Hi New member (noob :)) need advice on a build.

Vantis

Vantis

Vantis

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Hello, im looking at making my first gaming rig on the cheap if that's possible, i only play mmos at the moment (wow, and waiting for swtor) i have about 400 to spend, i have monitor keyboard mouse and speakers. Im not really sure where to go from here. I would like to get the i5 2500k but that's probably above my price range.

Cheers :D
 
do you have anything else to use off a previous system, do you need an o/s ?

could swap the psu to a lepa 600w (which would take the total up to £384.90 to allow for an updated gfx card at a later date if needed)

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99 (£74.99)

OcUK GeForce GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £86.99 (£72.49)

MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99 (£39.99)

Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.98 (£29.98)

Cooler Master Elite 335U Case - Black £31.99 (£26.66)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99 (£24.99)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99 (£19.99)

LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99)

Sub Total : £304.08
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £63.17
Total : £379.00
 
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I would do this.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Lepa W-Series 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £332.43
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 : £68.99
Total : £413.92

The board does SATA3.0 and USB3.0.

GTX460

Fastest i3 CPU as you cant overclock.
 
Cheers for replys :) i only have a laptop at the moment :( ive heard that theres new intel and amd things coming out in nov, is this true? will this mean that these builds that you have listed will be cheaper? i really want an i5 :D on and btw im buying in dec :)
 
There is AMD Bulldozer hopefully this month which uses a AM3+ motherboard.

Intel have Ivybridge early next year that works on current socket 1155 boards.

intel also have a high end Sandybridge-E coming out at the end of the year which uses a new socket2011 setup.



Will a i5 2500K drop down enough to fit in your budget? I doubt it. Thats a huge price drop for what is still a fast modern chip.
 
Im tempted to get a better pc than i can afford, what i would like to do is build one like the one above but with an i5 but leave the graphics card out and buy a good one at a later date. Basicly so i can still use the pc for basic gaming (if the motherboard has onboard) then i might even sell my ps3 if i get into it :D then use my pc as a main gaming thingy :)
 
Well you can use a i5 25ooK with a Z68 chipset board so that you can still overclock, you also get display out[puts on the back of the motherboard to use the built-in GFX on the CPU core.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.98
(£71.65) £85.98
(£71.65)
Lepa W-Series 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £335.76
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 : £69.50
Total : £417.01

So you can still use the PC to play solitaire etc until you add a 3D GFX for gaming.


But December is still two months away so just wait and save more money.
 
Yo stu, look at my thread in the oc section please :)

Id also get a coolermaster 330 case with psu, its about £45 elsewhere and the psu lasted me for a while. Means you have £40 towards a gfx card, try scrap another £30 and get a gtx 460
 
I dont really want to play with clock settings or anything like that :) i just want to play a few games (mmos) also i would like to give mw3 and bf3 a go but from what a read then i would need a pc that costs loads. Can the i3 play games ok? the spec you listed above for 417?
 
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