Building a WOW rig for a friend.

w1llyg

w1llyg

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Hi Guys,

My friend wants me to help him build a rig to play wow on.
His at uni so budget is so tight. He has £600 to spend on a rig. He has an oldish 19" monitor 4:3 ratio that will do for the mean time but in 6 months he'll wants a new monitor
The rig will be used for WoW and Battlefield 2/3 when it comes out.
He wants something that will last him years to come.

He has a Samsung f3 500GB hard drive, OS, keyboard, mouse etc.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £187.99
(£156.66) £187.99
(£156.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Yate Loon D12SL-12 120mm Fan - Black £4.39
(£3.66) £4.39
(£3.66)
Sub Total : £496.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £101.32
Total : £607.90

• £595.30 with free delivery.
• Added a 120mm fan for the case to help extract heat.
• XFX PSU is fantastic - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=225
• GTX480 is pure power and faster/same as a GTX570 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=306
 
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Ahhh I was hoping you wpi;d spec me stulid.
Looks good, im intrigued why you suggested an older 480 over a newer 560?
Will a 530 PSU be able to handle a graphics upgrade if he wanted in 2 years or so?
I should have mentioned his not really into overclocking, i agree with having a 3rd party cooler even if his not overclocking but do you think money can be saved here by using the stock cooler?
 
w1llyg said:
Ahhh I was hoping you wpi;d spec me stulid.
Looks good, im intrigued why you suggested an older 480 over a newer 560?
Will a 530 PSU be able to handle a graphics upgrade if he wanted in 2 years or so?
I should have mentioned his not really into overclocking, i agree with having a 3rd party cooler even if his not overclocking but do you think money can be saved here by using the stock cooler?
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I have changed the spec a bit, use the stock cooler, and added a reason for the GTX480.
 
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