Upgrade time! (Full machine)

[JohnnyDrama]

Hey,

Slightly more than a simple 'spec me thread'

I'm looking at upgrading my current machine which has served me well however there is nothing salvageable as I shall be passing it down to family members.

I have around 850 to play with and will require a copy of windows.

I only play games and browse the web on my computer. In 1680*1024 res as this is the most my 22" monitor can support (as far as I am aware )

Is 850 enough at the moment for something to hopefully last me a good 2 years or so? Battlefield 3 will probably be my next long term game so it will need to be of a decent level (I am aware the specs at this moment are not known but we can all guess within reason)

I built this machine, so I am not against putting it together myself, however I do like the added years warranty of buying one of the OCUK prebuilt machines so if one seems suitable please advise me!

TLDR Cliff notes
850 budget
Gaming in 1680*1024 res only
Windows required
As close to silent as possible pref.
Not interested in over clocking so would need to be ample at stock
Last around 2-3 years


Thanks for reading!

 

[King Damager]

Should definitely be able to get what you want for £850, I'd suggest actually looking at the OCUK configurer as they seem to be fairly well priced and are more flexible than the other pre-built systems....

If you chose to build it yourself:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard £286.00
(£238.33) £286.00
(£238.33)
Palit GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.98
(£233.32) £279.98
(£233.32)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £716.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £145.35
Total : £872.09

Only thing to note about the build it yourself system is that I'd wait until the B3 Revision of the motherboard is in, but that shouldn't be too long now
Also as you're on a smaller monitor you may choose to swap out the 570 for a 560 and add in an SSD (might be more useful for you, just depends on what you think really)
I know you said you're not interested in overclocking, so could swap out the 2500k for a 2500, and an h67 Motherboard, however, in future overclocking would be useful for stretching the CPU slightly further, and getting a longer duration use time out of it

kd

 

[Reaper 392]

just gonna poke my nose in here with this suggestion:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £160.79
(£133.99) £160.79
(£133.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case & GX 750w Power Supply Bundle £101.98
(£84.98) £101.98
(£84.98)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £590.59
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 : £120.12
Total : £720.71


comes in a nice little amount under budget, and gives the option of going crossfire later, which will really help it last a long time. also, its a B3 revision board, so if you do decide to go with this build, theres no need to wait. the 6950's can be 'flashed' to become 6970's too.

i would suggest going for a nice big aftermarket CPU cooler, but im not gonna suggest which one because i know very little about them myself

*edit*
im not sure about this guys. would that power supply be good enough to handle 2 radeon HD 6970's in crossfire, and an overclocked CPU a couple of years down the line?

 

[LiamJ]

+1 for the above. Add in a 60Gb SSD, and you have a great machine. I'd probably swap the HDD for a Samsung F3 too.

 

[Cookeh]

Herp, "not interested in overclocking" - so no need for K series chip, or P series chipset.

This will suffice

Palit GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£233.32) £279.98

Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
(£141.66) £169.99

Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
(£68.32) £81.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
(£66.66) £79.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
(£59.99) £71.99

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
(£37.49) £44.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
(£33.32) £39.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS)
(£31.66) £37.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£9.99) £11.99

Sub Total : £682.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £138.58
Total : £831.49

- You could easily get away with a smaller PSU, but I like modular, and I like something that can last through builds
- Fastest mechanical HDD around
- However, mobo is not B3 revision, definitely worth waiting for that!

 

[JohnnyDrama]

Thanks for the input guys, I'm aiming to be purchasing parts on the 1st of the month (payday )

Hopefully these motherboard revisions are just around the corner!