spec me a rig!

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I have £500 to spend on: A motherboard, CPU, RAM, GPU and PSU.

-I want to animate, render for uni and in the future with no problems.

-Moderate gaming at high levels (BF 3, skyrim)

-Monitor is currently 1600x900 but will upgrade soon to 1080P.

-I want to give piledriver a chance but would a i5 3750k do the job just fine?

-Im prepared to overclock.

I am not one for updating constantly so would want it to last for 3-4 years?

Many thanks!
 
 
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wow thankyou for a fast reply.
i have an antec 300 at the moment so so atx will be ok.

Yes they are SATA :)

@Bacon? The programs I use are Autodesk Alias, SolidWorks, Sony Vegas. My current Q6600 gets crushed by a 20 second animation I have produced. mores cores are better? :/
 
Why an 8150? Piledriver is released now and if the programs are CPU intensive on the thread side over IPC then Piledriver would be better.
 
To be honest I didn't expect it to be that much of an improvement but it seems to yield Ivy over Sandy advantages which makes it go from "ultra crap" to regular "crap" ;)

If the programs he uses can use all 8 cores then go for it! :) But if they use up to 4 then Intel all the way.
 
Lets assume an AMD spec is desirable,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £507.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



The CPU is now on offer for the weekend.

The motherboard has support for it (not all boards or indeed revisions of the same board do)

The board supports SLI+Crossfire for the future, the PSU would need changing if you wanted to add dual GFX cards.
 
Is a 400W PSU really enough stulid?

It may well be as the 7850 does not draw much power, but it just looks a bit fraught thats all :p
 
acme15 said:
Is a 400W PSU really enough stulid?

It may well be as the 7850 does not draw much power, but it just looks a bit fraught thats all :p
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Its a good 400W, 30A on the 12v.

The XFX 450w has 32A and the CX430 from Corsair is 28A, so its strong.
 
Sorry bout pic, I'm on ipad and couldn't work out a better way.

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So like this?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £541.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).




The OP now has the links to each item, I swapped the Gigabyte board in as it doesn't suffer from locked/limited Vcore adjustment like the MSI does.

Also he doesnt get free delivery.
 
hey guys, so I forgot to say that I have a 530W coolermaster PSU. I put the request there in case it was needed for CPU or RAM.
I also have 3 7200RPM HDD's in my current rig too so the money I save from some builds posted here minus the £40.00 PSU could go on a SSD maybe? or a better GPU? I like the 8350 for £150! :D

@ Danewesley nice find mate! Thanks!
 
Another option is the Bgrade Z68AP-D3 board,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £486.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).




As its a Sandybridge CPU, the lack of UEFI on the Z68 board wont hinder the overclocking like it does with a Ivybridge based CPU.
 
wow guys thank you for the help so far! The 7850 I see can be overclocked quite abit! Now I have to think if a 2700k setup is worth £50-60 more than a 8350 setup! XP
 
why get a 2700K? Go with the 3770K or the 3570K. The 2700K is a Sandybridge chip like my CPU. The 3770K is the replacement.

*edit* I see why now :p
 
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