What kind of price should I be looking at?

lanceley

lanceley

lanceley

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Hi I've been lurking on the forums past couple of weeks and would love a recommendation on spec please.

I'm looking for a new build. Fewer use for everyday computing however would like it to be responsive (thinking maybe ssd for OS) other interest is football manager so would like a decent processor will a I5 be ok or is that maybe overkill.

Not really into hardcore pc gaming with lots of graphics so ATM integrated graphics would be ok for now however it could be something I would upgrade in the future so a compatible board would be advantageous.

Oh and btw already have keyboard , mouse , screen and I'm thinking use developers windows 8 for the time being.

I think 500 should meet my needs am I right or way outta there?

Thanks in advance and I hope to spend more time on the forum in the future seems a real informative site!
 
Welcome,

Your needs don't seem to demanding so you can easily spend very little on a system.

The i3 2120 should suit your needs down to the ground.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte HA65M-D2H Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £35
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £437.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The option above gives you the ability to upgrade the CPU and add a small GPU.

This spec (below) is cheaper, but not accommodate as much 'upgrade-ability'. The SSD will also be slower, only SATAII rather than SATAIII, though SATAII is still mighty quick.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo PLUS 510i" Intel H61 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket 1155) £204.98
1 x Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £360.35 (includes shipping : £14.50).

 
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Cheers gav, i wondered when these bad boy's were coming out.

I saw the spec sheet a long while ago and it stated a 'K' version i3, exciting times.

Will it be HD 4000 though.

The sandy i3's were only HD 2000, where the 2500k and 2600k were HD 3000, makes you wonder if they will do it again.
 
The standard lineup kicks off with 3.3GHz Core i3-3220 and also includes 3.3GHz Core i3-3225 and 3.4GHz Core i3-3240. Unlike the Core i3-3220 and Core i3-3240, the Core i3-3225 will be the only Core i3 part that will sport Intel HD 4000 graphics part while the rest of the lineup will stick to Intel HD 2500 graphics. The T-model lineup includes the aforementioned 2.8GHz Core i3-3220T and 3GHz clocked Core i3-3240T. It is important to note that we are talking here about dual-core CPUs with hyper threading and all models will feature 3MB of L3 cache. Another nice novelty is the added support for AES to all new Core i3 models.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26767-intels-ivy-bridge-core-i3-desktop-lineup-detailed

Where would we be without google
 
Thanks for the swift responses.

I'm in no immediate rush for this so I think I can wait a couple of days to see what kind of pricing the i3 ivybridge will be.

Just for ref what's b grade returned stock/ old stock etc?? Will it effect any warranty purposes?

And finally is it ok to overclock or will I need a better fan?

Thanks again
 
B grade is where people order things change their minds and send it back, like for instance i sent back a mobo because i clicked on the H77 not Z77 chipset by accident. i think you get a 90 day warranty but it will say in the text normally.

The stock intel cooler was good enough for an 11% overclock on my 3770k but i had to get an aftermarket solution to go higher. Also you need a K series chip such as the 3770k to overclock, for the usage you have described i doubt you would "need" to overclock but then sometimes its nice to have a rig that's massively better than you need it to be.
 
It's always worth over doing to help future proof I always think. If I was looking to overlock what would be the best option i3 or maybe a amd processor? What's peoples views?

Also how easy is it to install windows 8 developers on a new pc?
 
lanceley said:
It's always worth over doing to help future proof I always think. If I was looking to overlock what would be the best option i3 or maybe a amd processor? What's peoples views?

Also how easy is it to install windows 8 developers on a new pc?
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Overclocking, you really need an intel 'k' processor. These are the easiest and safest things to overclock and give you a good boost in performance.

i3's cannot be overclocked much and this will have only a msall impact on perfroamce.

As for AMD chips, they are far behind, when it comes to gaming and such. The overclock on that may look impressive but won't actually gain you much performance. That is really the only reason to overclock in the first place.
 
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