Final check before I order

naisdes

naisdes

naisdes

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Hey all, I'm going to be placing my order tomorrow morning as I've got next week off work so I hope to receive my parts on Monday or Tuesday morning. Does anyone see any issues with the following build, and if there's anything they recommend instead? My budget is £500 for a CPU, mobo, RAM, SSD and GPU. I'm not going to be overclocking at all as I just want to build it and use it as it is.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £37.99
1 x Akasa SSD & HDD adapter 2.5" - AK-HDA-03 £4.99
Total : £505.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



The one thing I'm not 100% sure about is the description for the i5 says 'Intel's new IvyBridge based CPU's is a refresh that requires socket LGA1155 mainboards based on Intel Z77 Chipset.', while the Gigabyte H61-based mobo's website says the 3570 is indeed supported?

Many thanks.
 
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For £500ish I'd be tempted to do.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Desktop and Notebook Kit - (MZ-7TD120KW) £92.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52.00
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £512.95 (includes shipping : FREE).



You shouldn't be scared of overclocking, the 7850 GPUs overclock well so there is lots of potential in this basket. Atleast consider the SSD as it includes the accessories for desktop and notebooks for less than the M4
 
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/775//1155/1156/1366) £38.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £497.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



for me with your budget, buy the bits that matter, a good chip and cooler, both will OC well for now, a half decent Motherboard for the price and enough ram to get you going, and the video card of your choice and budget, for me the sdd can wait, as tbh if you can't afford a good one then i'd wait until you can, even if you get one now you can clone it later onto another, use your old hdd for now as your already using your case and psu etc and dvd drive plus o/s :) well thats my take on it
 
As hono said, if you can afford parts that enable you to overclock you'll have that option further down the line when you might want to overclock, i was in the same boat.. Overclocking isn't risky, you just need to do your research.

This is what i'd do (all set up for overclocking)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A [BW] Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
Total : £515.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Thanks for the efforts but I do not see myself overclocking at all, and I have never done in the past 10 years with the few previous systems I have bought. Please just respect my decision even though we are on Overclockers UK :)
 
 
 
 
naisdes said:
Thanks for the efforts but I do not see myself overclocking at all, and I have never done in the past 10 years with the few previous systems I have bought. Please just respect my decision even though we are on Overclockers UK :)
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So you just dimissed my spec as I mentioned overclocking then?

The mobo might have been B grade but it has USB3 and SataIII it's also capable of running Xfire/Sli GPU setups. The BIOS can be updated to UEFI (your chosen mobo can't) as it's a Z series mobo with overclocking options it makes sense to use an i5K CPU in it. Even on the stock heatsink you could set it to 4Ghz which is a nice round number.

I didn't use a B grade GPU so you could cop the free games. 7850 GPUs are popular because of their overclocking potential, if you dont want to OC fair enough but it's wasted potential. The SSD inc. the adapter plate and a sata cable along with a USB to Sata adapter.

I've seen the other specs and to be honest I'd still go with what I spec'd if it was my cash.......each to their own though.
 
Sorry, no offence intended. But I stated clearly no overclocking will be done and then I had to go and explain why. Please don't feel like I was aiming anything towards you and dismissed your advice in particular. Never done SLI or Crossfire and never used an aftermarket cooler before other than the one time it was too hot one summer lol.

Games I'm not bothered about because I wouldn't play them.

Thanks for the specs guys. Each mobo, SSD and GPU seemed specced and priced very similarly which means I just have to pick the brands now! Gonna order tonight.
 
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Sorry, no offence intended. But I stated clearly no overclocking will be done and then I had to go and explain why. Please don't feel like I was aiming anything towards you and dismissed your advice in particular. Never done SLI or Crossfire and never used an aftermarket cooler before other than the one time it was too hot one summer lol.

Games I'm not bothered about because I wouldn't play them.

Thanks for the specs guys. Each mobo, SSD and GPU seemed specced and priced very similarly which means I just have to pick the brands now! Gonna order tonight.
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Sadly you have completely missed the point. Unfortunately you can't see why I have balanced the budget better even though I have explained in some detail the choices. I don't know why you are waffling on about aftermarket heatsinks I didn't add one to the basket. Overclocking was an option or a "Brucie bonus" I hardly wasted money for the privilege.

It's your money to spend how you choose. I wish you all the best with the build
 
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