Buying today....£500 wow build

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w1llyg

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1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £88.79
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £608.66 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I wanted the 500w PSU but OCuk are out of stock atm.

Considering getting a 64GB SSD is the Crucial M4 worth the extra £19 over this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=910
 
Thanks stulid & beej

I know about the code :D Hence the choices.. ;)

@ Stulid I brought the 6850 off MM for £85 inc delivery. Also got the RAM last week for £18.
I reckon the M4 SSD will be on this week only next week (they usually have on one week and off the other)

Will this build play WOW on max settings at res?
If not will an i5?
 
Badass! All done and ordered. Ill collect that on Thursday :D

Upgrade route?

first thing would be i3->i5.
then 6850 -> whatever the budget allows.


Would an ivy bridge fit into that mobo later on.
 
w1llyg said:
Thanks stulid & beej

I know about the code :D Hence the choices.. ;)

@ Stulid I brought the 6850 off MM for £85 inc delivery. Also got the RAM last week for £18.
I reckon the M4 SSD will be on this week only next week (they usually have on one week and off the other)

Will this build play WOW on max settings at res?
If not will an i5?
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You do realise the 6850 is technically a down grade from the 5870 don't you?

I would return the mobo and change it for ....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

you could sell the 5870 on the MM and then look to grab another 6850 later cheap and Xfire
 
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Cheers honosuseri.

Ive ordered everything now. But its a build for my friend not me. (i probably should have mentioned this.)

His going from a Intel P4 2.8GHz with a 7800GT. (averaging 5-15fps in wow lowest settings)

He is was on a budget of £500 and ended up spending £600. But why would you suggest that board over the other. Do you think its worth the £23 upgrade.
 
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Main difference between the motherboards is the support for SLI/Xfire. If your friend isn't likely to get a dual GPU setup then stick with what you have. That Gigabyte board is very good for the money.
 
w1llyg said:
Cheers honosuseri.

Ive ordered everything now. But its a build for my friend not me. (i probably should have mentioned this.)

His going from a Intel P4 2.8GHz with a 7800GT. (averaging 5-15fps in wow lowest settings)

He is was on a budget of £500 and ended up spending £600. But why would you suggest that board over the other. Do you think its worth the £23 upgrade.
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It's purely to run dual gfx cards, either Nvidia or ATI.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/302?vs=330

He got the 6850 pretty cheap, that gives you an idea of the performance if he added another one (hopefully cheaper than he bought the first). That 560ti is probably a similar price to what he would pay for the two 6850s.

Paying just that lil more now will give him better GPU upgrade options later basically. It's his call :)
 
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