New plug and play.

Peterpoose · 31 Jan 2011 at 16:35

Hi everyone, I'm after another plug and play pc from OC.

My budget for this PC is £1000.00 to include a small SSD, good monitor, mouse and keyboard.

I would be using this PC mainly for MMORPG's including World of Warcraft and the new Star Wars of the Old Republic MMO, plus some basic business stuff like quotes and invoices etc.

Should I go with the new sandybridge setup? Don't really understand the onboard graphics thing. Also I don't mind splashing out **** more on a graphics card as I would like the PC to last some years.

Obviously if you can get the budget down from £1000.00 with a decent monitor that will do for my purposes and last awhile I'm open to any suggestions as I realise for the games that will be used on it arnt very demanding.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Peterpoose · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:05

RJC · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:17

Bit over, but the gpu can be dropped a notch, also do you require a OS System.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
KFA2 GeForce GTX 560Ti EX OC Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £204.98
(£170.82) £204.98
(£170.82)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £182.39
(£151.99) £182.39
(£151.99)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £863.99
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £175.55
Total : £1,053.29

Peterpoose · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:25

Hi thanks for your input, looks good. My only question is after reading on these forums and the web, that there is some kind of fault with the new Intel sandybridge?

Is it ok to still go for the latest over old chips ?

Many thanks.

RJC · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:30

I would hold on for a few days and see what any updates bring.

Some info from Gibbo:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18357945&postcount=85

From this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18236417&page=3

stevewah · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:30

sandybridge is cool i've had no prob's

anuraj · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:31

Wait a while my friend intel will get it fixed soon hopefully in a few days.

Peterpoose · 31 Jan 2011 at 20:48

Yes I'm sure they will, any specific link to keep my eye on that's in lamens terms for pc dummy hehe.

Thanks for the time you have taken to respond to me.

Peterpoose · 31 Jan 2011 at 21:38

Ah nvm thanks for links, on my phone atm zoomed in didn't see your links.

Cookeh · 31 Jan 2011 at 21:41

RJCs spec looks very good.

Money could be saved by getting a HD5870 - performs identically, if not a bit better to the 560Ti, and can be CFd for performance boost later on!

However, as above, hold off until Intel fixes this hiccup.