looking at this build?.

evilwood

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Hi going to build myself a pc (first time builder). I have decied on what i want but if theres better please let me know, heres what i got going on.

desktop:

Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black = 74.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply = 72.99

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard [GA-P55A-UD4] = 149.99

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) = 151.99

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C8 1600MHz Low Latency Triple Channel = 114.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM = 44.64

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive = 110

MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card = 179

LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black = 89.99

this comes to total of : £982

if you can see any better for the same price or tad over let me know,

any comments are welcome,

thxs,

sam. (first time builder).
 
The ram you chose isn't for that socket, it's meant for lga1366

I'd go with this lot:

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or if you can stretch a bit more:

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Hey there

Try this processor is on special today but this build may need checking over before :P



Regards Ryan

PS: This case is great for a first build because of the easy cable management.
just makes everything go a long a little smoother

And total is £999.62
 
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I'll just throw an AMD build in for comparison purposes.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £110.44
(£93.99) £110.44
(£93.99)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Sub Total : £714.07
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 17.50% VAT : £127.15
Total : £853.72


Gone with the assumption that you will be primarily gaming as most people do. However if I am wrong, then you could look at the hexcore AMD chips if you wish, not that the 955 (or 965 for that matter) are bad chips.
 
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you can drop the ssd for now as ive heard they are coming down on price soon.
id would go for the i5 build without ssd then up the gpu to a gtx470 and change the psu to the XFX 650w modular psu for £4 more

edit* the GX series psu are supposedly pants
 
Thxs for spec guys. I like the tower i had orginaly (Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black) does this effect the setup you guys suggested?.

Also i like nivida to ati so if theres better graphics card then i suggested thats not to much more then the one i specified that would be aswesome.

thxs, Sam
 
You'd be pushing it with SLI 470s at a later date with a 650W PSU. But I'd always say just get what you need now and if you ever SLI later upgrade the PSU then.
 
Jony27 said:
the amd and i5 spec cant do sli hence i picked the 650w
the i7 can do sli hence i picked the 750w
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Oh - thought the rigs were sort of 'everything else being equal' so thought you'd have an sli mobo in the i5 build like the UD4. Didn't look close enough:o
 
lol yeah for the amd and i5 build i just swapped the mobo and cpu then for i7 i swapped the psu,mobo,ram,cpu.
i only did this because i dont know his budget so i didnt use the method of "can you do better with this budget?" :D
 
thxs for all the input. i probelly go for i5 build. with i5 build can i upgrade it to the 6GB ram? patriot viper 6gb?.


Sam.
 
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But I'd always say just get what you need now and if you ever SLI later upgrade the PSU then.
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This doesn't make sense to me

Spending a little bit extra now will save you the cost of a whole PSU when you SLI ...

and why recommending XFX PSUs ??? I read the reviews and I wouldn't buy one
 
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