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gracken

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Hi all,

I've got this specc in mind with X-fire and I've got a SATA drive I can transfer over, how does this look make changes where you see fit :)



Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99 x 2

Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £100.00

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £78.98

OcUK Battle 750W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £56.99

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99

Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98



Sub Total : £597.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £121.83
Total : £731.00



Cheers!
 
Hyburnate said:
Change PSU.

Lepa.
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if you mean the b series may want to check out http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18340443 ;)

change the motherbpard to a atx, the one you have speced is a microatx

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

or if you take advntage of the msi vat back cashback offer

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 you fill out a form and send it off with a copy of your reciept to get £21 cheque back so end up paying £104 after the cashback.

psu as already said you need to change, not 1 I suggest but stulid who knows more than me and also ocuk use it in their system builds

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-057-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

I would suggest http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

tho with 6850/6870 xfire 650w versions will be enough

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

I would say the 6870 would be better than then the 6850

crucial m4 over the ocz ssd
 
Thanks for the replies :-)

So how about:



Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99

MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £78.98

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99

Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98

Sub Total : £629.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £128.17
Total : £769.00



Trying to keep the budget closer to 700.

Cheers
 
that looks closer to £750(after cashback) than £700 ;)

oh and I didn't look at the case when I posted before, its a matx case so you'll ether have to go back to the matx board or change the case.
 
I tried to keep it to £700 but looks like £800 now...



Product Name Qty Price Line Total


Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99

MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99 x 2 - X-fire

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £78.98

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99

OcUK Vantage Gaming Tower Case - Black £29.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99

Sub Total : £649.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £132.48
Total : £794.89


How does that look? I've got a SATA drive and optical drive I can transfer over including operating system. Cheers in advance for the input.
 
gracken said:
Looking at benchmarks and reading forums the overall opinion is to get 2 x 6850 and cf beats the 6950/70 on performance.
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Yes but not by a huuuuge margin although it is a decent difference. It doesn't leave you much room or maybe any room for upgrading in the future, without getting rid of both cards or getting a new motherboard to support 3 way sli. At least with a 6970 you have 2gb memory instead of 1gb and you can get another card in the future and still have an amazing rig.

So yeah in my opinion it's always better to get the best single gpu on the market, then just upgrade when you need more performance.
 
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That is true, but I don't think I will be adding another +£200 graphics card into this for a while, maybe if I do consider it I will just get a new system again, I'm sure 2 x 6850's will be a great performance and last me +3/4 years.
 
gracken said:
That is true, but I don't think I will be adding another +£200 graphics card into this for a while, maybe if I do consider it I will just get a new system again, I'm sure 2 x 6850's will be a great performance and last me +3/4 years.
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You say that now. :p
 
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