New build, out of touch. Help!

gash2024 · 17 Dec 2010 at 17:03

I have a friend that has a £300 budget for a new build (surfing, gaming) and the job of assembling it has fallen to me. While i am looking forward to it i have to admit its been a while since i have done one, maybe 18 months :rolleyes:

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I really don't know what's getting the reviews these days so i will post what i feel would be good and then you can all have fun picking it to bits

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Sound card, G card (HIS 3870), Monitor, mouse + keyboard have already been sourced.

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - £32.99
Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz (Clarkdale) - £78.71
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 Intel H55 - £55.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz - £41.11
Cooler Master GX 650W Power Supply - £49.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - £29.99
Samsung SH-S223L 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM with LightScribe - £12.91
Is anyone still fitting a floppy for backup?

That's around £300, i wouldn't mind saving some money as he is going to need an operation system aswell, i was thinking windows 7 but i am not sure what its like with games that are a few years old aswell as recent releases.

gash2024 · 17 Dec 2010 at 22:46

bump

stulid · 17 Dec 2010 at 22:49

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £245.15
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £44.65
Total : £299.80

gash2024 · 17 Dec 2010 at 23:41

Thanks stulid, nice case and a bargain with the PSU fitted.
What are those AMD quad cores like, i haven't heard much about those.

Lemin · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:15

+ 1 for stulids but for only £10 more id get...

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) [HD103SJ]
This Week Only Offer
£39.99 inc VAT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

skylineboy · 18 Dec 2010 at 02:24

+1 to stulid's build.

Particularly the Corsair XMS3 over the OCZ gold ram.

gash2024 · 18 Dec 2010 at 14:27

thanks very much

EsaT · 18 Dec 2010 at 15:27

gash2024 said:
Cooler Master GX 650W Power Supply - £49.98

Mediocre design with Chinese crap capacitors
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/11/22/cooler_master_gx_650w_power_supply_review/9

gash2024 said:
Thanks stulid, nice case and a bargain with the PSU fitted.

There's reason why it's cheap: because it's best used as paper weight.

"Elite Power" bundle PSUs are overspecced cheap China capacitor low end junk designed for web browsing/word processing PC and counting their survival (not cooking up too fast) to being in bottom of the case.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/975
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Elite-Power-460-W-Power-Supply-Review/1005

95thrifles · 18 Dec 2010 at 16:39

Esat, why do you **** it off then link to a review which says it does well? Also that review is the 400W not 500W but I suppose we can assume they're not too different

Conclusions
Although with performance not comparable to more expensive models, Elite Power 400 W can really deliver its labeled wattage (in fact we could pull up to 420 W from it), provides an outstanding voltage regulation, it is very inexpensive and won’t damage your computer

scrlk · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:05

95thrifles said:
Esat, why do you **** it off then link to a review which says it does well? Also that review is the 400W not 500W but I suppose we can assume they're not too different

'But since it didn’t show efficiency above 80% all the times and noise and ripple levels were very high (touching the 120 mV limit on +12 V output when we pulled 400 W from it), we can’t recommend it.'

95thrifles · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:10

Yes but imo theyre talking about it as a stand alone PSU which you purchase seperately, it does not claim to have 80+ efficiency, and whilst the noise/ripple may be high theyre acceptable as they said if you read the full review, passed both these tests, so whilst you may not recomend someone to select this from a choice of similar psu's on the shelf, as it comes with the case at an effective cost of £25, you find me a better PSU for £25

jones2636 · 18 Dec 2010 at 17:56

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £75.19
(£63.99) £75.19
(£63.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £245.15
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £44.65
Total : £299.80

Yeah I would go with a +1 for this product info too. Seem to go with the OP bugdet nicely. Good scouting.