New I7 Build

w1lliam · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:56

I've been given permission for a new build. It will have to last 5 years, with minimal upgrades, ram, HDD and GPU. Have £500 budget. Less is better, not a penny more or the other half will literally kill me. I'm hoping she's joking but why take the risk

Not needed:
Ram - OCZ Platinum 4GB
Hard Drive - 2TB Samsung
Optical Drive - LG Bulray Writer
Monitor
Keyboard/Mouse - Logitech

These will be coming from my current PC
CPU Cooler - Antec 620
OS - Windows 7 64bit
GPU - XFX 6950 2GB

Looking at the 2600k for video editing and maybe some gaming.

Things needed:
CPU
Motherboard
PSU
Case
Something i may have missed?

Thank you.

EDIT

Current System:
Antec Basic 430w
Athlon X4 630
MSI E51 Motherboard
4gb Ram
500gb Samsung HD
LG DVD-Writer
Cooler Master Elite 430
XFX 6950 2gb
Antec Kuhler 620

eMachine ER1401 for browsing/basic work.

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:01

Are you in a rush to make this build at all?

RJC · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:04

Hi, just to double check is your ram DDR 3 and can run at 1.55v~

Done a quick spec below, bare in mind Ivy Bridge comes out in the next few weeks.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £249.95
(£208.29) £249.95
(£208.29)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £404.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.32
Total : £499.90

w1lliam · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:14

Ollie1132 said:
Are you in a rush to make this build at all?

Yes and no. I want to build as soon as possible or i'll be waiting forever.

RJC said:
Hi, just to double check is your ram DDR 3 and can run at 1.55v~

Yes, 1.50 - 1.60v.

Also have a CPU cooler.

TBH, i am big fan of Antec and their cooling products. With this in mind everything should have very good cooling options upgrade options.

EDIT: Reading Ivy Bridge Preview....

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:19

Well like RJC mentioned the Ivy Bridge is scheduled for release at the end of this month which will hopefully let us see a bit of a price drop in the SB processors which could save you some cash

w1lliam · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:55

Ollie1132 said:
Well like RJC mentioned the Ivy Bridge is scheduled for release at the end of this month which will hopefully let us see a bit of a price drop in the SB processors which could save you some cash

I dont think SB will likely drop in prices but become harder to find as suppliers get rid of stock.

Example, you cant find any 6 core AMD(Thuban) CPU's on places like OcUK or the I7 920. The stock seems to vanish but drops in prices never happened.

Looking at IvyBridge, nice! If the 3770k is priced around £270 i'll get that.

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 21:58

IB prices are rumoured the same as SB if SB doesn't drop its insanity. plus the z77 boards are lga1155 and intel can expect to still be making money off of SB.

w1lliam · 16 Apr 2012 at 22:23

Ollie1132 said:
IB prices are rumoured the same as SB if SB doesn't drop its insanity. plus the z77 boards are lga1155 and intel can expect to still be making money off of SB.

If that's the case, then i think IB CPU's would be 10 to 20% more expensive than SB CPU's. But they never sell older gen, when new kit comes out.

Either way i need a spec. Everything i need above bar the CPU.

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 22:30

RJC has given you a pretty good spec for your budget plus with you getting free postage you save money

. (fixed)

BriT · 16 Apr 2012 at 22:53

£70 postage?, daylight robbery lol

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 22:57

Lols I read the wrong line sue me

w1lliam · 17 Apr 2012 at 02:10

RJC said:
Hi, just to double check is your ram DDR 3 and can run at 1.55v~

Done a quick spec below, bare in mind Ivy Bridge comes out in the next few weeks.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £249.95
(£208.29) £249.95
(£208.29)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £404.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.32
Total : £499.90

Ive changed the case and the PSU, and removed the cooler.

I think i need a SSD, for the OS and core programs. But i dont know how i can fit it into the budget without sacrificing other components.

Ollie1132 · 17 Apr 2012 at 02:11

Just wondering do you really need the 2600k? you would save about £90~ on a 2500k instead.

w1lliam · 17 Apr 2012 at 02:53

Ollie1132 said:
Just wondering do you really need the 2600k? you would save about £90~ on a 2500k instead.

Going to be doing loads of video editing, so the more cores working the faster it'll be done. And large files.

Plus it needs to last me 5ish years.

Ollie1132 · 17 Apr 2012 at 02:55

Hmm well all I can suggest is waiting to see if SB does drop price wise. Else try to find some extra funds from somewhere for an SSD. Im taking it you already have a pretty decent HDD? Because if so you could just get one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-CS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=910

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

and put the OS/some programs that you need etc on them.

beejjacobs · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:01

w1lliam said:
Ive changed the case and the PSU, and removed the cooler.

I think i need a SSD, for the OS and core programs. But i dont know how i can fit it into the budget without sacrificing other components.

Go for this board instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261
It's what RJC specced and it's ATX (and slightly cheaper!)

What PSU do you have? You might not need a new one, then you could get an SSD

w1lliam · 17 Apr 2012 at 14:24

beejjacobs said:
Go for this board instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261
It's what RJC specced and it's ATX (and slightly cheaper!)

What PSU do you have? You might not need a new one, then you could get an SSD

MB wise i got it wrong, the one specced by RJC was the i wanted.

Antec basic 430w i think.