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dep2k · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:17

Im looking to build a new pc mainly for gaming. from what i understand amd cpu's are not as good as the sandybridge. Ive got a budget of £550

I have got or been given the following
Coolermaster 690 II Lite
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Sony AD-5260S-0B 24x DVD-SM Internal SATA
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB x2 (going to raid-0 them)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express
Windows 7 64bit retail

Ive gone a little over my budget just need feedback if the specs are any good

Intel CPU Core i5 2500K OEM - £156.18
MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) Intel P67 - £104
XFX HD 6870 Black Edition ATI - £131.62
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black LP, PC3-12800 - £40.08
BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler - £40.78
BenQ G2222HDL 22 inch LED Widescreen LCD Monitor - £105.99

total £578.61

sk82jack · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:28

Change the RAM to some low-profile stuff like Corsair XMS3 and your good to go.

95thrifles · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:30

Hi and welcome to the forums

No need to spend so much on the cooler IMO, RAM can be had cheaper too, beware of shoppng round as you usually end up having to pay multiple P&P costs, best to get form one place (OcUK)

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC HAWK 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Lara Croft Game £148.98
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £111.98
Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
Total : £550.92

stulid · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:32

I say keep the original spec and change that RAM.

J-FRO · 20 Jun 2011 at 16:34

Only thing I'd say is you could go for the GD65 with the Hyper 212+ cooler for £140 and have a more future proof board for round about the same money....

EDIT:

I take that back actually, the GD53 is virtually the same as the GD65, both offer two x16 PCI-e ports and will run at x8 x8 if you go crossfire/sli. Sorry.

got confused with the C45 I think

dep2k · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:05

sk82jack said:
Change the RAM to some low-profile stuff like Corsair XMS3 and your good to go.

i looked at that and the Corsair Vengeance Jet Black LP is the new low profile version

sk82jack · 20 Jun 2011 at 17:25

dep2k said:
i looked at that and the Corsair Vengeance Jet Black LP is the new low profile version

Oh didn't realise, XMS3 is cheaper though isn't it