Spec me a PC for £400

DecoySA · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:36

Hi, Im helping out a new computer retarded mate by building him a new PC.

I already have a 48901gb graphics card which im going to use so i don't need a graphics card or an operating system.

So if someone could spec me a decent pc with everything i need (bar the two things i mentioned above) it would be really appreciated.

The budget is £350-400

Thanks in advance :cool:

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:43

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)
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Coolermaster Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £326.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.67
Total : £406.00

DecoySA · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:52

Cheers, do i not need a CPU Cooler for that setup ?

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:52

comes with a Intel stock cooler,

DecoySA · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:54

nice, and that does the job yeah ? its just my current system (phenom II 955 BE OC'd to 3.8ghz) has a giant titan fenrir cooler attached so assumed all systems needed it !

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:56

DecoySA said:
nice, and that does the job yeah ? its just my current system (phenom II 955 BE OC'd to 3.8ghz) has a giant titan fenrir cooler attached so assumed all systems needed it !

You will have that large cooler because of the heat generated from the overclock you have on the CPU, the stock items supplied by AMD and Intel will be ok for stock speeds and a small overclock.

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:58

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/3

Going back to this page, Anandtech used the stock Intel cooler to reach 4.4GHZ, this is because the new sandybridge CPU's run cooler and consume less watts then the older stuff from AMD and Intel.

But you wont be overcl9ocking with a H67 motherboard, but instead relying on the built in Turbo Boost to ramp the speed up when necessary.