Check my £600ish spec

sarutobi

sarutobi

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Trying to build something that will last me at least the next couple years on a budget of around £600. I havn't been keeping up to date with the tech lately so I might be making some pretty glaring mistakes. (Im really not sure about PSUs)

Mainly used for gaming of course, but I might be doing a little low-level video editing with it. The HDD is just extra since I already have storage.

Anyway, feel free to criticise, compliment or comment on my build.

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Have you thought about over clocking yourself, as you could save some money by doing so.

I would change the PSU to a OCZ or Corsair.
 
If its for gaming then get a much better GFX card.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £55.99
(£46.66) £55.99
(£46.66)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £479.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £97.99
Total : £587.92
 
I would overclock myself but i'm not entirely sure of what im doing(only done it a little bit in the past) and so i dont mind paying a little extra to save myself the risk.

What gfx card would you recommend? Without blowing the budget right out.
 
I would definately recommend that you try overclocking yourself, it's definately worth it as you save money.

I would go with stulid's build for sure. If you don't mind spending a bit more for the UD3 version of the motherboard, you'd also get 8x/8x Xfire capability for later on. Whether it's worth the extra moolah, compared to the 4x/4x, is up to you.
 
Update:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
(£94.99) £113.99
(£94.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £55.99
(£46.66) £55.99
(£46.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £492.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.49
Total : £602.93
 
if you can get away without the hdd then you could save money and use it to get better graphics card/psu, another option is if you can stretch the budget the wrong side of £600(by ~£20) on what stulid has speced could get the 128gb crucial m4 ssd.
 
You guys sure about the 6850/70 recommendation?

According to the bit-tech reviews they arent hitting as high as the 550i(which is also cheaper). Or am i just reading it wrong :s
 
thought you might want to take advantage of the MSI cashback offer:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 IceQ X PLUS Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £149.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161GJ) £55.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £636.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

with the MSI cashback offer this comes in at ~£616
 
Ok I've just checked and it looks like I already have a EarthWatts 500w PSU that came with my case.

Looking at your current PSU recommendations it should be golden for the builds you've all designed?
 
The earthwatts one is an antec power supply. Should be up to the job I rekon, but I would ditch the hard drive considering the price
 
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