Check this spec for a friend?

V4nger · 6 Feb 2011 at 19:44

This is a spec I've put together for a friend buying on Thursday what do you reckon? Budget is roughly a grand but SSDs are not needed so no point in adding one in for the sake of it. Cheers

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £199.98
(£166.65) £199.98
(£166.65)
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £693.35
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £141.42
Total : £848.52

stulid · 6 Feb 2011 at 19:47

if you used this psu - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

you can then get a 2500K

cheaper ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

and the "lite" version of that case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

V4nger · 6 Feb 2011 at 20:15

Is the 2500k actually a decent upgrade from the 2500 or does it just offer onboard graphics?

And is the lite version of the case anygood? We're well below the budget as it is what with changing the PSU and RAM.

Laser man · 6 Feb 2011 at 20:20

2500k has an unlocked multiplier, it's the H67 chipsets that offer onboard graphics, I think anyway.

stulid · 6 Feb 2011 at 20:22

well having a P67 motherboard benefits from being able to overclock the K cpus.

if you keep the non K CPU, then just use a H67 mobo.

and the lite case differs from not having a SSD mount, 120mm front fan instead of 140mm, and a graphics card support brace.

Aretenon · 6 Feb 2011 at 21:07

stulid said:
well having a P67 motherboard benefits from being able to overclock the K cpus.

if you keep the non K CPU, then just use a H67 mobo.

and the lite case differs from not having a SSD mount, 120mm front fan instead of 140mm, and a graphics card support brace.

~clarification for V4anger: As well as utilise multi-card setups, such as CF and SLI (altho not on that Asus board), so if you want to SLI get another P67 motherboard, possibly the Asrock P67 Extreme4. If you don't, you might as well get an H67.

I believe the Lite version also doesn't have the hotswap harddrive bay/dock on the top of the case.