Spec help please (again :D)

Wepohn · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:50

Hi, I asked not THAT long ago for help when choosing specs for my cousin who had a budget of around £400 and got some good suggestions BUT! it never happened.

Now I'm back

Anyway! I have HDD, OS and Mouse/Keyboard for him already

His budget now is around £450 and so far I've come up with three builds

#1

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955 Black Edition
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
Coolermaster Elite /500w psu
Corsair Value 2gb

£406

#2

i5 2500k
XFX Radeon HD 5870
MSI H67MA-E35
Coolermaster Elite /500w psu
Corsair Value 2gb

£460

#3

I5 2500K
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870
Coolermaster Elite /500w psu
MSI P67A C45 Intel
Corsair Value 2gb

£503

I'm not completely sure whether or not number 3 is just a little too over budget for him or not.

Comments/Help please

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stulid · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:53

number 2, but get 4GB of ram, and you can get the non K cpu because the H67 chipset dont overclock.

RJC · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:53

With number 2 you chosen a K processor with a non overclockable board, you would ideally need to choose a non K version.

The 3rd option would allow you to overclock.

Wepohn · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:55

Hm OK, I went with the K version 'cause the OEM one is currently cheaper than the non K version.

Will the K version not work at all?

RJC · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:56

The K version will work but you will not be able to overclock the cpu.

stulid · 11 Apr 2011 at 19:57

Wepohn said:
Hm OK, I went with the K version 'cause the OEM one is currently cheaper than the non K version.

Will the K version not work at all?

You have to add the cost of a heatsink to the OEM cpu.

you can get all this for £440

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Sub Total : £356.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £73.32
Total : £439.94

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