Mobo,PSU,Case + Ram

MarkLP

MarkLP

MarkLP

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Hi Guys,

I have a Dell XPS 710 which is playing up, tried changing Mobo and PSU to no avail so I've given up on that idea and plan to use parts from it to build another PC.

I have the following components -

2 x NVIDIA P455 GeForce 7900 GS 256MB - with the link for the two cards
1 x DELL Ageia PhysX PCI Accelerator XPS (Not sure whether this is needed in a new PC)
1 x Creative Labs Soundcard
1 x XPS700 CORE 2 DUO PROCESSOR E6 (Not sure exact chip?)


So I would need the following components -

Motherboard suitable for above
CPU Cooler
Ram
Case
SSD
PSU


Not looking to spend mega money on this really, but ideally make it usable for Siemens NX and football manager.

Thanks,
Mark
 
Searching on the site, it doesn't seem OC sell Socket 775 motherboards anymore, and unsure how good the 2 x 7900GS would be compared to one newer card.

Could be cheaper just to buy all new components I guess.
 
MarkLP said:
Searching on the site, it doesn't seem OC sell Socket 775 motherboards anymore, and unsure how good the 2 x 7900GS would be compared to one newer card.

Could be cheaper just to buy all new components I guess.
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What's your max budget? The cards won't be very good. Best to go for a new PC. What games do you play?
 
I will be running Siemens NX, Football Manager and I'd like the ability to play other games not necessarily on high settings but so longs they can run.

Budget wise I'm not sure really, was looking around the £300-£400 for the parts I needed to makeup a PC using the components I had.
 
This is a great option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Blue £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £420.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Its a good CPU and the graphics card is really good for the price. One of my friends recently got it and it was running BF4 on high settings at about 40-45FPS!!!
 
William-Mathew said:
This is a great option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Blue £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £420.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Its a good CPU and the graphics card is really good for the price. One of my friends recently got it and it was running BF4 on high settings at about 40-45FPS!!!
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^ this
 
alternative build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £85.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
1 x Zalman T1U3 Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.59
Total : £419.93 (includes shipping : £11.25).



just slightly above budget by £20ish.
in return you get a i3 with hyperthreading + amd radeon 265
yes, the processor is not overclockable, but it'll be more than sufficient for your use
also specced a hybrid sshd which will give a boost to general system snappiness compared to a bog standard hdd
all in a micro atx case

Ps: processor and sshd out of stock, give ocuk a mail/call to find out when they're back in stock (shouldnt be too long)
pps: you get free shipping so it's actually < £10 over budget ;p
 
Thanks for another option there! Will the 300w PSU be man enough for the Graphics card etc?

HDD wise I'd like to go for an SSD for main drive, so reading up I think the MX100 should be the one to go for? I've got spare 2TB hard drives here I can use for games/storage. Also I don't need a DVD/CD Drive.

Forgot to say I'd like this to be a quiet PC as it'll be in a bedroom so on the above spec I imagine it would advisable to change the 120mm fan to something like

Antec TrueQuiet 120 120mm Case Fan
Aerocool Dark Force Fan - Black - 120mm
Silverstone 120mm Fan AP122 1200RPM Air Penetrator


One last thing, would I gain much by spending another £100, so upto around £500? I haven't kept up with PC technology at all really, the last 'gaming' PC I had was a AMD Athlon XP 2800+!

Thanks
 
MarkLP said:
Thanks for another option there! Will the 300w PSU be man enough for the Graphics card etc?
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the 300w psu will be enough to run this spec

MarkLP said:
HDD wise I'd like to go for an SSD for main drive, so reading up I think the MX100 should be the one to go for? I've got spare 2TB hard drives here I can use for games/storage. Also I don't need a DVD/CD Drive.
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yes the crucial mx100 256gb ssd would be the best bang for buck ssd

MarkLP said:
Forgot to say I'd like this to be a quiet PC as it'll be in a bedroom so on the above spec I imagine it would advisable to change the 120mm fan to something like
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the corsair af series would be better

MarkLP said:
One last thing, would I gain much by spending another £100, so upto around £500? I haven't kept up with PC technology at all really, the last 'gaming' PC I had was a AMD Athlon XP 2800+!
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yes £500 quid will be even better
 
The Amazon PSU's aren't great, fairly cheap internals and look naff tbh - can get better units for a few £ more
 
tamzzy said:
alternative build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £85.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
1 x Zalman T1U3 Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.59
Total : £419.93 (includes shipping : £11.25).



just slightly above budget by £20ish.
in return you get a i3 with hyperthreading + amd radeon 265
yes, the processor is not overclockable, but it'll be more than sufficient for your use
also specced a hybrid sshd which will give a boost to general system snappiness compared to a bog standard hdd
all in a micro atx case

Ps: processor and sshd out of stock, give ocuk a mail/call to find out when they're back in stock (shouldnt be too long)
pps: you get free shipping so it's actually < £10 over budget ;p
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Also forgot to point out that the 2400Mhz RAM won't be supported by the H81 chipset, so better to get 1600Mhz RAM with a tighter latency.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold Window £33.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £13.99
Total : £517.84 (includes shipping : ).





Upped to an i5 (quad core), R9 270, 2400Mhz RAM with a mobo which is capable of taking it, great quiet PSU
 
Shivy011 said:
Also forgot to point out that the 2400Mhz RAM won't be supported by the H81 chipset, so better to get 1600Mhz RAM with a tighter latency.
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sure, find me a 1600mhz set that is cheaper than the 2400 c11 that was specced ;p it's not as if you can't run the 2400 c11 at 1600 c9 or even c8 lol
 
Thanks for another spec, I'm trying to figure one out from the options given. How do I post it up like you guys have?
 
Thanks, looking at all the specs above, I've kind of worked them together to get the following 2 options. Please let me know if any of the components won't be suitable with eachother.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £145.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £11.99
Total : £535.87 (includes shipping : ).



But the RAM is currently out of stock

or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £11.99
Total : £511.82 (includes shipping : ).




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Or this one under £500

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Silverstone 120mm Fan AP122 1200RPM Air Penetrator £4.99
Total : £492.83 (includes shipping : ).

 
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The first one will be best though spend the extra few quid and get the 256gb MX100 SSD. 128 isn't really enough.
 
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