Help with a new rig..

Rfraser4

Rfraser4

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Hi guys, I have been reading a few posts over the last few days and decided I may as well make my own.

I have an out-dated standard Acer Aspire desktop I bought for college about 2-2 and a half years ago which cost around £250. I started playing Wow again and put a ATI RADEON HD 5570 in it and it did the job on low settings.

Specs are

Intel Celeron 450 @2.20Ghz
Acer G31T-M5 1.0, I believe they don't even make this mobo anymore?
2048MB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5570
Not a lot more else to be said, think it's a 160GB HDD and something like 300W PSU, very standard.

Now I have a little more cash I'd be looking for something around the £500-£600, £650 being a max budget. I could probably spend a little more if I was to buy the bits in stages if any of you guys point me to a higher spec rig for a little more money.

I've dabbled a little with RAM and GFX cards but never built from scratch.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated,

Fraser.
 
Yo.

One question is do you have any SATA drives you can re-use?

Do you want a whole new tower unit? including an operating system?


watch these videos on how to build a PC,



Heres a simple spec for £550 that is a complete tower unit,

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But it all depends on what you need? and if you have some bits that can be re-used.
 
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1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £68.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £622.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Edit: too slow :(
 
I have no SATA, literally nothing I can reuse to be honest!

Those both look good!

I forgot to mention I wouldn't mind a blu-ray driver if that's possible, I'd link it to my TV.

Just a tower unit, I have standard mouse, keyboard and 18.5" Acer screen.

It would be used for gaming, casual and increasing (hehe) and hopefully blu-ray/HD viewing..
 
I will need Windows 7 Home I'd say but I wouldn't worry, that can come last if I buy over a few weeks.

And I may be able to a get a cheapo Windows 7 since my Dad works for a college!
 
Rfraser4 said:
I will need Windows 7 Home I'd say but I wouldn't worry, that can come last if I buy over a few weeks.

And I may be able to a get a cheapo Windows 7 since my Dad works for a college!
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Ok,


Same as above, but with a Blu-ray and 8Gb RAM,

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• Gold rated PSU will save power and thus electricity bill.
• Retail Blu-Ray includes playback software.
• Z68 board will future proof you as you can overclock "K" CPU's etc.



Reviews,
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1

Its ready for ivybridge - http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1048

Its also PCI-E3.0 with ivybridge - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-msi-pcie-3.0-gen3-third-gen,13485.html - because all 16X lanes are directly connected from the top 16X slot to the CPU socket (no pci-e switches at all)
 
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Looks awesome as far as I know!

A little rusty on it all but a main point would be some future-proofing. I did think about getting a laptop but for the same price I think I'd be buying one fairly often?

I like the look of that case and it's price, but what are your views on the Sharkoon T9, I kinda like the look of that, clearly bulking the price here aren't I!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-SH
 
If I'm honest, it's the bright green lights that do it, just looks sweet.

I've been scratching my head for days over different components and systems, the 'Cataclysm Hogger' that OcUK do themselves is pretty nice, but thanks so much for the help, I shall be purchasing these over time, looking out for the deals of course!

Any monitors you would recommend, probably end up buying something for around £100 once Christmas has passed to replace this Acer monitor!
 
Is there any other cheaper cards? Not that I know much but are the 550's any good? Will they perform on high graphics on WoW, Skyrim, those sort of games? Just to minus some price!
 
Very true, but looking at it now, if I want to do this in stages it will cost a little more.

Is there anything that can be brought down. Hmmm.
 
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