Newcomers First Build

castro23 · 20 Dec 2010 at 21:44

Hi i'm newcomer to overclockers

Need a new Pc mines getting old and struggles with the latest games and general use

This is my first Build from OC just want to see what you guys think (650 -700 £ budget) ..Pc will only be used for gaming purposes really

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.50GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 SUPER OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 - £211.49

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Black -£ 109.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply -£67.99

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard - £58.74

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) - £46.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) - £39.99

Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) - £35.99

Total £ 613.75 No vat (living Gibraltar and not adding Shipping cost)

(not included optical Drives as i already have which i can use same goes to keyboards mice etc etc )

what you guys think worth it?

thanks

cammy5477 · 20 Dec 2010 at 21:47

wait 2 weeks for sandy bridge mate

system specd looks good though

stulid · 20 Dec 2010 at 21:49

Hi there.

For a gaming pc a intel i5 quad core is faster than anything AMD have out, also the new Sandy bridge is due very soon.

This is a comparison of the two cpu's - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=186

So have come up with a better/faster build.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £217.99
(£185.52) £217.99
(£185.52)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Sub Total : £628.01
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 17.50% VAT : £112.09
Total : £752.60

The above setup is crossfire compatible, so adding a second 6950 is easy.

castro23 · 20 Dec 2010 at 22:11

Thanks Guys for your quick replies

I have heard a lot about sandy bridge ..how much will it cost?

Stulid thats a decent build there mate ..but i have never been convinced by the ATI GPU's been looking at them today tbh and they do look good and quite cost friendly