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Stanman67 · 13 May 2009 at 19:35

I currently have AMD opty 175 Asus A8ndeluxe with 3Gb ram and vistau 64bit.
I mainly do video editing and playin generals online. Was thinking of the I7 but tis bit expensive

I have a budget of about £800 max including monitor, ideally would like intel quad core but will go AMD route.
Currently have the following specs

our basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £201.24
(£174.99) £201.24
(£174.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 945 3.0GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 945 3.0GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £195.99
(£170.43) £195.99
(£170.43)
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
(£98.25) £112.99
(£98.25)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (TR3X6G1333C9) Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (TR3X6G1333C9) £86.24
(£74.99) £86.24
(£74.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £72.99
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)
Coolermaster Centurion 590 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Centurion 590 Case - Black (No PSU) £54.04
(£46.99) £54.04
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £788.23
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VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £118.23
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RJC · 13 May 2009 at 19:54

Spec looks good, I done a I7 spec below to compare the difference, I had to make some sacrifice in certain area's

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game £241.98
(£210.42) £241.98
(£210.42)

Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £180.54
(£156.99) £180.54
(£156.99)

Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £164.99
(£143.47) £164.99
(£143.47)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £72.99
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)

G.Skill 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ) £42.99
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £815.17 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
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(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £124.26 Total : £952.68

95thrifles · 14 May 2009 at 08:23

Few things, neither spec has a PSU, are you using your old one or did you miss it out?
You say your budget is £800max but you spent £900, are you wanting us to save you money? or is £900 your budget
In your spec you include triple channel DDR3, you want dual channel DDR3 for that board

This uses the tricore CPU, it should be just as good really, Ive included PSU, which if you dont need will save you £40, there is cheaper dual channel DDR3 but its out of stock atm, if it comes back in that'll save you another £20, you could just get the coolermaster case as RJC specced and save another £20 there, thats you down to £800 near enough. You may also be able to use your old optical driver maybe?
I included a slightly better monitor with better resolution and a different gfx card, the 2 cards are prob about equal performance wise tbh so go for either, just giving you options

Stanman67 · 15 May 2009 at 20:13

Yes I am going to use an existing tagan 580.
I can squeeze to 900 but would prefer 800 or sub

Stanman67 · 28 May 2009 at 13:57

OK, Cirumstances have changed, I was going to buy on credit but have decided against this. New budget is £550 max to include this screen http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-047-IY

I would like a quad but probably unrealistic on this budget.
light gaming and some video editing but nothing heavy.

95thrifles · 28 May 2009 at 14:03

550 incl that screen? so only 350 for the tower?

Stanman67 · 28 May 2009 at 14:03

Currently speced this up. Would a downgrade in GFX be a big loss? I dont play FPS only command and conquer.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £201.24
(£174.99) £201.24
(£174.99)
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49
(£89.99) £103.49
(£89.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £78.99
(£68.69) £78.99
(£68.69)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail £74.74
(£64.99) £74.74
(£64.99)
Coolermaster Centurion 534 Case - Silver/Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Centurion 534 Case - Silver/Black (No PSU) £49.44
(£42.99) £49.44
(£42.99)
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415) Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415) £42.99
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Sub Total : £512.06
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Total : £588.87

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95thrifles · 28 May 2009 at 14:09

yeah it would, you could drop the cpu to the 5200 without too much performance loss

Stanman67 · 28 May 2009 at 23:21

Why is the 8400 cheaper than the 8300?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=6&subid=567&sortby=priceAsc

Also bearing in mind that there is hardly anything out there that uses dual cores never mind quad is there any sense in buying a quad?

Stanman67 · 29 May 2009 at 20:08

Thanks to everyone who offered advice / spec. After dilly dallyting about cost v use, in the end I opted for the I7 920 DO, XFX 4850 512MB , 6GB TC 1600 memory, CM dominator case, F1 1TB HDD, ell 2409W monitor and asus P6T mobo. In all came to £880 with a bit of shopping around. Good service from OC, now roll on Monday for all the toys to arrive.

RJC · 29 May 2009 at 20:10

Good spec

Don't forget to post pics!!!

user1453 · 29 May 2009 at 20:23

bit of a jump from £350 for the tower, have fun building it, then try playing gta 4 and watch as your 920 laughs at it

Stanman67 · 29 May 2009 at 20:30

user1453 said:
bit of a jump from £350 for the tower, have fun building it, then try playing gta 4 and watch as your 920 laughs at it

It was

In the end the small voice won out over sense :rolleyes:

. I could have gone down the other route and upgraded in a yeare but this will do me. The next one should be cheaper as no monitor to worry about