Another friend has employed me to build their new computer. He has gone for the £500 price range but I think with careful choosing we can nudge it down by £100, so 20% price reduction for how much performance reduction? Asking the good people here for some suggestions.
I will start with the last rig I built, under a week ago:
cpu: q9550 (very bad batch VID
of 1.3! not buying one again to OC) - £170
mobo: DFI LanpartyDK T2RS Plus - £62, very happy with this board
psu: ocz modxtreme 600W, very good - 8pin mobo connector was almost too short! £68
500GB samsung spinpoint f3 - very nice hdd £40
case: nzxt m59, brilliant piece of kit but we dont all want the same case lol. £44
cpu fan: ac freezer 7 pro version 2 - brilliant for the price. £19
gpu: 7900gs for now till new nvidia cards are out
ram: 2x2GB corsair xms2 twinx pc2-8500 £ 72 (ouch
)
anyway, the whole system was £480 thereabouts which is on the spot money wise. But for the good of my building experience I want to move into something newer so I am looking at these i3 and i5 options but the ddr3 ram pushes the price up. Now, I am aware the ram speed is of lesser importance, so I can opt for a lower speed one but I still want to do some cpu overclocking so does that mean budget ram probably won't cut it? Unless there is a set of ram that has been known for being better than its price bracket suggests - and thats the kind of thing I like to hear about and why I am posting
I just want to know a lot about the area before I go ahead, got until monday at 5pm or whenever to buy, so the kit arrives on tuesday (most likely).
I'll either edit this or reply once I have made some initial component selections. Oh and I am not limiting all the parts to ocuk, dont link me or anything but mention the model name if you have suggestions and I will sneak off and look for it
want to get the bulk of it from ocuk though as that tends to be the most reliable and the cheapest right now though not for monitors in my case, grrr
I will start with the last rig I built, under a week ago:
cpu: q9550 (very bad batch VID
of 1.3! not buying one again to OC) - £170mobo: DFI LanpartyDK T2RS Plus - £62, very happy with this board
psu: ocz modxtreme 600W, very good - 8pin mobo connector was almost too short! £68
500GB samsung spinpoint f3 - very nice hdd £40
case: nzxt m59, brilliant piece of kit but we dont all want the same case lol. £44
cpu fan: ac freezer 7 pro version 2 - brilliant for the price. £19
gpu: 7900gs for now till new nvidia cards are out
ram: 2x2GB corsair xms2 twinx pc2-8500 £ 72 (ouch
)anyway, the whole system was £480 thereabouts which is on the spot money wise. But for the good of my building experience I want to move into something newer so I am looking at these i3 and i5 options but the ddr3 ram pushes the price up. Now, I am aware the ram speed is of lesser importance, so I can opt for a lower speed one but I still want to do some cpu overclocking so does that mean budget ram probably won't cut it? Unless there is a set of ram that has been known for being better than its price bracket suggests - and thats the kind of thing I like to hear about and why I am posting
I just want to know a lot about the area before I go ahead, got until monday at 5pm or whenever to buy, so the kit arrives on tuesday (most likely).
I'll either edit this or reply once I have made some initial component selections. Oh and I am not limiting all the parts to ocuk, dont link me or anything but mention the model name if you have suggestions and I will sneak off and look for it
want to get the bulk of it from ocuk though as that tends to be the most reliable and the cheapest right now though not for monitors in my case, grrr
