BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hi chaps! Spurred on by a great weekend at Duxford and rather missing my flying with the Dogz I am once again giving some serious thought into building a new rig. With just 5 mins at ebuyer, i've come up with the following list as a guide to my requirements/budget. If you guys could steer me towards better combinations of parts or better deals or any thing at all that would really help. GFX will be courtesy of Fruitbat/Fenrir in the way of a 280 I believe, until I have some more cash to throw at a new card! Should I go for a SSD drive for OS/applications straight off? I see there is now a i5 3570K for only £8 more, would it be better? > http://www.ebuyer.co...-bx80637i53570k Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £171.62 Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £87.99 Coolermaster Silencio 550 with GX 550W PSU £102.87 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered £80.09 Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache £62.99 Crucial 64GB M4 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 500MB/s Write 95MB/s - 3 Year Warranty £58.00 LG IPS235V IPS LCD LED 23" HDMI Monitor £134.99 HDMI Cable 1.4 Black 2 Metre £4.99 Cart total inc vat: £703.54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 2, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Not sure if i would stick with 550w, doesn't give you any real possibility of sli in the future, found this, http://www.ebuyer.co...-rc-502-kwa1-jp Bit cheaper and 650w. However coolermaster cases are awesome, its what i use. The rest looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Oh yes, thanks Kev. What do you reckon on the newer i5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 The 2500K is just a great processor, I have heard great things about it. I built a rig for my brother-in-law and he seems happy with it. Pretty much the best bang-for-buck CPU out there (or was 5 months ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes Jedi, all i've ever heard is good things about the 2500K and up until now that was probably my first choice, but it's this that has got me interested: i5 3570K for only £8 more > http://www.ebuyer.co...-bx80637i53570k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 2, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I don't know much about that one yet, but since you can overclock the i5 2500k to buggery to @4Ghz on air easily anyway........ I'll have a read around later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 The i5 3570K is the new Ivybridge patten 22nm instead of the sandy bridge 32nm. It is clocked slightly higher, and has slightly better support for things such as pci-e 3.0 and should have a lower power consumption (which should lead to a lower temp, but I've read reports of it being slightly hotter due to the die-shrink). If it is only 8£ more go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Thanks chaps, you're awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 2, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 i'm reading it might not be as good for overclocking due to heat problems as the 2500k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 So perhaps stick with the 2500K then? To throw another thing out there. I feel as a current AMD user, it would be wrong of me to perhaps consider their options... Fen has the X4 and loves it. I've just seen this, it's quite a bit cheaper than the i5, is it worth entertaining at all? http://www.ebuyer.com/186428-amd-phenom-ii-x4-965-black-edition-3-4ghz-socket-am3-6mb-l3-hdz965fbgmbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Intel is your best bet these days. I use a 17-2600k (they didn't have the i5 in stock). Unless you have cooling issues in general or plan to overclock the CPU substantially there is nothing bad with the 3570. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 2, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 To throw another thing out there. I feel as a current AMD user, it would be wrong of me to perhaps consider their options... Fen has the X4 and loves it. I've just seen this, it's quite a bit cheaper than the i5, is it worth entertaining at all? http://www.ebuyer.co...3-hdz965fbgmbox No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 To throw another thing out there. I feel as a current AMD user, it would be wrong of me to perhaps consider their options... Fen has the X4 and loves it. I've just seen this, it's quite a bit cheaper than the i5, is it worth entertaining at all? http://www.ebuyer.co...3-hdz965fbgmbox No. Nice one Kev! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Haha, fair enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Kev., quit your bloody fence sitting and tel us how you really feel, will you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 So chaps, here's my updated spec! The mobo comes with 2 sata cables and i already have a mouse/keyboard and DVD-RW drive. Are there any components that you know have better/cheaper alternatives, or is this a decent marriage of parts? I'm so out of the loop these days. Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £171.62 Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £87.99 Coolermaster Centurion 5 II SPECIAL EDITION Case with Red Interior - With Coolermaster 650W GX PSU£89.99 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered £80.43 Crucial 64GB M4 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 500MB/s Write 95MB/s - 3 Year Warranty £58.00 Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache £69.99 LG IPS235V IPS LCD LED 23" HDMI Monitor £129.99 Xenta DVI-D Dual Link Black Replacement Cable - 3 Metre £4.38 Cart total inc vat: £692.39 It's got me a little excited that I could have a pretty darn good new rig for well under a grand. Didn't think it was possible to be honest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 3, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 you're going to wet yourself when you fire up HSFX 6 / UP3 on that for the first time. throw this at it the next time you have a bit of spare cash afterwards, http://www.ebuyer.co...-426018336-1848 and you be able to play clod maxed out as well as DCS and RoF to the max without any issues (well your be able to play Clod maxed out with its inerrant issues!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 hmmmmmm, *dribbles at the prospect....* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 4, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Personally, I'd ditch the SSD and go for (say) a regular 500GB SATA III drive for your OS and applications. As I said, it's personal, but I have misgivings over the longevity/reliability of SSD drives. Rest of it looks good from a first glance. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 I think I'm with Jabo, you might even be able to throw the extra cash at a 27" monitor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 4, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 me to, can't really see the need at the moment for a SSD, but its personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Thanks chaps, really appreciate the advice! I've done another basket. It's a bit over my £700ish budget, but ooooohhhh the thought of a 27" screen Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £171.62 Asus P8Z68-V LX Socket 1155 Onboard graphics output 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £89.99 Coolermaster Centurion 5 II SPECIAL EDITION Case with Red Interior - With Coolermaster 650W GX PSU £89.99 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered £80.43 Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache £69.99 (DATA) Seagate 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Barracuda Hard Drive 7200RPM 16MB Cache £52.98 (OS/APPS) Xenta DVI-D Dual Link Black Replacement Cable - 3 Metre £4.38 HANNS-G HL272HPB LED TFT 27" HDMI Monitor £193.76 Cart total inc vat: £753.14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 5, 2012 2. Administrators Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Good call Chris, I like the Barracuda's a lot (Despite the fact all my drives are WD Caviar Black edition lol) Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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