PC Upgrade

Or, with an SSD (£2 over budget, sorry :p):


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £174.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £159.98
1 x MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £134.99
1 x Patriot PS-100 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £89.99
1 x Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £69.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Intel Official i7/i5/i3 CPU Cooler (Socket 1155/1156) £0.98
Total : £902.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

No aftermarket cooler - so o/cing will have to wait, but meh :p
 
Won't be OC'ing at all, I'm sure £2 over would be fine!

He's seen my Coolermaster 342 case and loves it so he'll save the money and get one of those if possible?

Only 4GB of RAM? I know it's quicker than his current stuff but surely for an extra £40 (he'll be saving what £20 on the case) he should get 8GB?
 
If he isn't overclocking then there's no need for half the stuff I specced :p No point to SB if you aren't going to overclock it though :(
 
He's really not into that anymore, just likes a PC to work and be quick. Not into messing about in the BIOS, looking into temps, voltages etc....

With that in mind what is the best spec he can get for the £900, SSD is probably ideal as he has a 2TB for files, 342 for case, USB3.0 on the motherboard would be good as well.
 

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £174.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £101.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £89.99
1 x Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £69.98
1 x Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £895.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

There you go, hideous (imho) case included :p

Faster SSD; Non-K variant; USB 3.0; S-ATA 6GB/s
 
Looks brilliant, the only thing I'm thinking just looking down is his gaming is nowt at the moment (bar Football Manager) and in the future he might pick up a few here and there, but would it be better at the moment say by spending £120~ on a graphics card and getting a better CPU, or is it not really worth it?

Honest question as at this end of the market I don't know if an extra £75 on a CPU would make much difference?
 
There isn't really a better cpu - could get the i7 2600 but it only offers Hyperthreading over the norm - doubt he'll use that :p And even with the cheaper gfx will still be £32 over budget

RE cheaper graphics cards, the £140 Gainward GTX460 will max games for now but whether it will still be capable in a few years I don't know!
 
That's fine, was just looking at other options/getting to best for him.

I assume for the money he is paying he is getting a brilliant machine that should last a while and say in a few years he would be able to spend a little bit and upgrade a bit?

Anything else I'm forgetting and overlooking?

Monitor a good one?
 
Well, slightly restricted with the H67 chipset in that he can't CF later on, but yeah drop a fresh graphics card in and away he goes.

Monitor is well specced and price - also has good reviews from a very very brief google (not got much time :p)
 
Appreciate the help, unless anyone can better than spec before order time at some point tomorrow I think I'll go for it.

Side note: His current PC has a 512mb ATi Graphics card of some sort, about a year old and was about £50 when new. His son won't need this so is it best to just flog it, keep it as a 'spare' or can it be put into this new PC for some reason (I've no idea, run another monitor, make it even better, etc....)

Edit: It's a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate "Passive" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

2nd Side note: What's CF?
 
CF is CrossFire - using two graphics card of same model together to give a large performance boost.

Google is your friend ;)

Could be kept as spare should something go wrong - tbh a £50 card from last year will only worth around £10 and fail to do most things spectacularly :p
 
Just building this now, one issue.

I've got this tiny SSD drive that and no where in my case to mount it. Tiny screw holes and the screws that came with the motherboard don't fit easily. The instructions for the drive only mention installing into a notebook....
 
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