OCUK do a prebuilt system for £957 with i7 930, GTX 460, 40GB SSD + 500GB HD, 6GB DDR3 and all pre-OC'd with pretty nice bits (apart from the hideous case, but so what).
Titan Onyx + GTX 460 + 40GB SSD.
Titan Onyx + GTX 460 + 40GB SSD.
around £700 here. I wrote almost.GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
wrong, that CPU alone is £800Beduin wrote:
u can almost get an i7 980X setup for £1000
Last edited by Beduin (2010-08-14 16:30:43)
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...show me the schematic
...show me the schematic
For reference, I did a bit of toying on microdirect.co.uk
i5 760 (750 was out of stock), 4gig DDR3 1600, gtx 460, 2TB caviar black, win7 64bit, + case, psu, dvd drive = £880 with VAT, a little bit above 900 if you throw in a non-stock cooler.
i5 760 (750 was out of stock), 4gig DDR3 1600, gtx 460, 2TB caviar black, win7 64bit, + case, psu, dvd drive = £880 with VAT, a little bit above 900 if you throw in a non-stock cooler.
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/46939
ooh shit, £890.72 for 980X
e.: £762.77 Inc VAT, this site is cheaper.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Co … 30W-Retail
am not saying he should get one, it was just a way to say that he can get a much better setup.
ooh shit, £890.72 for 980X
e.: £762.77 Inc VAT, this site is cheaper.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Co … 30W-Retail
am not saying he should get one, it was just a way to say that he can get a much better setup.
Last edited by Beduin (2010-08-14 16:39:36)
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...show me the schematic
...show me the schematic
I think he'd be better off with the pre built one I suggested.Bevo wrote:
For reference, I did a bit of toying on microdirect.co.uk
i5 760 (750 was out of stock), 4gig DDR3 1600, gtx 460, 2TB caviar black, win7 64bit, + case, psu, dvd drive = £880 with VAT, a little bit above 900 if you throw in a non-stock cooler.
~£950
i7 930 @ 4GHz
6GB DDR3
GTX 460
40GB SSD
500GB HDD
600W Corsair PSU
+ the other bits you need.
Just a shame it's so fugly.
Sounds like a steal.Bertster7 wrote:
I think he'd be better off with the pre built one I suggested.Bevo wrote:
For reference, I did a bit of toying on microdirect.co.uk
i5 760 (750 was out of stock), 4gig DDR3 1600, gtx 460, 2TB caviar black, win7 64bit, + case, psu, dvd drive = £880 with VAT, a little bit above 900 if you throw in a non-stock cooler.
~£950
i7 930 @ 4GHz
6GB DDR3
GTX 460
40GB SSD
500GB HDD
600W Corsair PSU
+ the other bits you need.
Just a shame it's so fugly.
ed: includes win7?
Last edited by Bevo (2010-08-14 17:02:04)
No....Bevo wrote:
Sounds like a steal.Bertster7 wrote:
I think he'd be better off with the pre built one I suggested.Bevo wrote:
For reference, I did a bit of toying on microdirect.co.uk
i5 760 (750 was out of stock), 4gig DDR3 1600, gtx 460, 2TB caviar black, win7 64bit, + case, psu, dvd drive = £880 with VAT, a little bit above 900 if you throw in a non-stock cooler.
~£950
i7 930 @ 4GHz
6GB DDR3
GTX 460
40GB SSD
500GB HDD
600W Corsair PSU
+ the other bits you need.
Just a shame it's so fugly.
ed: includes win7?
But OS's can be obtained in other cheaper ways - some of which are legal.
Christmas ... wouldn't it make more sense to configure this nearer the time?
It would. Now would be good time for him to 'learn about how to build your own PC'liquidat0r wrote:
Christmas ... wouldn't it make more sense to configure this nearer the time?
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
If you can build Lego, you can build a PC.
Tbh Lego is more complicated than building a PC.
I5-650 is dual-core, so no. An i5-680 is also dual-core but will cost you €100,- more, whereas a quad-core i5-750 will only cost you €10,- more. Weird, but true: you pay a lot more for extra Ghz, but not so much for extra cores, so just get the i5-750. Don't bother with an i7 unless you want a very high-end rig. An i5-750 will do fine for a budget gaming system with more than decent performance. Spend €10,- more and you're grand. Will fit on the same mobo you've selected now probably.M.O.A.B wrote:
Asking for a new comp for Xmas and I've been looking at this setup (not the complete but the main parts I've listed here).
Would this be a good future system and would it run all (or most) current high-end games with little issue (in general)?
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor
- 3.2 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 4 MB Smart Cache
Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM:
6 GB
Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 5450
1GB memory
Hard drive:
1 TB
Cut down to 4-Gb of RAM. First of all 6-Gb is for i7's, secondly 6-Gb is hard to upgrade because it occupies three out of generally four slots, and thirdly it is overkill (budgetary and performance wise) for what you are going to build. It should save you about a €100,= which you can spend on a better videocard (HD5450 is shit). For around €200,- you can get a Gigabyte Geforce 460 1Gb (instead of standard 768Mb) factory OC with decent double cooling unit.
