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arthurwellsley

arthurwellsley

arthurwellsley

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So I completed my first computer from bits recommended by OC, and I am a satisfied returning customer.

So I have an old PC tower case which was an Advent T9400 3.4ghz Intel Pentium 4 Processor which I believe will be the donor machine. It has two 200gb HDDs for a total of 400gb.

I need therefore;
(a) new PSU
(b) new motherboard
(c) new i5 CPU
(d) cooling for the CPU
(e) RAM (max 8, but prefer faster, don't need 16)
(f) 64 bit operating system
(g) new GPU, I prefer nvidia, and the 4mb 770 I bought for my other PC sets the benchmark.

my ideas are;
(a) PSU
(b) motherboard MSI £106.99 (Z87 G45) -http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574
(c) CPU- i5 4690 - £155.99 -http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-532-IN&groupid=701&catid=6
(d) cooling for the CPU - no idea advice please
(e) RAM - Patriot venom £71.99 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-081-PA&groupid=701&catid=8
(f) 64 bit operating system - £74.99 windows 8.1 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-165-MS
(g) GPU= Gainward £275.99 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-180-GW&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

Without the PSU and cooling the above comes to £685.95
But the special bundle is on at £396.86 (with RAM at 2133) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-005-OG&tool=3 - which includes the cooler on the CPU, and my parts above are £334.97 without the CPU cooler, so I presume they are roughly comparable.

I was actually aiming for £500, and so may have to make some compromises, clearly the GPU is the most expensive item.

Although there is a cheaper CPU at £97.95 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-497-GI

Below is a table of WoT graphics cards. Interestingly my 770 with 4mb maxs out at about 107 FPS and so is way better than the 2mb one on the table.

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Are those HDDs SATA? Also as you can see from the chart you provided, may as well go with the R9 280X GPU which will be cheaper but offer similar performance.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **MSI Cashback** £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £729.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
I'd suggest not to use that case you have.

First, I think its mATX (I can't find the case spec, but for the PC the motherboard is mATX) and we don't know what size cooler it can take.

Considering you can get a decent new case for £30-£50, it worth the extra outlay.
 
I'm guessing the hard drives will be IDE so you will have to buy a new one that is SATA interface. Motherboards these days don't support IDE anymore.
 
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