Help with first build

Arontala · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:59

Hi all,

This will be my first build and i've been looking and thought i'd go down the sandy bridge route!

I have a monitor, mouse, keyboard and hard drive and so far i've came up with this:

= £467.23

What i'm stuck with now is the rest for the build, such as a case, PSU, gfx card etc.

I give myself a £700 so within that limit would be great! Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

RJC · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:02

Hello and welcome to the forums

Come up with the items below, case can be changed to something personal.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Sub Total : £168.31
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 20.00% VAT : £35.66
Total : £213.97

stulid · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:04

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £66.37
(£55.31) £66.37
(£55.31)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £40.84
(£34.03) £40.84
(£34.03)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £573.34
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £117.02
Total : £702.11

So thats all your parts.

A great case.

and a psu with four pci-e connectors, because you have a motherboard selected that can do SLI/crossfire, so you can easily add another GTX460 later on.

95thrifles · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:06

hi and welcome to forums

If you want to overclock then you want the K variant of that chip, if you have no plan of overclocking then you can get a H67 mobo as opposed to P67, theyre cheaper

Case wise look at Coolermaster HAF 912 £64

PSU BeQuiet PurePOwer L7 530W £47

GFX card look at 5850 MSI Twin Frozr £145 or Asus TOP 460 £150

stulid · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:21

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £66.37
(£55.31) £66.37
(£55.31)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K58 Mid Tower Case - Black £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £573.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £117.25
Total : £703.50

The motherboard still does SLI/Crossfire

Have upped the cpu to the bad boy K version.

And now you can get a better case.

Arontala · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:27

Thank you's for your help.

Never realised you needed K variant' thank you for that! With your recommendations it now looks like:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU TOP GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU TOP GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.14
(£5.95) £7.14
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £615.66
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £125.63
Total : £753.79

What i'm wondering now is, i dont use my PC an awful lot but when i do its mainly for gaming. Do you think i should stick with the i5 2500 then get hte H67 mobo? Or do you think keeping these choices and overclocking it?

I really appreciate everyones help.

stulid · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:28

I think going with the build above this one, sticking within budget.

the diffrence between a GTX460 768mb and the 1Gb is small - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/156?vs=180

Arontala · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:55

Thank you! I noticed it had 2 DVD RW, so took the most expensive one off so its actually below my budget now

Thank you again!

stulid · 24 Jan 2011 at 22:56

oh yeah, must have been lurking from a previous spec thread

Obviously case choice is your decision, but the lancool is very nice - http://www.lancoolpc.com/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=14&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=62&g=f

Cookeh · 24 Jan 2011 at 23:01

If its mainly for gaming, then you can save £40 by getting the 4Gb set of Geil RAM!

Additional tim is not needed, as the cooler comes with some pre-applied.

LiamJ · 24 Jan 2011 at 23:09

I would go for the Lancool over the ugly HAF. Or consider the Coolermaster CM 690-II.

Cookeh · 24 Jan 2011 at 23:12

LiamJ said:
I would go for the Lancool over the ugly HAF. Or consider the Coolermaster CM 690-II.

+1.

Lancool is gorgeous and the Dominator is just win.