New build of £450

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:07

Hey people my brother is after an upgrade and mainly uses his pc for gaming and video editing. He's already got a copy of Win 7, a case (Antec 300) and an optical drive.

Here's my build for him:

YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
Total : £427.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

So what do you think?

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:17

with £450 to spend you really want to think about getting an i5 2500k, or at least an i5 2300 in there:

YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £39.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
Total : £453.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

its a touch over budget, but that CPU will be faster than the phenom whatever clock you put it at

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:23

Would that power supply be good enough though?

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:42

Dudderz123456 said:
Would that power supply be good enough though?

Not really, its also only got a single PCI-E connector.

The GTX470 isnt a good choice either.

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:46

stulid said:
Not really, its also only got a single PCI-E connector.

The GTX470 isnt a good choice either.

seemed like a good choice at £150. not something id normally recommend but at that price i was wondering why not

thanks for pointing out the PSU though. i originally had something better in there but cut it down to get the build in budget

*edit*
now i remember why i havent recommended it before, its very power hungry
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/311?vs=313

i was thinking it cant use much more than a 460, but i was wrong

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:49

I had a Zotac GTX470.

The emphasis is on "had", hot/noisy/power hungry etc.

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:50

stulid said:
I had a Zotac GTX470.

The emphasis is on "had"

ah... rethink time

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:56

GTX560

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:03

cant get the 560Ti in the budget no matter how hard i try, but the standard 560 fits in budget just fine:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £44.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £22.99
Total : £450.43 (includes shipping : £11.25).

went for the slower memory because the motherboard only supports up to 1133Mhz with no chance of overclocking

Jony27 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:04

hd5850 anyone?

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:06

Reaper 392 said:
cant get the 560Ti in the budget no matter how hard i try, but the standard 560 fits in budget just fine:

The charts from this page onwards - http://www.guru3d.com/article/ecs-geforce-gtx-560-review/12

The GTX560 does very well against a GTX470

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 17:29

So people recommend the 560 then?
Is the OCZ ModXStream Pro any good?

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 18:00

Dudderz123456 said:
So people recommend the 560 then?
Is the OCZ ModXStream Pro any good?

I had that same GTX470 last year for about 7 days before sending it back, its so stupidily loud it was unreal.

The Bequiet is a better choice of PSU in this instance as it has a good range of connectors.

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 19:08

Right so I've made some changes and gone with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £39.98
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £22.99
Total : £463.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

What do you think?

Elliot.93 · 23 Jul 2011 at 19:12

You can get a radeon hd 6870 for like £135

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 19:13

Elliot.93 said:
You can get a radeon hd 6870 for like £135

Not at OCUK you cant, and linking/suggesting at competitors or their prices isnt allowed, then there could be the issue of having to pay two lots of delivery charges.

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 20:19

So is my build good to go then?

stulid · 23 Jul 2011 at 20:47

Yes.

But change the ram to Corsair XMS3 1600mhz.

Dudderz123456 · 23 Jul 2011 at 21:04

Ok then once my brother has the money he will be ordering this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
Total : £467.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Cheers for the help guys

Dudderz123456 · 24 Jul 2011 at 13:16

Right I've spoke to my brother and he's decided on these parts. He looked on nvidia and compared the 560 and 470 and really wants the 470.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
Total : £478.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

So is this ok then for his build?