Help with a new build

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soleside

soleside

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I'm planning a new build circa £700 and I'd appreciate some assistance with components as I'm a little out of touch having not built anything for about 4 years. Any recommendations would be greatly received.

The parts I need are CPU, mobo, RAM, graphics card, HDD/SSD, Windows 7, CPU cooler, PSU & Case.

I currently have a 500GB HDD, sound card & DVD RW that I can incorporate into the build.

Usage of the PC will be mainly gaming and ideally I'd like it to last me around 3years (with minor upgrades before a full new rebuild).

Thanks again in advance. :)
 
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£181.99) £213.84
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail
(£123.40) £145.00
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
(£85.10) £99.99
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
(£83.50) £98.11
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
(£54.46) £63.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£39.99) £46.99
Sub Total : £568.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £101.23
Total : £679.67

Which would leave you a room to buy your own case but maybe send you a little overbudget!

Saying that though the SAndybrdige chips are out soon, and Ive heard will be fitting into the same price brackets and over a higher clock to clock speed!
 
Cheers for the reply.

It looks like a nice build, but add to that a case and Windows 7 and I simply couldn't afford it at the moment. I should probably mention that my wife and I are expecting our first child soon so my limit really is £700 for the lot - maybe £750 at a push.

Thanks again :)
 
Can't believe any one without a business would pay for software..... Just saying

In a world were everythings downloaded it's very easy to get it for 0....
 
Includes SSD and you can utilise your 500gb hdd:

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 Game £176.24
(£149.99) £176.24
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £145.00
(£123.40) £145.00
(£123.40)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £88.36
(£75.20) £88.36
(£75.20)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUK) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Sub Total : £614.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £109.34
Total : £734.13
 
Now I like the look of that, RJC. I've never gone with Intel before; always AMD so it's something to think about. Thank you.

I've just been looking around and came up with the following, can anyone see any major problems with it?

MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11 £122.99
(£104.67) £122.99
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £111.61
(£94.99) £111.61
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
Corsair CX 600W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUK) £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
Xigmatek Midgard Midi Tower - Black £52.99
(£45.10) £52.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD6402AAEX) £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
Sub Total : £573.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £102.76
Total : £689.94


Also tried the above build with the 6870 and although pushing the budget to
~£740 it's possible.
 
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