New system needed

The1nonly1 · 6 Sep 2011 at 14:32

Really need to buy a new system, hopefully you guys can help me out. The components I need are; Case, Processor, Graphics card, Motherboard, RAM, Power supply and if their is enough a HDD aswell. My budget is £500 but can go up to £600.

Ive seen a lot of people mention the Intel i5 2500k as it is very overclockable as i intend yo use it for gaming, hopefully it will run BF3.

Thanks

The1nonly1 · 6 Sep 2011 at 15:03

thanks, ill have a look at swapping the ram and getting a 6870 instead

The1nonly1 · 6 Sep 2011 at 16:46

CreMafia said:
Like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.00
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
Total : £581.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Thanks, looks good

The1nonly1 · 6 Sep 2011 at 22:24

olivier renault said:
yup

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
Total : £580.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

1TB if it's within budget.

Thanks that looks fine, although i dont need the DVD drive and i may be able to pick it up from the store which will save me £12.50, Total : £568.41. If i want to overclock it, what cooler do you recomend, although at 3.30ghz i may not need to as i could use the turbo mode to 3.70ghz.

The1nonly1 · 7 Sep 2011 at 00:38

What is the difference between the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 and the OCUK ATI Radeon 6870 cards? The OCUK card is cheaper.

The1nonly1 · 7 Sep 2011 at 10:38

mp260767 said:
usually warrenty, sometimes better coolers on the none ocuk stuff, but aside from that next to nothing performance wise.

cooler wise have a look at the Gelid Tranquillo seems to be well liked at the moment.

Thanks, I might get the ocuk version as its cheaper now as the weekly offer has finished and I'll have a look at that cooler