Spec Me Thread

[mattjd]

My friend wants me to build him a new computer and I am quite confident with my choices but I would like to see what other people would consider.

His budget is £900

He does not need a HDD or DVD Drive.

He would like this case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-NX

He also needs a new monitor 1920x1080 preferably.

Thanks

 

[MORE SPEED]

What will the main uses be?

 

[mattjd]

What will the main uses be?

Games, uploading photos and general use.

 

[MORE SPEED]

Slightly over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £81.95
1 x BeQuiet Efficient Power F1 600W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £69.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
Total : £949.00 (includes shipping : £20.10).



If he wants to overclock it over 4Ghz, chuck in a CPU cooler.

 

[mattjd]

Thanks

I think I will remove the SSD and chuck in a CPU cooler. £900 is the absolute maximum.

 

[Barry1987]

£900 is a tight budget if you want a decent graphics card.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £86.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £66.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £53.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £967.98 (includes shipping : £14.75).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £86.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £66.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £53.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £871.98 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 

[Barry1987]

You should post your basket so we can compare.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x ocuk geforce gtx 670 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £299.99
1 x intel core i5-3570k 3.40ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £179.99
1 x iiyama prolite e2475hds 24" widescreen led business monitor - black £139.99
1 x nzxt phantom enthusiast usb3.0 full tower case - white £109.99
1 x msi z77a-g43 intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £77.38
1 x ocz zt 550w '80 plus bronze' modular power supply £63.98
1 x geil dragon 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c11 1600mhz dual channel kit (gd38gb1600c11dc) £37.99
total : £927.01 (includes shipping : £14.75).





this following spec allows for crossfire,

your basket
1 x intel core i5-3570k 3.40ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £179.99
1 x sapphire hd 6950 oc "dual fan edition" 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £169.99
1 x iiyama prolite e2475hds 24" widescreen led business monitor - black £139.99
1 x nzxt phantom enthusiast usb3.0 full tower case - white £109.99
1 x gigabyte z77x-d3h intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £104.99
1 x ocz zs series 750w '80 plus bronze' power supply £69.98
1 x geil dragon 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c11 1600mhz dual channel kit (gd38gb1600c11dc) £37.99
1 x cooler master hyper 612s cpu cooler (socket lga1366/1156/1155/775/am3/am2+/am2) £32.99
total : £863.62 (includes shipping : £14.75).




fantastic cooler - http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/cooler_master_hyper_612s_cpu_cooler_review,1.html

 

[mattjd]

Thanks for all of the suggestions

My build was very similar but I tried very hard to be able to get an AMD 7950 in the build for under £900 but I had to scrape things on other parts.

I've now decided that a 7850 2gb would be the best and I will just overclock it to get similar performance.

It is basically stulid's bottom build with a Sapphire 7850 2gb Dual fan and a card reader.

How do you make your builds come up like the way they do in your posts?

 

[stulid]

Basket thingy - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076

 

[Barry1987]

In Google Chrome, go to extensions and type in 'overclockers basket'. Then add the extension. Restart Chrome, then try buying something, go to your basket and in the search bar all the way to the right next to your favourites icon there will be a clipboard icon. When you click it it will copy your basket to the clipboard and you can paste it here.

Or do what stulid said.

 

[mattjd]

Cheers

 

[T345]

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £960.37 (includes shipping : £20.10).



that if he findsa bit more, or change gpu to a 7850/70