else isn't worth the upgrade, dude.