Sandy Bridge and finance

David Koh

David Koh

David Koh

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Curent system:
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Crucial 1066 mem
5770 Stock
Asus p5q Pro

Desired upgrade:
I5 2500k
Asus p8p67
Corsair vengeance 1600mhz

My main question This is my main query and all I want an answer to ASAP. The others are mainly disccusion

With the OCUK finance option, as i understand it i can order my build now and provided I pay for the whole balance in EITHER 6 or 12 months time, I will only pay £29 extra as an admin fee?

Secondary questions

I play wow, I watch movies, I like having a system that is up todate even if i dont use it to potential

What gfx card is best ATM for games that are currently coming out for a gpu my budget is 160-300 but please If someont can give me a low/med/high that would be awesome

Are my choices of components good?
(i currently have a 3gbs SSD that im happy with)
 
As above
Build looks good, though be aware the vengeance RAM has large fins which may block positioning with a large heatsink, something like the XMS3 or Geil kits would avoid this

Re the gfx
Around the £150 mark, you can look at ATi 5850, NVidia 1gig 460
For £200ish you can get ATi 6950 (this could be flashed to a 6970 - see gfx card forum) NVidia 480 or 560
Going to £300 would allow you to pick up an NVidia 570
Gfx card is probably the most contentious thing up for discussion in any build, Id say the cards around the £200 offer best price/performance ATM, so then you have to decide which of those 3 cards you like, the 480 is a great performer but its too noisy for some people, the 560 is not as powerful but is NVs next generation and runs a lot quieter/coooler, and ATi's 6950 is also relatively cool/quiet running and as said can be flashed to a 6970, if you go to Anandtechs website, you can compare their performances using their bench suite
 
Aslong as you pick the buy now pay later finance option yes you have to pay a 29pound settlement fee but make sure you make a not or a reminder of the date to pay it by otherwise you pay horrible interest rates.
 
You will get like an account where you can print off the paperwork and post it. Once the finance company recieve it they will contact overclockers and overclockers will send out your items. You can also contact the finance company and ask them for a fax number and fax them a copy of the signed paperwork that can speed it up a bit.

Oh just on a side note if you do the finacne option make sure the paperwork you are printing off is complete as the security option on your computer may block the data and so you would just be printing out blank paperwork you need to allow the download of the data for the sheet.
 
I can buy it within 3 weeks, but i want it now because im going away for training for a new job thats rather long and i have upgrade itch, and I haven't done a full system build for 3 years.... I wants it to come Tomorrow :D
 
David Koh said:
I can buy it within 3 weeks, but i want it now because im going away for training for a new job thats rather long and i have upgrade itch, and I haven't done a full system build for 3 years.... I wants it to come Tomorrow :D
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wait 3 weeks. Not worth the hassle of the finance approvment for the sake of 3 weeks
 
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