Help With New Build

ShaggyRS6 · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:42

Hi all,

I want to give my son my old PC (see my sig) and then build myself something that's at least comparable, if not better. I don't want to go crazy with the cash.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance

Stinger53 · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:45

Whaat budget have you got?
do u need, os, moniter etc?

ShaggyRS6 · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:56

Will need IS no monitor though. Budget , just don't go mad!!!

Stinger53 · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:10

ShaggyRS6 said:
Will need IS no monitor though. Budget , just don't go mad!!!

ok. but budget under 600.. 700.. 800...?

Davefran · 16 Jan 2012 at 12:33

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £134.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020002-UK) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £39.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,186.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

ShaggyRS6 · 17 Jan 2012 at 13:39

Thanks so much for the build. Appreciate it.

honosuseri · 17 Jan 2012 at 13:56

Daves build is nice! You can spend less on the case, heatsink, mobo etc etc to lower the price without impacting on performance too much.

Would it not make sense to opt for a 6950? If your boy's machine requires a GPU upgrade later, you could add it to your build and Xfire it (providing the PSU you buy has enough juice) Then both machines get an upgrade for the price of one

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/293?vs=330

The nvidia 560ti does add cuda support if that's something you'd use. I added the link to help you compare GPUs. Good luck with the build any probs or questions you know where we are