cheap 2nd build spec please...

GraveYard · 30 May 2012 at 12:51

im after a cheap 2nd rig to play games on down stairs on my telly, my main rig is all set up up stairs in my sapre room and is basically a sim racing rig atm...

budget is £450 if it can be done. less would be better lol.

dont need windows or kb/m or speakers and obviously no monitor as im using my telly...

id rather nvidia over amd gpu...

cheers...

mp260767 · 30 May 2012 at 12:55

what sort of games you looking to play ?

GraveYard · 30 May 2012 at 12:56

diablo 3 atm mate, might have a look at ghost reacon..

Doomedspeed · 30 May 2012 at 12:57

as its for downstairs would you like a HTPC style? or don't you mind having a tower.

GraveYard · 30 May 2012 at 12:58

think id rather a tower mate...

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 13:06

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £463.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

slightly over but you insisted on nvidia. The AMD 6850 is £80ish and would be a wiser choice. I'm a big fan of the 460 and yes personally i prefer them over the 6850, not sure cuda support and HBAO lighting is worth the extra £40 though.

What do you think? If you didn't mind using the 6850 i'm sure you could get a budget Z77 mobo in the spec. It will have lucid MVP which gives a free boost to the GPU. Don't forget quicksync which will help you rip your movie collection to this "HTPC" even faster

GraveYard · 30 May 2012 at 13:12

i wouldnt mind a 6850 ive never really used amd gpus always nvidia.

tbh its not even a htpc its just for playing the odd game, so the cheaper the better...

but that looks good...

Doomedspeed · 30 May 2012 at 13:21

the 6850 is nearly on par with the GTX 460. As the 6850 is £30 cheaper, thats your bet option.

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 13:22

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £441.30 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Cheaper CPU (no quick sync), better mobo though (Z77). More RAM too, you could drop to 4GB, this mobo has more than 2 RAM slots so you can add more later.

or

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £403.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

You'll have the final say in the best way to divide the budget. Hope this has given you some ideas

GraveYard · 30 May 2012 at 13:31

thanks a lot mate...

how do you link the basket like that???

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 13:45

No worries fella

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076

mp260767 · 30 May 2012 at 13:59

i'd go with honosuseri's first spec, but swap out the 460 for the 6850.

deepbroca · 30 May 2012 at 14:03

+1 for the 6850, better value for money in my opinion

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 14:06

mp260767 said:
i'd go with honosuseri's first spec, but swap out the 460 for the 6850.

Thanks bud

Just to state that mobo only has 2 RAM slots, so if you put that 4GB of RAM in there is no room for anymore. That's why I had 8GB in the later spec, i'd prefer the i3 too in all honesty.

mp260767 · 30 May 2012 at 14:40

honosuseri said:
Thanks bud

Just to state that mobo only has 2 RAM slots, so if you put that 4GB of RAM in there is no room for anymore. That's why I had 8GB in the later spec, i'd prefer the i3 too in all honesty.

np

yeah, with a low cost system its all about balance, with a gaming side of things i'd prefer the i3 with 4gb against the pentium processors and 8gb.

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 14:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £445.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

That would be my idea of the best balance of price to performance

beejjacobs · 30 May 2012 at 23:47

^ Very nice as usual Hono

honosuseri · 31 May 2012 at 12:08

beejjacobs said:
^ Very nice as usual Hono

Thanks bud

You know how much I love the 460 but the 6850 at £80 makes more sense, was able to spec 8GB with it rather than 4GB with the nvidia GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £91.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £439.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

That SSD is sataII rather than sataIII so is slower than say a crucial M4, it is however much cheaper. At 120GB has ample room for the OS and a fair few games. Less capacity than the mechanical drive sure but the OS and games will load faster.....just a thought

Oh and the OP gets free P&P which is nice