Mid Range System £350 ?

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_Jimlad_

_Jimlad_

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Video card - (not for gaming, just good video playback)
Motherboard -
CPU - (i5 ? )
CPU cooler
Memory - 8GB
PSU - (nothing to grand as wont be gaming or overclocking)

- Already have SSD
- 1TB drive
- Case

would really appreciate some advise, would like to buy from OCUK
 
 
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sounds good buddy. As i always have shuttles i lose track with motherboards and so on, yeah i think the cheaper of the gcards will be fine, as it will only general pc use and video playback. so the stock cooler will do the job then?
 
To answer your question, yes stock cooler will be fine and Also yes the Motherboard is Micro ATX.

Here is probably a better spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £163.99
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £52.79
1 x Lepa W-Series 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
Total : £356.15 (includes shipping : £9.50).



I think it's worth having a GPU, if only for the HDMI output.

out of interest, what case will you be fitting this in?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £163.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £34.99
Total : £352.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



If you're ordering this weekend you can get this Kingston RAM for cheap.

H67 motherboard gives you USB 3.0 and SATA-6 if you ever need it, nice options to have even if you don't have any need for it right away.

Great PSU also that punches well above it's 430W tag, not that you'll need anything close with this build but will support a big graphics upgrade later if you fancy it. (GTX 460/HD 6850)

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-CX430-V2-Power-Supply-Review/1284/10
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £291.62
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 20.00% VAT : £60.22
Total : £361.34

slightly over budget and no graphic card(use the onboard for the time being, add one in the future).
 
if your happy to drop down to 4GB RAM (or spend £365) and use the intel onboard graphics then you can get an i5 2500k + Z68 motherboard in budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-M PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £37.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £19.99
1 x Asus Royal Knight CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM2+) £12.98
Total : £348.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).

8GB RAM upgrade takes this to £363.95
 
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Hmm second attempt - includes power this time - ahem

Micro board, only 4gb is needed for video playback and 8gb is a waste of resources - put it towards an optical drive or an i5 cpu

My understanding is that onboard gfx is pants in any case so includes a discrete card which will easily play back hi def vid and surf tinternet. Any card over and above this is a waste of resources IMO

It's cool and quiet - a bit like me :)

What do you think?

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