Spec me a PC please? £650

T180985 · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:08

hi guys just about to place an order for a new pc and would like some advice on the best components i could get for £700? i dont need a case but will need a PSU etc

ive also got an OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB on the way but would like 3 additional drives to run in raid 5 for storage. Pc is going to be used for gaming (mostly WoW) and general web browsing etc.

dont think anything in my old pc is worth salvaging (old spec bellow)

stulid · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:15

iNPUt · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:30

Bit over budget, but using intel, also -£10 for delivery with you

s452 · 27 Jun 2010 at 14:01

which chipset is your MB?
would anyone think a Q6600/q9550 + new GPU be a good alternative to a new pc for T180985

Muel · 27 Jun 2010 at 14:02

stulid said:
http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae170/stulid/Untitleddd-1.png

I'd go with this, but with a 1055T. It's not a fat lot more but has 6 cores and with that board should overclock to 3.6ghz pretty easily, and will usually do 4ghz when pushed.

I'd also buy a 5830 elsewhere, you can get them for £165 online now, which isn't a lot more than than the 5770 but it's a fair bit more powerful.

PermaBanned · 27 Jun 2010 at 19:03

The 4850 you've got is still a pretty competent card, not much point in 'upgrading' from that to a 5770. Depends on your uses, are you happy with the performance you get from it?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £166.99
(£142.12) £166.99
(£142.12)
Patriot G Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1333ELK) £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £80.99
(£68.93) £80.99
(£68.93)
OCZ Z-Series 550w SLI Certified Power Supply £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £119.97
(£102.09)
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £558.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £99.87
Total : £670.58

T180985 · 28 Jun 2010 at 14:33

changed the budget... what you think of this?

Argon Extreme Intel Core i3 2.93GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle £306.99
(£261.27) £306.99
(£261.27)
Options applied to the above product:
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £66.99
(£57.01) £66.99
(£57.01)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £297.99
(£253.61) £297.99
(£253.61)
Antec CP 850W Modular Power Supply Antec CP 850W Modular Power Supply £96.98
(£82.54) £96.98
(£82.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD203WI) Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD203WI) £95.99
(£81.69) £95.99
(£81.69)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £53.99
(£45.95) £53.99
(£45.95)

stulid · 28 Jun 2010 at 15:12

whats the budget now?

the ecogreen harddrives are slow, get a normal one

T180985 · 28 Jun 2010 at 15:25

stulid said:
whats the budget now?

the ecogreen harddrives are slow, get a normal one

budget is £1k max, would like to get it ordered today

stulid · 28 Jun 2010 at 15:29

and i thought you didnt need a case?

T180985 · 28 Jun 2010 at 15:30

stulid said:
and i thought you didnt need a case?

i didnt because i had already chosen that one

stulid · 28 Jun 2010 at 15:33

re-read the first post, see that you got a SSD coming, so the eco-green will do for general storage.

or for more money, a i5 750 overclocked bundle.

arknor · 28 Jun 2010 at 16:27

eco green ftl if your installing games on it.

i'd go with an amd 1055t build personally

stulid · 28 Jun 2010 at 16:32

arknor said:
eco green ftl if your installing games on it.

i'd go with an amd 1055t build personally

slower than a 955BE for a gaming pc.

arknor · 28 Jun 2010 at 17:08

stulid said:
slower than a 955BE for a gaming pc.

not in wow though and it will outlast a 955be

PermaBanned · 28 Jun 2010 at 17:23

stulid said:
slower than a 955BE for a gaming pc.

Sorry... what? Not only are the changes other than it having two more cores easily worth the extra £30 or so but there's no way it performs worse, by any stretch of the imagination.

stulid · 28 Jun 2010 at 17:29

Superewza said:
Sorry... what? Not only are the changes other than it having two more cores easily worth the extra £30 or so but there's no way it performs worse, by any stretch of the imagination.

yes its slower at games than a 955BE, cores isn't everything.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=147 -look at the gaming charts near the bottom=slower

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-ii-x6-1090t_6.html#sect0 =slower

plenty more if you want them?

arknor · 28 Jun 2010 at 18:04

by a few fps... they might have turned turbo boost off or something aswell because the difference in games that cant use more than 3 cores is only 100mhz.

on my 1055t stock settings im only using around 30-40% cpu usage in games as games become better programed for mulitple cores and they will the 1055t would have been the much better purchase.

you can easily overclock a 1055t even on the stockcooler to 3.4ghz

T180985 · 28 Jun 2010 at 23:00

would prefer to go down the Intel route, are the i3 processors a lot slower than the i5? sorry not really in touch with whats considered good anymore

stulid · 29 Jun 2010 at 04:35

T180985 said:
would prefer to go down the Intel route, are the i3 processors a lot slower than the i5? sorry not really in touch with whats considered good anymore

heres a comparison between them.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/118?vs=109