Help me pick my PC (Sorry if this is wrong forum)

TROD

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Hey ho guys, wondered if i could acquire your help. I'm building another PC in about a months time and i'm still rubbish at picking parts, basically i have about £600 to spend on the PC, no monitor needed.

I can probably swap over my HDD as it isnt very old and it's quite big, apart from that, ill definitely need a new graphics card, new mobo and processor. One of the biggest problems i had with my current machine is that it overheats like a bitch, so frankly, i doubt i ever installed the cooling system particularly well. Any cases that come with good cooling systems built in would probably be best, since i'm clearly a retard when it comes to installing fans.

Basically, im looking for a good gaming rig, i'd like to stick to intel for the processor as i'm really not impressed with the AMD in my laptop. Probably gonna stick a copy of Windows 7 on it too, so by all means include that in the price (i'm fed up of downloading Windows, more hassle than its worth).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, and again sorry if this is the wrong forum!!

Tom
 
How does this look

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Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
MB-225-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
(£93.60) £109.98
(£93.60)
SW-124-MS_60.jpg
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
CP-311-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £98.00
(£83.40) £98.00
(£83.40)
MY-025-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
CA-017-CS_60.jpg
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
CA-160-CM_60.jpg
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67
(£26.95) £31.67
(£26.95)
CD-039-OT_60.jpg
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16) Sub Total : £510.29 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £91.27 Total : £612.81
 
shadowake said:
EDIT: Actually RJC's spec looks pretty good!
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Thank you :)

Done a AMD spec to compare:

GX-014-C3_60.jpg
Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
SW-124-MS_60.jpg
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
MB-366-AS_60.jpg
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
MY-025-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
CA-017-CS_60.jpg
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £36.99
(£31.48) £36.99
(£31.48)
CA-160-CM_60.jpg
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67
(£26.95) £31.67
(£26.95)
CD-039-OT_60.jpg
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16) Sub Total : £494.13 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £88.44 Total : £593.82
 
Wow I didn't realise you can get so much for your money nowadays, mind you i havent looked for two years! Thank you.

One things (i presume i'm wrong on) i thought nowadays you needed much bigger PSUs than 400W?

Cheers again.
 
500w is fine to be honest. 600w if you want to be on the safe side, even then it's relatively cheap.

Edit: the 5xxx series takes up hardly any power, so 400w probably would suffice.
 
400w will be fine for the above setup's, even if you upgrade to a 5850 ~

You would only need higher PSU if you were thinking about multiple gpu's.
 
chipps101 said:
i'd go for the oem version of win 7 to save about £20, apart from that both would be excellent builds.
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Only problem with OEM is that if he wants to change Hardware he can't use Windows again, unless they have changed that for Win7?
 
TROD said:
Thank you very much RJC, i really appreciate it. :-)
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No probs TROD :)

In regards Win 7, I have chosen Retail which will allow you to transfer to another system in the future as it's not tied to the motherboard unlike OEM which is.
 
i'm sure you can phone microsoft and they sort it out so you can use it on a new machine. (i had to do this with xp pro licences in my work when a couple died and had to be replaced).
hopefully the machine being specced will last him a long time anyway :)
 
Oh yeah sorry, without wanting to sound like an idiot, would i be going for the OEM 64bit?

EDIT - if i did go OEM
 
TROD said:
Oh yeah sorry, without wanting to sound like an idiot, would i be going for the OEM 64bit?

EDIT - if i did go OEM
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Yes :)

Legally you would be breaking EULA if you activated on another machine at a later date (OEM).
 
Right, but it's not like it's a 3 user licence thing is it? I mean i cant buy a retail copy and install it on two machines can i?
 
TROD said:
Right, but it's not like it's a 3 user licence thing is it? I mean i cant buy a retail copy and install it on two machines can i?
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OEM is one PC only. Retail is one PC only but if you change components you can use it again. You could install a Retail on multiple PCs, but then you would be breaking law.
 
TROD said:
Right, but it's not like it's a 3 user licence thing is it? I mean i cant buy a retail copy and install it on two machines can i?
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No, only licensed for one machine at any one time and you can also sell at a later time if you want.

Belongs it is uninstalled from the original machine / previous machine.
 
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