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Bilbocard

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I have £250 to spend on a MotherBoard, RAM, CPU and 1 120mm fans.

Current choice:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BeQuiet SilentWing USC 120mm Fan £9.98
(£8.32) £9.98
(£8.32)
* Sub Total : £188.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £39.46
*

£236.75
 
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I'm going to wait until Christmas time to buy all this stuff. So hopefully some of it will be cheaper by then.

I think I'll go with the 2500K, thanks jamiegray85!


stulid should I go with the Intel rather than AMD?
 
This is quicker and cheaper than AMD,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Antec Tri-Cool 3-Speed 120mm Fan - Black £2.99
(£2.49) £2.99
(£2.49)
Sub Total : £175.80
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 : £37.06
Total : £222.36

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0


Motherboard with SATA3.0 and USB3.0 for £15 more - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-172-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1907
 
The new AMD BD chip will be out by then so I would ask closer to the time as it might bench the same/better for certain things, I'm assuming it's going to be used as a gaming rig hence my suggestion of the i5. If it's things more like video editing then the new BD or x6 core might be more suited but i'm speculating until good benchmarks are out on the BullDozer chips.

I suggested the 2500K with a P67 for the ability to overclock, if this isn't a route you wan't to use then Stulid's build is for you. Also noticed he's got cheaper RAM.
 
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I think I'll stick to the 2500K and just switch the RAM out to 2x4GB blue vengeance Corsair ones. I'd like to have 8GB RAM.

Thanks for all your help,
Billy
 
No its not as fast even with the overlcock as a stock speed i5 2500K.

And the motherboard isnt AM3+
 
Okay... Guess it's 2500K for me :D

On another note, how do I layout the basket like jamiegray85 did?

It's mostly going to be used for gaming. BFBC3, RIFT, LoL and the like.
 
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