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Greavesy

Greavesy

Greavesy

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I was going to build a pc a while back but my parents wouldnt let me until summer incase it interfered with school work :eek:

Currently Have:
Case: Cooler Master CM90II lite
PSU: Antc True power 650w (modular)
HDD: A 500gb seagate one ( was about 30 quid from here)
Memory: 8GB Geil Value DDR3 1600Mhz and 4 Gb DD3 1600 Mhz which i think is XMS3
Optical drive: Took it out my old pc its just a bog standard one with lightscribe ( whis is pretty useless)

I have 400-500 pound to spend on a Mobo/CPU/GPU combo and a decent (ish) heatsink.

The pc is going to be for gaming mainly MMO's and RPG's but il probably get some shooters if i have the money. I currently have a crappy monitor and my 37" full hd LG tv but i will get a monitor for christmas.

Therer is a small problem i think in that i plan to go to uni next september (2012) and i want to do Electonic Engeneering with computer hardware or a Computer science degree. At the last open day i went to they reccomended that students have their own high(ish) spec pc because we're going to be doing allot of moddeling etc.

If you've read to hear thanks :D
P.S the reason i dont use the pound sign is because my computer doesnt like the combination of shift and 3 for some reason :confused:
 
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)

Sub Total : £423.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £86.56
Total : £519.35

Cheaper motherboard if £500 is really the most you can stretch to:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906
 
how about this mate

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Total : £510.95 (includes shipping : FREE).



At the top of your budget but should run like a good-un :D

chose a dearer mobo because it has Lucid Virtu so you can fully use the cpu for video editing etc
 
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Thanks for the specs.
£500 is probably the very maximum i can go to as that was the stretch from £450 :p , I still have to spend £40 on my copy of windows 7.

I thought the 6950's were about £170-180 when they came out :confused:
 
just throwing it out there :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £68.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Total : £506.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Greavesy said:
I thought the 6950's were about £170-180 when they came out :confused:
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the one speced by Redmint is a 2GB version which should help for higher res/upping the AAs
 
Thanks for the help, whats the real differance between p67 and Z68 mobo's?

Im guessing the z68's are beteer for crossfire and sli or something :confused:
 
My pick is Redmint's.

Greavesy said:
Thanks for the help, whats the real differance between p67 and Z68 mobo's?

Im guessing the z68's are beteer for crossfire and sli or something :confused:
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Not really. It can use the onboard GPU for video transcoding, has intel SRT technology (using a SSD as a cache, similar to a Seagate Momentus XT drive), and Lucid Virtu (GPU virtualisation, not really useful unless you want to save a little on your energy bills). Note that the Z68 support can be hit and miss (looking at you, Gigabyte).

If you want a cheap P67 alternative, the MSI P67-GD53. Will do SLI (although the case headers are poorly placed), and overclock well. (EDIT : Redmint has it covered :)).

Then you have a little left in budget for say, a 570 or a 6970. Dropping the 3rd party cooler is also an option, you can always buy one later when you want / need to overclock. The Gelid is a good budget cooler. 30% overclock (4.4GHz) is easily achievable.
 
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hmm still cant fit a 570 with a decent motherboard within budget.

Ideally, I'd go with this myself...


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 PC Game £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
Total : £541.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).



factory Overclocked 6950, and a very good motherboard. Other options for keeping within budget, of course :)
 
Can you still flash the 6950's?
Haven't seen anyone talk about it in a while.

Also while what you typed about the z68 looks very impressive il be honest and say i have no clue what you're on about XD

P67 Vs Z68 ?
 
^^ good choice imo.

and that gigabyte mobo is matx :)

if you dont want/need sli/crossfire feature but still want Z68 features, get the asrock pro3
 
I wont need crossfire straight away but when it comes to the end f the GPU's life il be at uni, so crossfiring a second one will be a more viable (cheaper) option than buying a new one i hope :)

Now GPU decision, im more than likely going to go for a 6950 but which one to get ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752 thats the cheapest 2gb model


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
is this one really worth the extra £40?
 
the MSI was on offer not so long ago for £200, atm i dont think its worth the extra £40, i think you should just get whatevers on offer/cheapest at the time of ordering, make sure to get the 2GB version though.
 
Ordering today :D
Just deciding between a 560ti and a 6950 because my friend thats helping me build it recommended the 560ti, i wish picking stuff was easier :(
 
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