Need help with emergency build £600

xsistor

xsistor

xsistor

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My laptop broke down so I need a computer super quick. :/ I heard the GTX 460 had some quality control issues so there are some faulty parts out there. Should I be worried? I really need this system ASAP for university work. I can't afford downtime at this point :/

Also please recommend a better mainboard if I want to go SLI with dual GTX 460s later. If a cheap SLI mainboard can't be bought I may just have to upgrade my mainboard when i am upgrading to SLI.

Thanks!!!


Parts List:
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£110.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-AS

Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156)
£82.24
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-312-IN

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
£63.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC

Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard
£61.69
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-233-GI
Please suggest a different board if I can get SLI support cheap

Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
£56.39
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
£51.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-342-WD

Coolermaster RC-600 Gladiator Case - Black [RC-600]
£50.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-178-CM

Logitech UltraX Premium Keyboard - OEM (920-000189) [920-000189]
£12.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-106-LG

LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA
£11.74
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-097-LO


Total with shipping: £517.68


BenQ G2220HD 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080 300cd/m2 40000:1 (dynamic) 5ms 16:9 VGA/DVI Glossy Black
£97.99
http://www.******.com/product/158568
I think this is the ideal monitor. There are some that are about £15 cheaper but at 1440x900 resolution and smaller screen.


GRAND TOTAL: £615.67 with delivery (£603.17 without )
 
How do you do? I do maths. So my uni work is research on fractal geometry, which means I have to load tonnes of huge fractal shapes on and off the hard disk. I also forgot to mention, I will be gaming during my time off from uni! That's why I picked the WD Black because hard drives are usually the slowest link. And I do have a separate 1.5 TB drive for my data storage needs. At any rate, I will consider your Samsung F3 suggestion. It does knock a bit off the total.

I'll swap out the PSU for the Antec one. (Heh, I actually thought the 700w one saying SLI certified was a sureshot-- go figure!)

The mainboard I picked says (Supports ATI CrossFire) -- do the new boards support SLI even if they don't mention it? Would I need a P55 board instead of H55 for 8x/8x SLI support? ... On another note, I heard somewhere that H55 is needed to make use of the on chip GPU on the i3 processor. Any truth to that? (I'm thinking of worst case scenarios where my GTX 460 fails out of the blue and I have to finish a report in a few days -- crappy on chip GPU would be better than nothing :/ )


Thanks for the input!
 
hi. I've swapped a few things out. I decided -- to hell with upgradability. I'm going to put this together as a throw away system. If I need something better in some time, I'll just build a new one. It's pretty tight sticking to my budget and also getting in upgradability. Here's my current build.

Asus GeForce GTX 460
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-AS

Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-312-IN

Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-233-GI

Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-342-WD

Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-CS

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-CM

Keyboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-106-LG

DVD Drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-097-LO

TOTAL: £480.69 with delivery

Monitor comes to another £100. So that's just under £600. I am planning to order late on the 26th. Please lemme know if there are any probs with my build. :) Thank you.
 
That makes sense. I went ahead and ordered the lot.
Thanks for al the help.
Now we play the waiting game...








Waiting game sucks :/ bored already.
 
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