Help for a friend

Muzza1875

Muzza1875

Muzza1875

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Hey everyone

Me and a few guys from college have been trying to tease one of our friends to switch to pc gaming as we all agree console gaming is pretty ****.
For the last few months he has been sticking to his guns and standing by his Xbox but as so many of us have switched he has finally given in and seen the light.

He doesn't have allot of money to splash out on but wants a new build that will be able to play bf3 when it is released in October.
He has already picked out the CPU he wants i was just wondering if someone can spec him a half decent mobo to go with it and some ram also.
I think 6gb would be plenty, and if possible triple channel.

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-268-AM

Thanks in advance
 
Triple channel is ideally used for Intel I7 9xx series CPUs as these have triple channel controler.

What's your friends budget and does he requires windows and monitor.
 
His actual overall budget is important.

Plus if it's for mainly gaming then dual channel/triple channel is irrelevent - unless his uni work would benefit from a larger bandwidth?

I suspect you'll be kitted out with a 2500K - budget permitting - but from your initial choice of CPU it may be his budget is a lot less...
 
Just a quick spec I made right now.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £89.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £647.78 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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Hey thanks for the replies, i think if possible he would like to spend £250 or less on both CPU, and mobo and ram which i realize is not allot.The cpu i linked above is what he has his eyes on but not concrete just yet, i told him i would ask the experts here for suggestions before he made up his mind.He will be using case from his old PC along with his old hdd but i think he may need a gpu, ssd(for os), and psu which he will buy separate each month.He already has win 7 64, peripherals and monitor.

Thanks again
 
Should be a lot better than the AMD:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £203.30
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £42.56
Total : £255.36

Comparison below (but with the 2400 cpu)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/105?vs=363
 
Muzza1875 said:
like to spend £250 or less on both CPU, and mobo and ram
Click to expand...

Well if you bought him the below spec (and he paid you back) so that you got free postage it would cost - £237

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (clockable to ~4Ghz with a stock cooler)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67
Corsair XMS3 4GB

This would be a great foundation for adding future bits for under £250
 
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