What to get

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 14:00

My brother had £600 pound to spend. He needs a case, cpu, mobo, memory and cooler. Hes looking at the i7 2600 cpu's. can someone please tell me what he can get best for that money. Hes looking at phantom case, which i really dont like myself, but its not for me. And i think he wants 12 gig ram and asus motherboard. I know little about the new chipsets as im upgrading myself shortly to a newer i7 too.

thanks for advice guys

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 14:04

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £227.99
(£189.99) £227.99
(£189.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Silverstone SST-RV03B-W Raven 3 Windowed Case £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £499.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.34
Total : £614.04

Bang on £600 with delivery.

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 14:06

He prefares asus boards mate.Is the z68 chipset the best one?

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 14:07

Yes, and last I heard Asrock were owned by ASUS

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 14:07

oh i didnt know that haha sorry

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 15:05

What is he going to use it for?

Z68 is indeed the best option here, because as far as I can see there is no dedicated graphics card - Z68 allows overclocking and use of the integrated CPU whilst also bringing several more useful additions into the fold.

Stulid's spec looks good to me, even if I'm not a fan of the case

shadow_boxer · 7 Jun 2011 at 15:24

Cookeh said:
Stulid's spec looks good to me, even if I'm not a fan of the case

+1. Good solid spec there though. Does he need the i7 2600K over an i5 2500K?

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 15:28

I think your personal opinions of whether you like the case or not dont matter

Let the OP decide.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18274849

panyan · 7 Jun 2011 at 15:47

shadow_boxer said:
+1. Good solid spec there though. Does he need the i7 2600K over an i5 2500K?

i agree, good spec, but is an i7 necessary?

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 16:54

stulid said:
I think your personal opinions of whether you like the case or not dont matter

Let the OP decide.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18274849

Lets the OPs brother decide

And he said he wanted a Phantom

shadow_boxer · 7 Jun 2011 at 17:06

Cookeh said:
Lets the OPs brother decide

And he said he wanted a Phantom

haha

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 17:11

The RV03 performs better

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 17:40

stulid said:
The RV03 performs better

True. But besides the point

By the way, is it now cooler than the Silverstone Raven 2?

stulid · 7 Jun 2011 at 17:49

The RV02 has three 180mm fans and one 120mm top fan.

The RV03 has 2 180mm Air penetrators and one 120mm top fan, but can fit another six 120mm fans aswell,

http://www.expreview.com/14450-7.html - you dont need to speak Jap to read the graphs.

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 18:02

Just wondering as the Raven 2 used to be the benchmark case for cooling. Seems to be near identical at stock config. I'd go for the cheaper Raven 2

Also Stulid, that's Han Chinese, not Japanese :confused:

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:07

Ok guys thanks for all your advice, ive just got back online to see. He will be using it for gaming and it will be overclocked so a good cooler is defo needed. Stulid ill show my brother your specs when i see him tonight. cheers mate

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:13

Does he have a graphics card? If so, which?

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:15

Yes he already has a good psu and good enough card, hes using a 580 3gb version.

Cookeh · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:43

More than enough

What's the uses?

Could save him a few quid by going with i5 2500k if it's gaming - no games make use of HyperThreading so there's no advantage in the i7

Leeroy123 · 7 Jun 2011 at 22:00

Ok how about this.

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £150

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £227.99

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £89.99 x 2 (16gb) so another 89.99

Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black £142

total including VAT is £791.

Yes i know its well over the 600 pound budget. but he just told me he doesnt mind going over and wanted 16 gig of ram!!! what do u guys think

oh wait i forgot a cooler lol