Critique my £650 gaming build

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:25

I asked a question here that was just answered in the post above.

Phrief · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:28

stulid said:
Yes.

GTX460 1GB SLI vs a GTX580 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/314?vs=305

SLI is the nvidia version of crossfire?

stulid said:
Just select everything in Anuraj last list.

Heh, will do.

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:31

Phrief said:
SLI is the nvidia version of crossfire?

yes.

Ryan-3 · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:32

Yup, SLI is Nvidia's Crossfire

+ Last list seems best

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:35

I'm confused.

You're spending more on the motherboard than the graphics card for a GAMING build!? :confused:

Drop the mobo to a Foxconn P67DA-S (or whatever name was), and you can drop a HD6870 in there, both much faster than a gimped GTX460! (Clicky btw

)

You can also get one with 3 free games atm!

EDIT: What happened to the Foxconn?!

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:38

That Foxconn board doesn't exist at OCUK anymore, it only has two SATA3.0 ports, so with the Sandybridge problem means its got 2 ports only.

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:40

stulid said:
That Foxconn board doesn't exist at OCUK anymore, it only has two SATA3.0 ports, so with the Sandybridge problem means its got 2 ports only.

Ah well, must admit haven't payed OcUK specs much attention recently.

Have to get back to it

P8P67-M is still cheaper, and can do 8x/8x CF/SLI

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:44

He would get a bit of a better performance lift with 2 16x pcie

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:45

How about this? HD5850 is a fair bit faster than the gimped GTX460.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
Asus P8P67-M PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000518AS) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £33.68
(£28.07) £33.68
(£28.07)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.39
(£16.16) £19.39
(£16.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £530.83
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 : £108.67
Total : £652.00

Phrief · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:45

Cookeh said:
I'm confused.

You're spending more on the motherboard than the graphics card for a GAMING build!?

Drop the mobo to a Foxconn P67DA-S (or whatever name was), and you can drop a HD6870 in there, both much faster than a gimped GTX460! (Clicky btw )

You can also get one with 3 free games atm!

EDIT: What happened to the Foxconn?!

Heh, never said I wasn't a complete newbie at this sort of thing

My thinking was that, from what little I'd read, Intel was beating AMD at the moment, and that getting a cheap motherboard for my current PC had given me nowhere to overclock to, hence the 2500K and the P67 board. Plus two cheaper graphics cards, if I can get a second some months down the line, would be better than one super powerful one now.

For what my opinion's worth

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:45

anuraj said:
He would get a bit of a better performance lift with 2 16x pcie

1-2%

De'd need 100fps to see a 1 or 2 fps difference. Big whoop!

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 19:46

LOL but still the msi has a nice bios.

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:12

anuraj said:
LOL but still the msi has a nice bios.

iirc (could be wrong), the ASUS uses UEFI (or whatever the daft acronym is), which is easier to navigate

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:29

Yes but a bit to expensive.

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:33

anuraj said:
Yes but a bit to expensive.

It's cheaper than the mobo you speced?!

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:35

2 PCIE 16x
As the op wanted dual cards later on
Cookeh don't you feel kind of bad for arguing with a 12 year and no I'm not feeling sad.

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:36

anuraj said:
2 PCIE 16x
As the op wanted dual cards later on

But they only run at 8x/8x when dual cards are in!

Same as mobo I specced?

he made a ninja edit

And no, I feel bad that a 12 yr old is arguing with me over two boards when only difference is price and size

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:38

Ahh, can we put this behind us then and just accept that the msi one is better for the op's uses or upgrades later on

Cookeh · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:41

anuraj said:
Ahh, can we put this behind us then and just accept that the msi one is better for the op's uses or upgrades later on

My days. Read above posts

It isn't. They share pretty much identical specs.

Only difference is its more expensive, made by MSI and is ATX.

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 20:42

I'm pretty sure the don't wait let me check if they run at 8x 8x when dual cards are in.
Edit:
One runs at 16x and the other runs at 8x when bot cards are in