PC for a mate

[Phil3]

Hi all,
I've just created a basket a mate who has set aside £1000 for the purpose of a new pc.
here is what I ave put together. When I speak to him next I shall see if I can get him to stretch a bit so to afford an SSD as well, such as the Corsair force series 3 120GB. (I'm 90% sure I could get him to part with the extra £144 for this)
Just posting to see if anyone can help squeeze maximum value from this.
One thing to note, he is adamant that he has the best GFX card for Battlefield 3, so I chose this one because I've heard BF3 will require a lot of VRAM.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler

Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 ** B3 REVISION **

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

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

Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Corsair PC Starter Bundle 3000c - 650D Case / TX 650W V2 PSU / H60 CPU Cooler (Chose this because the cooler is half price, quite good value)

Sub Total : £807.40

DPD Next Day Parcel
Shipping : £14.75
VAT : £164.43
Total : £986.58

Thanks,
Phil

 

[seandog]

Just a heads up but TWO more posts and if you order it for him you save the £15 in shipping costs this would allow you to change the CPU to retail pack for more warranty.

Why have you ordered the akasa cooler when you purchased the corsair pack with water cooler? This frees up another £40

 

[Reaper 392]

looks like 6 to me, but other than that your right

(he has 94 posts on my screen right now)

 

[seandog]

looks like 6 to me, but other than that your right

(he has 94 posts on my screen right now)

WTF!!! How did I see an 8 instead of 4? Ah well damn you and your math skills reaper

Edit-maybe I looked at his join date and kinda squinted to merge his post count and join date to make his mythical number

 

[Jony27]

that price for the GTX570 is crazy(1.3GB VRAM should be enough), just a few more £££ and you could get a GTX580.

get the cheapest reference design gtx 570 or this on pre-order,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010 .

with the saved money, get a Z68 Gen3 board, and a 750w or 850w PSU depending on which GPU you get.

EDIT** tried it myself, managed to squeeze a SSD

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £172.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £82.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £45.98
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
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,000.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[Phil3]

Thanks for all the input guys. Sorry for the lack of activity I didn't come on last night, went to the pub
Took some of it onboard, (except the make 8 quick posts )

I realised after I made the post that I'd stupidly left the venom in the basket. lol.
Also went for 8gb of corsair vengeance LP instead, (4GB really isn't enough)
Also managed to squeeze an SSD in there too, got 120GB corsair Force3.

 

[seandog]

Maybe swap the corsair for the crucial M4, prices just got hammered down quite a bit

*edit* well if the budget was tight, otherwise for the extra £10 for the corsair id stick with that myself

 

[Reaper 392]

Maybe swap the corsair for the crucial M4, prices just got hammered down quite a bit

*edit* well if the budget was tight, otherwise for the extra £10 for the corsair id stick with that myself

i'd go for the crucial myself. faster in the real world and less problems.

just a quick respec due to the new deals going around:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £164.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.39
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) £49.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,006.27 (includes shipping: FREE).

changed the case to the silverstone raven, but if you prefer the looks of the 650D then go for it. PSU should cope with 570s in SLI too

just 5 more posts to go until you get free shipping

 

[josh3190]

This is scarily like the pc I'm planning on building in a month's time except putting the Corsair 600T case with mine instead so thumbs up from me for that spec Reaper 392