How would you reduce the cost of this system?

Socrates470BC · 4 Sep 2011 at 01:39

fowler002 said:
bf3 with playable fps with a gtx430 or similar? maybe at 640x480(or what ever it is) at high settings or 800x600 with low settings.

you still didn't answer my question about why you're so hell bent on a £50 graphics card? why not just build a few months down the line when the new nvidia and amd cards are out so the current ones will fall in price?

why change to the lepa psu for the sake of £15? the corsair is better psu.

here's £55 saving.

If it won't play bf3 that will be a problem.

A £50 graphics card is something that I would be willing to replace, once you spend £100+ then that is not something I want to do.

Is there a problem with the lepa PSU?

@stulid would the onboard graphics do a better job than one of the cheap graphics cards?

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 01:43

Socrates470BC said:
Is there a problem with the lepa PSU?

@stulid would the onboard graphics do a better job than one of the cheap graphics cards?

There's nothing wrong with that psu, just a little under powered for the graphics card you eventually want.

The onboard core of sandybridge is pretty poor but then so is that GT430.

fowler002 · 4 Sep 2011 at 01:44

still evading answering WHY you insist on such a cheap graphics card?
just buy a good one now or if you have a pc at the moment just wait till after the new graphics cards are out either get aone of those.

Socrates470BC · 4 Sep 2011 at 02:09

stulid said:
There's nothing wrong with that psu, just a little under powered for the graphics card you eventually want.

The onboard core of sandybridge is pretty poor but then so is that GT430.

Thanks stulid.

Are we getting closer to a BF3 spec with this. Still within £500- £700 Budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £61.19
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £698.00 (includes shipping : £13.75).

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 02:26

you can get an nvidia refurb 460 for £86 which is a bargain - it's cheaper and faster. other than that do with what you listed in post #24

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 02:28

also, for your consideration:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-361-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

very similar price and spec as the Asrock board. also compatible with ivy bridge and PCI-e 3.0 with a BIOS update. i've been told from several people that the build quality is better on the Gigabyte board. it doesn't have UEFI bios but that's not really important

CreMafia · 4 Sep 2011 at 09:10

If you want the intel stock cooler you would need the retail version of the i5.
Right?

Socrates470BC · 4 Sep 2011 at 13:44

CreMafia said:
If you want the intel stock cooler you would need the retail version of the i5.
Right?

Thanks have updated basket.

Now got back to almost the original spec, but shaved almost 25% off the price, by cutting back on graphics card, doing without bluray on the optical drive and buying the windows 7 bundle.

Original price £963.79, New price £729.73

New spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £94.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 922 Case - Black £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £61.19
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £729.73 (includes shipping : £16.85).

For an extra £40 the GTX460 appears to be much better than the 430.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 13:47

Thats better.

So when you get bored of that GTX460, you can sell it, or SLI it

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/314?vs=306

Socrates470BC · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:12

stulid said:
Thats better.

So when you get bored of that GTX460, you can sell it, or SLI it

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/314?vs=306

Thank Stulid.

Got a bit of a shock when I looked up the benchmark link :eek:

thought that 460 was better than the 570 until I realised that it was 2 x 460's in SLI.

Would the PSU I have spec'd handle 2 x 460's in SLI, I am not too sure that it would.

It is interesting to note that 2 x 460's in SLI would outperform the 570 though.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 14:14

That PSU is enough for a pair of those cards.

ukbilleh · 4 Sep 2011 at 16:18

how about
adding the maximus iv gene z motherboard and putting the whole lot in a smaller (cheaper) case. Motherboard is cheaper and case will probably be half the cost of that one. The fractal 1000 will accomodate large cards too and I think its sub £30 off here.