Upgrade £800 help

tehtom · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:22

Finally ready to order my upgrade on Thursday!

Need motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, RAM, graphics card and 24" monitor.

This is what I have come up with. I'm coming from a e2140 and 8800 GTS so its gonna be a huge upgrade

Can anyone come up with something better or suggest any changes.

Thanks.

sk82jack · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:33

Nothing I would change, go for it

Edit: The 'This week only' deals will change tomorrow so check them out and make changes where needs be (the RAM will probably go back up and there will be a different set on offer, and just check for deals on the other stuff)

olivier renault · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:36

What PSU you have?

The 6950 is longer than the 8800GTS. The A50 is on the tall side. What case and how much clearance you have for the video card and cooler?

tehtom · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:41

I have an Antec 900 case, this one I believe:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN

My PSU is a corsair hx520 which I think is good enough for a 6950, which is my main reason for picking it over one of the gigabyte 480 GTX. I'm not sure 520watt would be enough for a 480.

stulid · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:43

Change the screen, this samsung has a better warranty, HDMI input and a better panel - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-133-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

stulid · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:52

Maximum video card size: 16"/406mm (Note: some video cards may require removal of the adjacent hard drive cage)

tehtom · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:52

Changed the screen

, ready to order for Thursday then, I might still change some things if any good deals pop up on next weeks "this week only" deals.

tehtom · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:54

stulid said:
Maximum video card size: 16"/406mm (Note: some video cards may require removal of the adjacent hard drive cage)

In the 6950 info:

Card Dimension(mm) 275*110*38mm

Should fit fine then.

olivier renault · 26 Apr 2011 at 17:03

video card size below 13''

The HX520 should do.

Good components. Don't know much about the display. XFire / SLI mobo maybe OTT, but it's a good mobo anyway.

EDIT : 16'' when removing the drive cage. The card is 11'' long, but should fit anyway.

tehtom · 27 Apr 2011 at 12:05

I think I'll add a harddrive into this spec aswell, I'd like a 1TB+ one.

Thinking one of these but not sure:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-324-WD&tool=3

Thoughts?

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 12:13

Expensive and slow, this is faster and in stock

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-248-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

Brumboy · 27 Apr 2011 at 12:16

Maybe go for this RAM while it's on offer at the moment - G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit for £72 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS

tehtom · 27 Apr 2011 at 13:46

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£209.99

Samsung B2430H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
£179.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
£161.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
£132.00

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL )
£71.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
£43.99

Total :£814.04

Thats the spec I'll order tomorrow, although might get 4GB of ram instead for a bigger hard drive or a SSD

Something like this

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£209.99

Samsung B2430H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
£179.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
£161.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
£132.00

OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £71.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
£41.99

Total :£812.04

What would you guys go for? I have a 400GB hard drive currently, are SSDs worth it?

tehtom · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:45

Gonna order soon!

Final spec:

Getting a monitor elsewhere as I seen a good deal somewhere else on the samsung

Anyone recommend any changes before I order?

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:57

Only one thing, the ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

thatavguy · 28 Apr 2011 at 11:25

Ripjaw is great ram, but i'd change it as well - clearance for the cooler is needed and the XMS ram will fit under it.

This is from my recent build with the A50 cooler

tehtom · 28 Apr 2011 at 12:34

Thanks guys, ordered it! Can't wait but it won't come till Tuesday

I'll bump with some pictures when it comes.