My friend needs HELP!

remtard

remtard

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Hey,
I have a friend here in college wanting to buy a new rig.
He wants to be able to render videos relatively quickly (using after effects), play high end games and also the boring college work ;D

He has roughly £800 to spend. So if anyone has a moment to drop in any advice, it will be appreciated :D

Cheeeeers x
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
(£191.66) £229.99
(£191.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £61.26
(£51.05) £61.26
(£51.05)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £660.30
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 : £134.16
Total : £804.96

Edit: Changed the case

kd
 
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Woah, thanks mate :D

I'll have a look into the components that you have listed and talk to my friend :D

Thanks again <3
 
Above build looks good, but Id swap the gfx for the Asus version, £15 cheaper, and then use that £15 to get the XFX Pro Core 650W which would then leave the system able to handle a 2nd 6950 if your friend decided to add another one in a few years
 
The Motherboard will support crossfire, but if he wanted to seriously consider that as a future option he may want to look into a more powerful PSU... Just a heads up :)

EDIT:
Actually, reading up, what 95th said xD

I rushed through the graphics cards, but the Asus is just as good, and yeah the PSU he's suggested would be better :)


kd
 
ahh sweet :D

I've heard some news about sandybridge equipment being recalled :/
is this legit or not?
remtard
 
remtard said:
ahh sweet :D

I've heard some news about sandybridge equipment being recalled :/
is this legit or not?
remtard
Click to expand...

Basically the Motherboard may well be offered up for recall in a couple of months, they're having issues with some of the Sata ports, it's a slight inconvenience, but SB is still the way to go atm...

kd
 
Havent seen what MSIs recall procdure is, you can check it out, theyre all commonly advertised, if its looking like itll be too much hassle, Asus offer 1st year advance replacement
 
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