For about the same price as your original setup you'll get:
Core i5-750 Quad
4 Gb DDR3 Dual-Channel RAM (I suggest OCZ-Gold for about €80,- or so)
Gigabyte 460 OC 1Gb GDDR5
That will pretty much run everything you can get your hands on at the moment at pretty good framerates and is easily upgradeable.
yes buy thisBertster7 wrote:
OCUK do a prebuilt system for £957 with i7 930, GTX 460, 40GB SSD + 500GB HD, 6GB DDR3 and all pre-OC'd with pretty nice bits (apart from the hideous case, but so what).
Titan Onyx + GTX 460 + 40GB SSD.
if it doesn't come with windows 7 pick up a cheap copy from the ultimatesteal deal or software4students
It will be significantly more expensive compared to what he had in mind though. For £957 everyone can build a system like that.Aries_37 wrote:
yes buy thisBertster7 wrote:
OCUK do a prebuilt system for £957 with i7 930, GTX 460, 40GB SSD + 500GB HD, 6GB DDR3 and all pre-OC'd with pretty nice bits (apart from the hideous case, but so what).
Titan Onyx + GTX 460 + 40GB SSD.
if it doesn't come with windows 7 pick up a cheap copy from the ultimatesteal deal or software4students
You're right about the case though. My desktop always goes under the desk, I want to see as little of my PC as possible. I find flashy leds and the likes only distracting.
Go on then - put together a better build for less money.Lai wrote:
It will be significantly more expensive compared to what he had in mind though. For £957 everyone can build a system like that.Aries_37 wrote:
yes buy thisBertster7 wrote:
OCUK do a prebuilt system for £957 with i7 930, GTX 460, 40GB SSD + 500GB HD, 6GB DDR3 and all pre-OC'd with pretty nice bits (apart from the hideous case, but so what).
Titan Onyx + GTX 460 + 40GB SSD.
if it doesn't come with windows 7 pick up a cheap copy from the ultimatesteal deal or software4students
You're right about the case though. My desktop always goes under the desk, I want to see as little of my PC as possible. I find flashy leds and the likes only distracting.
He says he doesn't want to build it and this is all pre-OC'd which is nice for someone who is inexperienced with that sort of stuff. That system looks like fairly good value to me.
Go on scan.co.uk, they're reasonably cheap. You can build a decent setup on there for £1000 and they also offer scansure insurance, which covers you if you fuck up during installation. It's a few quid extra and i always get it just in case.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Scansure/Index.aspx
Do this instead.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Scansure/Index.aspx
Do this instead.
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-08-15 09:53:10)
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
650 watt seems like a bit much? Wouldn't 520 watt be more than enough?presidentsheep wrote:
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/32093/gfc.jpg
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
For just the single card, should be plenty. I'm too lazy to check if the mobo has another GPU slot, where 520 would be questionable at best if he were to throw another 460 in at a later date.RDMC wrote:
650 watt seems like a bit much? Wouldn't 520 watt be more than enough?presidentsheep wrote:
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/32093/gfc.jpg
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
I wouldn't say that's any better than the pre-built one.presidentsheep wrote:
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/32093/gfc.jpg
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
Costs more, and though it includes Win7 and pointless watercooling, I think is a worse buy. He'd get much more from an SSD as a system disk than from a watercooling system. I have no idea why you would include that in a build for someone who isn't keen on the idea of building it - it's not like he's going to be doing lots of OCing.
Also, 768MB MSI GTX 460? No, no, no....
520W PSU, theres a bit more money for improvements.
Mobo is SLI
Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-08-15 11:12:41)
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
768MB version of the 460 sucks, only get the 1GB version.
It was only a rough idea to show the type of system that the money could get.Bertster7 wrote:
I wouldn't say that's any better than the pre-built one.presidentsheep wrote:
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/32093/gfc.jpg
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
Costs more, and though it includes Win7 and pointless watercooling, I think is a worse buy. He'd get much more from an SSD as a system disk than from a watercooling system. I have no idea why you would include that in a build for someone who isn't keen on the idea of building it - it's not like he's going to be doing lots of OCing.
Also, 768MB MSI GTX 460? No, no, no....
#edit:made a few changes
Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-08-15 11:13:01)
I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.
Yup - the revised version is much better. But still, you should remember this is someone who has said they don't want to build it themselves and for the same money can get pretty much the same system pre-built and pre-OC'd by people who know what they're doing.presidentsheep wrote:
It was only a rough idea to show the type of system that the money could get.Bertster7 wrote:
I wouldn't say that's any better than the pre-built one.presidentsheep wrote:
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/32093/gfc.jpg
Very rough start.
#edit: the only thing you cant get the insurance for is win7 xD
#edit2: wrong hdd, meant to put the f3 which is actually £5 less.
Costs more, and though it includes Win7 and pointless watercooling, I think is a worse buy. He'd get much more from an SSD as a system disk than from a watercooling system. I have no idea why you would include that in a build for someone who isn't keen on the idea of building it - it's not like he's going to be doing lots of OCing.
Also, 768MB MSI GTX 460? No, no, no....
#edit:made a few changes
Holy shit, a single i7 980X chip costs over £1000 here. Fucks sake, an i7 920 costs £300Beduin wrote:
u can almost get an i7 980X setup for £1000