Need New Machine Advice...

Another, slightly more costly, but much faster and better for future upgrades option :p

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £381.10
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home Address with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.22
Total : £457.32

Could be wrong, but iirc the Intel HD3000 is better than the AMD HD4250 (sure Stulid will tell me if I'm remembering wrong :p)

EDIT: Not only massive overkill, but probs better than your PC! :eek:
 
Cookeh said:
Another, slightly more costly, but much faster and better for future upgrades option :p

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £381.10
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home Address with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.22
Total : £457.32

Could be wrong, but iirc the Intel HD3000 is better than the AMD HD4250 (sure Stulid will tell me if I'm remembering wrong :p)

EDIT: Not only massive overkill, but probs better than your PC! :eek:
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I think you have massively missed some post in this thread:D

.Kencs said:
What is the CHEAPEST I can do a full system for for him?
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Yeah, hence the edit :p

Cheap? (Will do all he wants, but it's by no means brilliant with DDR2 and some pretty awful onboard)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
1 x Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £26.99
1 x Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £277.32 (includes shipping : FREE).
 
stulid said:
The 880G is the same speed onboard GPU as a cheaper 785G etc motherboard GPU.

it just costs more.
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all cheaper 700 series have HD 3000 graphics
cheapest 785G has HD 4200 graphics and is £58
gigabyte 880G has HD 4200 graphics and is £55
asus 880G has HD 4250 graphics and is £59

doesnt seem like much of a saving to me, and by the looks of things has worse onboard graphics. however, how much worse i dont know
 
Reaper 392 said:
all cheaper 700 series have HD 3000 graphics
cheapest 785G has HD 4200 graphics and is £58
gigabyte 880G has HD 4200 graphics and is £55
asus 880G has HD 4250 graphics and is £59

doesnt seem like much of a saving to me, and by the looks of things has worse onboard graphics. however, how much worse i dont know
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I said etc, a 760G motherboard such as a Asus M4A78LT-M is cheaper.

The reviews I seen a while ago showed no benefits.

theres a difference in UVD version from 1.0 to 2.0 to help with better video editing, but the other differences dont add zilch in performance.
 
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stulid said:
I said etc, a 760G motherboard such as a Asus M4A78LT-M is cheaper.

The reviews I seen a while ago showed no benefits.
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any difference between the HD 3000 and HD 4250 graphics? only reason i've ignored the other motherboards is because im assuming the HD3000 is a lot worse
 
Cookeh said:
Yeah, hence the edit :p

Cheap? (Will do all he wants, but it's by no means brilliant with DDR2 and some pretty awful onboard)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
1 x Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £26.99
1 x Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £277.32 (includes shipping : FREE).
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PERFECT :D

When he gets older he can start saving his pocket money if you chooses to upgrade his machine :D
He can have my old monitor so I can buy 2 new 1s for my system :D
 
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.Kencs said:
He is 7, I really doubt he will mind, he will only be accessing things like games on BBC website etc so doesnt need to be super-quick or owt
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Have you thought about going with an Acer REVO? Can be had for just under £200+ OS and should be powerful enough, then when he out grows it you've got a new HTPC =]
 
Looks like I have to pull a rabbit out the hat:)

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
"Primo Elevation" AMD DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket AM2+/AM3) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £209.45
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £45.14
Total : £270.84

£251.34 with free shipping
 
This is my current basket then:

LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black
LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Sub Total : £381.08
Shipping : £25.45
VAT : £81.31
Total : £487.84

The 2 monitors are for me and the rest is to build my son's PC as he can have my 17" monitor and i got keyboards and mouse etc in garage to use.

Think this would be good...
 
i done a cheaper DDR3 based build above.

add two monitors,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £89.99
(£74.99) £179.98
(£149.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
"Primo Elevation" AMD DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket AM2+/AM3) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £359.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £25.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.91
Total : £461.44

£431 with free delivery
 
Current:

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2 microATX Motherboard
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Possible things to change:

Microsoft Windows XP?
160GB HDD?
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Guess this doesnt matter
1GB RAM?
Just a normal CD Drive

May be cheaper and like I said before he can always upgrade / buy his own when he wants something better.
My 3 year old will want to use it so maybe can be his when my 7 year old gets older and wants to get a better 1?
 
You said you wanted it as cheap as possible, so why you are dismissing it I dont understand? same CPU/HDD, saves having to buy DDR3 ram in the future too.
 
stulid said:
i done a cheaper DDR3 based build above.

add two monitors,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £89.99
(£74.99) £179.98
(£149.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
"Primo Elevation" AMD DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket AM2+/AM3) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £359.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £25.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £76.91
Total : £461.44

£431 with free delivery
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So this would be my best bet yeah?
How did you get free delivery as I couldnt get that when I went to view my basket :s
 
.Kencs said:
So this would be my best bet yeah?
How did you get free delivery as I couldnt get that when I went to view my basket :s
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You need to link your shop account too you forum account, then when you goto checkout the option is there.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&posted=1&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner


This is the motherboard include with the barebones system - http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4N68TM_LE/ - it has a VGA output for the geforce graphics.
 
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