Need help building a system

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Smoogels

Smoogels

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Hey there.

I need a cheap budjet computer but of course, the best performence possible in my price range. I need a new computer for my IT colleage course and building a computer would expand my knowlage. I will need the computer to write a lot of documents, program, web design etc but I also use it a lot for leasiure activitys, such as games like WoW (BF3 to, but if the PC can't run it, no problem)

I am spending about £450 (£500 absolute max).

I figured because of the low budjet I should get a AMD CPU 'bang for buck'. I am very happy to go down this route as I am a AMD fan anyways.

So a quick run down:
-It would be great if it could last for years to come

-Decent with heavy multitasking as I do design a lot of websites, code a lot of things, music etc all in the background

-Capable of some sort of gaming (the older games would be fine, I don't expect to run BF3)

-Reliable. As a student, after this build - I will be broke :( I don't want to be forking out if it fails quickly.

I also already have mointer, speakers etc but also a 1TB Hard drive from my current computer.

Thank you all in advance for your help. Much appreciated.:D
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Will a operating system be needed or will you get this through your college.
 
Nice, done a build below, went with Intel as the motherboard will offer a upgrade to Ivy Bridge if needed at a later date.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £114.95
(£95.79) £114.95
(£95.79)
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
(£83.29) £99.95
(£83.29)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
(£49.16) £58.99
(£49.16)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £406.52
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 : £83.40
Total : £500.42
 
 
Thank you both for your builds. They look pretty soild and I am considering something between the two. Is intel really the way to go? I assumed for a budjet build the AMD CPU's where a pretty decent choice.

Currently I'm sitting here with a old i5 (I think 950 @ 2.6GHz) and its rather old now. It's been giving me problems so I have decided to just build a brand new system. Would these i3s compete to the current one I have (if it did not have problems of course ^^) or be better?
 
nah dont go for AMD. intel are faster, run cooler. the i3 as the same performace as the fx-4 and with the z77 allows for furture upgrade to a ivy cpu. what u could do is overclock the i5 u already have. (if it can be overclocked, someone else will confirm it hopefully)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £530.80 (includes shipping : £19.10).



I know its over your max bubget, but for the extra £30. it will more than meet your needs. As you already have an OS and hdd you can use, it makes sense. An SSD and cooler to OC, can be got at a later date.
 
Warecast said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-062-AC
£95
and there is a review

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=21067836#post21067836
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x OcUK Value Stereo Headset Stereo With Microphone MT3549 £11.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Gigabyte 'Ghost' Mouse Pad £7.99
1 x OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
Total : £137.65 (includes shipping : £9.75).


will buy the keyboard, then head phones then mouse mat then monitor, also the monitor has built in speakers??
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think u posted in the wrong thread hehe
 
I may seem a little tight but I don't think I can afford the extra £30 :( I really am on the lmited budjet of £500 max (with exeption of a few pounds, of course) Idleman your build looks very nice though. I may save up a little more to perhaps get something simular. But I would rather it be below ~£500.

Oh and has the AMD 'bang for buck' famous phrase now gone down hill? Is that not the case anymore?
 
 
I am certainly considering the second build. I would upgrade the GPU every year / few months, if I have the money and/or if it gets out dated.

I have one question though, is that case tool less? I love the formal design of it, but I would love it even more if its tool less (I did look about, but couldent find anything about it)

Thanks :)
 
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