New Build

Garee · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:39

I am looking to purchase a new build which will mainly be used for gaming and programming. Any suggestions would be more than welcome.

I already own Windows 7, two 1920x1080 monitors, keyboard and mouse.

Budget £700:

I am looking for

Code:

CPU
Cooler
Motherboard
RAM ( I already have 4GB of DDR3 in another PC that I could possibly use )
GPU
Case
HD ( Possibly SSD also if that fits in the budget )

I am aware the new ATI cards will be available soon and should most likely wait for them before purchasing a new card. Also, is it worth waiting for the sandy bridge chips?

Any help is much appreciated, thanks.

stulid · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:42

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £582.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £103.80
Total : £696.93

stulid · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £123.36
(£104.99) £123.36
(£104.99)
Foxconn Quantum Force Flaming Blade GTI Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £119.99
(£102.12) £119.99
(£102.12)
Patriot Viper 2 Sector 7 6GB (3x2GB) PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Kit £93.99
(£79.99) £93.99
(£79.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £577.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £102.85
Total : £690.56

zombiegenesis · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:54

What about a power supply?

stulid · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:54

zombiegenesis said:
What about a power supply?

Such as the 500w supplied with the case?

zombiegenesis · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:54

stulid said:
Such as the 500w supplied with the case?

Oh, my mistake

DragonQ · 3 Dec 2010 at 21:08

i7 9xx isn't a good idea cos it means he can't re-use his RAM. What about this?:

stulid · 3 Dec 2010 at 21:22

looks like you have copied my first spec.

95thrifles · 3 Dec 2010 at 22:28

stulid said:
looks like you have copied my first spec.

You included RAM which he dont need, Dragons gone OTT on cooler imo

Another slight variant, still very similar to your first build Stulid

OcUK ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.99
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £69.99
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA £12.91
Sub Total : £587.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £104.73
Total : £703.19

Uses a better mobo and PSU (you can get that case with or without PSU - gone for without) to give you the option of maybe adding a 2nd gfx card down the line, add in your 4 gig DDR3, only thing missing is a cooler and main HDD (just realised now bout the HDD, that was a bit of an oversight, if you can go over by £30 add the 500 gig Seagate on TWO or the ever venerable Samsung F3)

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