System on a super tight budget.

Mono

Mono

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Hey all, I am running a AMD 4800+ x2 still and cannot play much in the way of new games. I saw the bf3 trailer and my mouth started to drool! hahaha. Need to get my system updated as it would be a crime to play on my current system.

I only have around £470 to do whole system so I need to choose wisely.

My question is for my budget do I go i7 or amd?
I already have a case, psu, monitor, keyboard blah blah blah from the old computer so I am only looking at mobo, cpu, ram & GFX

i7
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OB&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2065

amd
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-033-OB&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2067


I also currently have an 8800GTS 512 do I NEED to update this? if so what am I looking at to match the specs above? the £120 mark?


If you have any better suggestions then please throw them in there!

Thanks
 
lol... ok (can you tell I have not looked at hardware since my last build? :)

I currently have a 1tb 7200 sata but also I will be ripping the 64gb ssd outa my windows tablet.

The psu is a seasonic 600w sli ready one.

For the build I will prolly slap it up to 8gb ram (from the link you gave me) but what mobo, the default one?


Thanks
 
Mono said:
The psu is a seasonic 600w sli ready one.
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Excellent psu, so you can put lots of great new graphics cards in it such as ,

£110 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

£139 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-252-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

but what mobo, the default one?
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Yes.

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If you wanted to save some money, then buy the bits separately.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £393.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £80.56
Total : £483.35
 
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dont forget his free shipping...

so thats £483.35 - £9.50 coming to the grand total of £473.85 for a nice upgrade and I'd count that as bang on budget
 
Well thanks for all the advice! :)

Cant wait to see the speed diff with my 6 year old system!!!


Just on a plus note, I came into a £900 since the orig post. Would you bother upgrading anything mentioned above or would you say what you have chosen is the right amount of bang for buck to see me a few years?

THANKS! :)
 
Mono said:
Well thanks for all the advice! :)

Cant wait to see the speed diff with my 6 year old system!!!


Just on a plus note, I came into a £900 since the orig post. Would you bother upgrading anything mentioned above or would you say what you have chosen is the right amount of bang for buck to see me a few years?

THANKS! :)
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What case do you have exactly?


But you can certainly get a Gen3 board and a GTX580,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £634.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £128.99
Total : £773.94

Still using your Seasonic PSU.


Just need to know what case you have to make sure this all fis inside etc
 
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Dont go OEM for the CPU, its a quid more for retail at the moment and you get an extra 2 years warranty for a quid!

Edit: tbh I built it anyway so Ima post it:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.98
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £89.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £57.59
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £444.94 (includes shipping : £9.50).



I know more about the budget-mid range stuff than the high end so I'd trust stulid on his choice of graphics card for the megabuild.

The mobo in my spec there is the crossfire version of the one in my sig if you ever think of upgrading.. when I got mine it was about 12-13quid cheaper so made a difference overall but now its only 2quid more. Absolutely no problems with the board, overclocking has been a pleasure.

You could get cheaper ram than what I posted, theres some for 50quid saving you about 8quid

Also you'd save another tenner on shipping.

If you've just got 900quid definately get yourself an SSD in there and a better gfx card than a 460 (not that they arent great but if you can, why not!) and really feel the upgrade power!

Edit: LOL I'm sure I hit the edit button to begin with >_<
 
Hi all,
Thanks for all your advise.... in the end I went with the following



Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £634.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £128.99
Total : £773.94


Had a few issues putting it together (bloody cpu fan was a pain in the ass) and gfx card does not work in top pci slot.

Coming from a ath 4800+ /2gb comp to this is just crazy! I have not done and OC on it yet but there is a button on the mobo that when I press overclocks the cpu from 3.3 to 4.2.... pretty neat! :)
 
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