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Angerer

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Hey all looking to build pc for my Uncle, he has keyboard and mouse and windows 7 already, was looking to let him have my old GTX280 to go with it.

Budget £400-£450

Could you please take a look and see if you can make it better.



Cheers in advance ;)
 
Cheers Craigus, thats a cool move future proof it a bit more.

What do you think of the processor, fast enough for everyday surfing and occasional browser based games?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £137.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £510.86 (includes shipping : FREE).



with cashback 40 quid, total 470, tad overbudget i know
better screen (23 inch)
better cpu (ivy bridge)
more ram (8gb)
(arguably) better hdd (sata 3 64mb cache vs sata 2 32mb cache)
better mobo to take advantage of ivy bridge
better psu

but trade offs are the case and optical drive, minor though ;p
 
Cheers Chaps, might grab the Ivy instead then.

Would the Ivy Bridge and Patriot Ram work with the motherboard I listed? And how hot do Ivy's get with stock cooler?
Not really going to be overclocking this processor unless it comes with a boost to 3.8 or something.

Ideally he would like to stay in the £450 mark.
 
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Angerer said:
Cheers Chaps, might grab the Ivy instead then.

Would the Ivy Bridge and Patriot Ram work with the motherboard I listed? And how hot do Ivy's get with stock cooler?
Not really going to be overclocking this processor unless it comes with a boost to 3.8 or something.

Ideally he would like to stay in the £450 mark.
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You could swap the monitor for this one, although it is a "B" grade, you would need to check with OCUK on it`s overall condition.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-133-SA&groupid=595&catid=670&subcat=
 
If he isn't doing anything too strenuous then stock cooler should be fine.

The case listed above by tamzzy is the one I have, airflow is very good and you could always get a side fan blowing air at the CPU to help out with cooling.
 
Right I've taken the monitor out and swapped a few things around.


Will add monitor later, What do you reckon?
 
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there, had a 2nd play. 490 quid (450 after cashback)
but hdd had to be reduced from 1tb to 500gb
changed the psu too

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £137.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £489.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
tamzzy said:
there, had a 2nd play. 490 quid (450 after cashback)
but hdd had to be reduced from 1tb to 500gb
changed the psu too

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £137.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £489.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Will show it to him later, see what he thinks.

I do like that setup tamzzy, cheers. ;)
 
Ideal for web browsing and browser based games. £40 cashback and free shippping, slightly over budget. Also included a small ssd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £137.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x ASRock H77M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £62.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £508.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Or youcould go with this mobo. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-386-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1965
 
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