New build ~ £700.

Energize · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:15

I'm looking for a new gaming build for someone else around £700.

I was thinking of an i5 2500k system. Any advice on the mobo and gpu and coolers?

VoG · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:16

Energize said:
I'm looking for a new gaming build for someone else around £700.

I was thinking of an i5 2500k system. Any advice on the mobo and gpu and coolers?

what do you want for your money, as in is it just the cpu/mobo/ram/gpu your after?.

Energize · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:20

Sorry, full base unit, excluding optical drives.

VoG · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:41

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 ** B3 REVISION ** £104.99 inc VAT click me
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz OEM £161.99 inc VAT click me
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler £32.99 inc VAT click me
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3 1600MHz £29.99 inc VAT click me
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB £209.99 inc VAT click me
Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £31.99 inc VAT click me
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £49.99 inc VAT click me

that takes you to £633.92 inc vat & del. which leaves you £66 for a case, which i haven't chosen as my taste in cases is rather bland & boxy tbh.

VoG · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:47

oh & if they prefer an NVIDIA card, then just substitute an Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB £204.98 inc VAT click me which will leave you at £628.92 inc vat & del.

Jamiman · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:50

it would be advisbale to upgrade the HDD from above to a 1TB, which are like only £36. Much better imho. Also got a 32mb cache, as opposed to the 16mb on the other one.

B grade here: http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-085-SE (35.99)

Normal here: (£2 more) http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-243-SE (37.99)

Then for a case, whatever you like.

Inwin griffin is nice from a thermal perspective, although a little cramped. (You can see my sig for what i got in there, i got room for 3 more ODD's and 4 more HDD's, although i think gfx card blocks one of the HDD :S

If you aren't too fussed about looks, then don't spend too much on it.

Make sure it's got room for fans

Energize · 13 Mar 2011 at 23:54

What about GPU coolers? Im my experience the stock fan is very noisy and overclocking the gpu would be a nice bonus.

VoG · 14 Mar 2011 at 00:00

Energize said:
What about GPU coolers? Im my experience the stock fan is very noisy and overclocking the gpu would be a nice bonus.

the NV card i linked to comes with a quiet aftermarket cooler fitted as standard

Energize · 14 Mar 2011 at 00:03

Ah, well thanks for the spec, just have to find a case that fits everything in.

Energize · 14 Mar 2011 at 00:07

Oh any idea when the MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 is in stock?