Please review my build

thumbitin

thumbitin

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Hello could someone cast an eye over this build I'm planning to do? First time building a pc...

Anyway if it could be made a bit cheaper that would be great can't afford to go any higher, will be gaming mostly an internet, films etc, already have a DVD drive and monitor, keyboard, mouse etc

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£159.98
(£133.32)

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£131.99
(£109.99)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-Bit - OEM (GFC-00564)
£79.98
(£66.65)

OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
£50.99
(£42.49)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G)
£33.59
(£27.99)

Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black
£29.99
(£24.99)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)
£19.99
(£16.66)

Total.....£489.58 + VAT + £12.50

= £602.50.

Thanks in advance.
 
For gaming a Intel Sandybridge will be so much quicker.

Did you need a Harddrive? motherboard and RAM? is your DVD drive a SATA?
 
Ah yes, sorry, have a hard drive. Need motherboard and ram. Yes its SATA.

Are the intels a lot better? Would an i3 be fast enough? I could drop the graphics card down a bit to make way for an i5?
 
Can you get a tiny bit more money?


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Sub Total : £508.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £103.85
Total : £623.10

1090T vs 2500K - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/146?vs=288 and - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300.html

The case and motherboard are currently out of stock.
 
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Yeah I'm sure I can stretch a bit, its only a few pints....
Is there a good graphics card for around £100.00 or is it worth spending the extra £50.00? Will it make a huge difference?
 
thumbitin said:
Yeah I'm sure I can stretch a bit, its only a few pints....
Is there a good graphics card for around £100.00 or is it worth spending the extra £50.00? Will it make a huge difference?
Click to expand...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK

That is £115 and on par with a 5850.

Also will allow stock OC to around 800mhz putting it into the 5870 range.

EDIT: Note above post has posted same card but 'Green Edition' uses less power because it's underclocked. Avoid if you're after performance.
 
Just ordered! Went with the GeForce GTX 460 in the end to save a few quid. Can always upgrade later on.

Big thankyou for the help.

I take it the items that aren't in stock now get dispatched as soon as they arrive?
 
Yep, or the order gets delayed until its all in stock, ask in the customer support section for clarification.
 
Just a quick update….received all the components on Tuesday and sat down last night to put it all together. It was my first time building a PC and it was surprisingly easy, I've replaced GPUs before and installed new hard drives, as long as you read the manuals its really not too bad.

Had enough time for a game of FIFA before calling it a night and WOW the difference from my old PC was insane! Can't wait to rig it up to my speakers so I can listen to the groovy sounds from the top of the hit parade.

Anyway a big thankyou to everyone that helped my spec it up, legends. I'm off to do some cable tidying....
 
Hopefully it will last a while too, a few years at least. I really need to throw some decent games at it, its been a while from any serious gaming. Last game i hit big time was Oblivion and BF2....might buy BF2 for old times sake. :cool:
 
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