My First Build

jaibird

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Hi all, after months of nagging, my other half has given me the go ahead to buy a new computer... or in this case build my first .. this will be my first build and have a budget of £600.. (I was able to sell this to her as good price for a PC - based on the price of my old Dell 8400 P4; ATI XT800 3GB ram 3.2Ghz HT) which cost £1000+ way back then !)

After reading through a lot of forums and trying to increase my knowledge of Parts and components etc. I must admit, the various choices are confusing the hell out of me so i thought if in doubt - ASK!

i currently use my PC as a media centre playing BluRay, Streaming media around the house and also for Video Editing and Work.. I dont use the PC for Gaming.. (I leave that to the xbox)..

So, I'm basically trying to build a high performance (quiet as possible) PC with the ability of HD playback multi tasking..and power to video edit etc..

So Far i have put together the following components..

  • Intel Core i5 650 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) £145.99
  • Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
  • Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £59.99
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5570 1024MB GDDR3 £57.98
  • Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW £47.99
  • OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz £39.98
  • Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache -) £38.98
  • OCUK Swift 750W Silent Power Supply £35.99
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card £35.99
  • Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
  • OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
  • TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99
which Totals £611.83..

would anyone be able to advise on any alterations you would make to the above..
- even if you would choose completely different components... additions/revisions.. etc..

thanking you all in advance,..
looking forward to my first build!

Cheers
Jason
 
Hi,thanks for the reply.. that was one of my original choices, however that pushed my budget limit.. (i guess i could by the parts over 2 months - buy a better board & processor..), but I think the misses will have few word to say! :)
 
AMD might be your best shot with that budget, get a motherboard which will support BD so that you can upgrade the cpu in the future (second version of BD's will go out next year Q1 according to speculation). All this plus a good GPU and PSU, and you are set.

Something like a phenom x4, a 6950, this kind of things , someone will post a good build soon.
 
my first componenet listing which hits around £800 included the following:

Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £185.99
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99

would that be a good spec PC ????, with the above components.. :)
 
jaibird said:
my first componenet listing which hits around £800 included the following:

Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £185.99
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99

would that be a good spec PC ????, with the above components.. :)
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I would definetly change some things,

Firstly are you going to overclock? If yes keep the mobo and go for the 2500k. If not you will save a few ££, go for the 2500 and the H67 Mobo. For that price of card go for the 480GTX, a really great card, specially with the coolers on the special versions, it's 570/580GTX performance for budget.

So all in all something along the lines of;
P67 Mobo
2500k
480GTX
Good brand PSU (maybe the ones back in stock in the deal section, or a corsair, antec, etc)
 
You can't overclock the 2400, it's not a K variant? :confused:

The i5 650 is only a dual core CPU - not much use for video-editing.

Skimping on a PSU is NEVER a good idea, they can never put out the power the state and oftne have cheap components (like capacitors) which means they're unstable and prone to rippling. Should be go 'bang' it's likely they would proceed to take out the rest of your PC due to a lack of saftey features.

Sound cards really aren't needed unless you're an audiophile :)

Here's a system featuring the much faster SB i5 2400; 8GB of RAM; better graphics card; PSU that won't blow up :p; and a smarter looking case (if you don't like it,fell free to change back to the 912 Plus - it's a good case, I just don't ike the aesthetics, especially not as a media PC :))

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99
(£4.99) £5.99
(£4.99)
Sub Total : £491.56
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.41
Total : £602.47
 
Cookeh said:
You can't overclock the 2400, it's not a K variant? :confused:

The i5 650 is only a dual core CPU - not much use for video-editing.

Skimping on a PSU is NEVER a good idea, they can never put out the power the state and oftne have cheap components (like capacitors) which means they're unstable and prone to rippling. Should be go 'bang' it's likely they would proceed to take out the rest of your PC due to a lack of saftey features.

Sound cards really aren't needed unless you're an audiophile :)

Here's a system featuring the much faster SB i5 2400; 8GB of RAM; better graphics card; PSU that won't blow up :p; and a smarter looking case (if you don't like it,fell free to change back to the 912 Plus - it's a good case, I just don't ike the aesthetics, especially not as a media PC :))

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99
(£4.99) £5.99
(£4.99)
Sub Total : £491.56
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.41
Total : £602.47
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I think budget changed to £800, might aswell go 2500 and a better GPU, 480GTX or something.
 
He doesn't game, no point in a high end graphics at all.

I'd consider changing to a 2500 as pv123 pointed out, add an aftermarket cooler to keep noise down and add a 64GB SSD if indeed you have an £800 budget now - did I miss that? xD
 
Cookeh said:
He doesn't game, no point in a high end graphics at all.

I'd consider changing to a 2500 as pv123 pointed out, add an aftermarket cooler to keep noise down and add a 64GB SSD if indeed you have an £800 budget now - did I miss that? xD
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Didn't see that he dosen't game, save loads of ££ in GPU then. With that said might aswell get a SSD like you said and the cooler, good stuff.
 
Couldnt walk away until i have this sorted,. so after review the above: (i'll push for £800 - future proofing and all that ;) + it will only mean I have to spread the cost of the build over two months...
the final build could be as follows.:

Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor -£169.99
Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (SB) £185.99
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 199.00
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHzDual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII £47.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99

TOTAL £837.89

whats a couple hundred £'s between friends:p
 
jaibird said:
Couldnt walk away until i have this sorted,. so after review the above: (i'll push for £800 - future proofing and all that ;) + it will only mean I have to spread the cost of the build over two months...
the final build could be as follows.:

Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor -£169.99
Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (SB) £185.99
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 199.00
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHzDual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII £47.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99

TOTAL £837.89

whats a couple hundred £'s between friends:p
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One change;

you have 2 options,

Your going to OC? Get I5-2500K + the P67 board
Not going to OC? Get the I5-2500 + the H67 board

If you want to knock off £200 from that build don't get the GPU, get the 2500+the H67 board and you will have an onboard graphics card capable of HD and you can always add a dedicated GPU later.
 
ok i'll go for the I5-2500K + the P67 board, and forget the GPU as you said i can always upgrade in the future... and i'll throw in a n SDD
Final BUILD:

Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £185.99
£185.99
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
£169.99
Corsair Force 40GB F40 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F40GB2-BRKT) £81.98
£81.98
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £47.99
£47.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
£43.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £39.98
£39.98
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD105SI) £38.98
£38.98
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
£35.99
OCUK Swift 750W Silent Power Supply £35.99
£35.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.99
£19.99
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
£12.98
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99
£5.99

Sub Total : £599.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £122.07
Total : £732.44
 
Sorry updated to 2500K:

Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £185.99
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
Corsair Force 40GB F40 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F40GB2-BRKT) £81.98
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM £47.99
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £39.98
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD105SI) £38.98
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
OCUK Swift 750W Silent Power Supply £35.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.99
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
TP-Link Gigabit PCI Network Adapter (TG-3269) £5.99

Shipping : £10.50
VAT : £122.74
Total : £736.44
 
Haha,

Don't know if you didn't read my post properly or if I didn't write it to your understanding;

i5-2500 + h67 has a dedicated GPU
i5-2500k + p67 you need a GPU.
 
 
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