Spec me £550

danewesley

danewesley

danewesley

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Need a new spec, tower only, i already have 4gb ram, psu and win7 ultimate. Rig will be used for Wow, Star Wars MMO and LOL.


Here what i came up with for now, ordering tomorrow morning!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £111.95
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX30G) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
Total : £554.87 (includes shipping : FREE).


Dane



show me the money!
 
I am not very good at this. :L As you can tell I have never built a PC. :P

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Good choices all round, is there any reason you decided on that case? I know its got lots of attractive feature and is a lovely looking case but as you are on a budget it may be worth turning it down a bit, so you have more to spend on the actual inside components.

Id go for the Antec 300 for £50. Though it is out of sotck at this moment.

I think the SSD is a bit of a waste, i say it is worth getting an SSD but its also worth get the right SSD. The OCZ one only utilieses SATAII and your mobo is capible of SATAIII. You'll get atleast a third more speed with a sata 3 drive.
I also think 30GB is a bit small, you won't get much on there. Id say go for a 60GB sata3 SSD, even if you have to save up and get it after.
This one takes my fancy: Corsair Force 3 60GB £82

EDIT: @nikeair94: There is no point going the AMD route, even with Bulldozer compatiblity. Sandybridge is the best option.

@ danewesley: Can i ask what PSU you have? Just out of interest.
 
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he has a lepa 450w unit, it will be more than enough for the build right now, he plans on xfire or sli whatever gpu's he gets, then he will upgrade the psu. i was thinking of dropping the ssd, freeing up £50 and adding the extra cash to get a 560ti?
 
so this would be the new build


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
Total : £550.92 (includes shipping : FREE).


he can easily buy another 560ti in a month or so, a new psu and fit the ocz agility 3 in there too. I guess it will be better to invest in higher quality bits now, rather than watering down the build to get more.
 
 
I agree with danewesley, that looks well rounded and leaving out the SSD until you have more money is a good plan.
I am unsure about the PSU though.

@Dansew: There is no point in a z68 motherboard in this situation, he will not be using SRT. the P67 is better for the uses and cheaper. Also for Xfire/SLI the MSi goes x8 x8; instead of gigabytes x16 x 4.
The 560ti is a good choice all-round. No point in changing the cooler; the A50 has a good repuation and is very affordable.
 
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