Upgrading/New Build. Need some advice.

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It's been a little over two years since my first build, and I'm off to Uni in a few months, so I've decided it's time for an upgrade! Then I thought who better to ask for help than the guys who helped me the first time.

I have a dilemma though: everyone has been telling me to move away from AMD and get a 'Sandybridge' from Intel. I need this PC to last me a good 3-4 years (hopefully the whole way through Uni) without any major upgrades along the way.

My budget is about £800, but I guess I could stretch to £1000 if it's very worthwhile. I won't need any peripherals, a monitor, or hard drives, and I don't need it immediately, so if there's is something worth waiting for I can wait.

Mainly used for games and general surfing. A massive need for GOOD multitasking (a slight issue on my current rig which i wasn't expecting).

Thanks for your help.
 
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Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £249.98

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FarCry 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games £191.99

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98

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

XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £65.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99

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

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £19.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99


Sub Total : £702.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
shipping :
£11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT : £142.73

Total : £856.38

or use this cpu...

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game [BX80623I52500K]
£149.99 inc VAT
 
Tbh I'd probably wait around for a bit. With Z68 boards coming out within the next week and AMD's Bulldozer range coming out in June, it might be worth waiting around to see how they pan out (and how they affect the sandybridge prices).

What will the main use of the PC be?

If it's gaming, then Lemin's spec with the i5-2500k would be a very good one (possibly upgrade the motherboard if your interested in SLI down the line when one 480 just isn't enough :p lol)

If it's video editing, audio editing, heavy photoshop, etc, then the i7-2600k (for the hyperthreading) and possiby 8GB RAM and downgrade the graphics card if you won't be gaming at all.

How about an SSD too? If you can fit one in your budget, stick your OS and apps/games on there and it'll make everything feel more zippy, and help the overall speed of your system.
 
Thanks for the help. I would love to fit an SSD into the budget. Is the general concencus that an Intel Rig would last me a while longer?
 
I really would wait until closer to the time you go to Uni.

Z68 is imminent (won't really affect you though); Bulldozer is due to be out by July; probably be new high end and mainstream cards by Sept as well.
 
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