In need of a new build

PCDave

PCDave

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Hi OCUK,

I recently pre-ordered Windows 7 for a great price and now i have decided to upgrade my current system so i don't have to buy another license.

I was looking at spending no more than £400 but the lower the better.

All i need are 4 core parts.

Motherboard, CPU, Ram and CPU Cooler.

i have decided to keep my current Graphics Card (4850 1gb) and HDDs until i get more money available to upgrade them. Once I have the new system up and running of course the below parts will more than likely be sold.

I use my PC for a lot of gaming and this year will be playing Left 4 Dead 2, Fifa 10 and FM10.

I also use a lot of VMs on my machine as well as to aid my learning with servers.

What do you guys think?

I am looking to go DDR3 and i5 as i think it makes more sense than a Quad at this point.

I am a little unsure though if my 650 watt Enermax will be enough to handle the new system though so please let me know what you think?

I would like to keep the 650 due to money saving reasons but am willing to upgrade should this not work out.
 
the 650 will be fine, if anything the new system is likely to use slightly less power, unless you upgrade your gfx card later, but for a single card set up 650 will still be plenty
Yeah Id go for i5 750, gigabyte UD2 mobo, 8 gig of GSKill Ripjaw RAM (as youre using VMs)
 
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Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)
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Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £106.98
(£93.03) £106.98
(£93.03)
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Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C8) £101.99
(£88.69) £101.99
(£88.69)
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Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/775/1156/1366) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60) Sub Total : £363.44 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £55.94 Total : £428.88
Heres what i had in mind The UD2 is no good to me as i have two pci cards and my graphics card would overlap.
 
I agree, the 650 watt will be fine. I was a little short sighted when I built my system so would recommend if you do decide to upgrade the power supply in the future you look toward potential upgrades so you don't have to buy twice.
 
In that case, all looks good, not 100% sure on cooler, theres not many reviews about due to how new they are, but Id hazard a guess at it being pretty decent
 
Interesting post as I too am thinking of doing an upgrade from a Q6600 for Windows 7 and I too run VMs.

The motherboard mentioned, can you get a Noctua for it? I've got a Noctua at the moment.

Only difference for me is that I'm running my current kit in an Antec 300 case.
 
PCDave said:
You can Mikey just can't say where...
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Know what you mean and have already found it. Plus Noctua do a free upgrade if you show proof of purchase etc.

So that's one thing sorted, just need to decide what to do. May also hunt out a 2nd 9800GT for a SLI setup
 
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