November looms....
Going to do one of these Every month the cat ? :heckle:
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November looms....
Going to do one of these Every month the cat ? :heckle:
Stickified (thought I had done earlier - my bad)
I've been asked about/to build a gaming-computer for a friend's brother. The budget I've been given is £400-550 with monitor, KB/M and speakers already covered - maybe the OS.
Outside of HDD prices, is this guide still accurate and is there anything i should be aware of?
I was thinking of going the Core i3 2xxx & Radeon 6870 path - as i'm not sure the 560Ti is worth the extra £30 and for gaming, the i3 seems the better choice over Llano/Phenom's. I was also thinking he's open to the IVB upgrade later on as well.
My main concern is the case, motherboard, and maybe pursuing an SSD in lieu of a HDD for now.
Ideas guys, gals, CAT? :mrgreen:
I will get a guide up for January.The AMD build will either have a Phenom II X4 960T or a Llano K series. The motherboards probably will change for the cheaper Intel builds too.
Dear C5th,
On your advice I have recently purchased the U2412M, as an upgrade to my old LG. I'd like to take this opportunity to say.......YUMMERS ! OMG ! etc etc
Thanking you for your expertise. Good show !
Regards
Phage
I also just bought the Dell U2412M and it's brilliant. I found this review of the screen which is very detailed: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2412m.htm
Well worth the £258 I paid for it. Now I just need a desk that can have my MDM05 desk mount installed on it and I'll be all set with my new setup :)
OK,sorry chaps - it didn't pan out as I thought originally!!:(
However,I am working on one for the summer ATM. Should be up soon.
Monthly is probably overkill and a lot of work for you, how about quarterly?
Given releases usually state \'will be released Q1 2013\' it seems like that might be a more sensible way to do things?
Managed to come with some specifications for the Biggger Budget Build. Had to increase the budget a bit to around £800.
Basic Build.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/s...ldJuly2012.png
Upgrades.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/s...12Upgrades.png
@ CAT
I got my i5 3570K for £156(OEM version), cheaper than the i5 2500K from Scan. Thought I would mention it considering you are specifying a separate cooler.
Also surprised you don't favour Corsair for their PSU(over the XFX) given their warranty and customer service reputation.
You're missing the £15 Windows 8 promotion from the upgrades part. :p
I thought of the OEM parts,but they tend to have only a 1 year warranty and availability is more limited. I will mention the OEM parts when I get to writing the guide.
The prices are from Scan,Dabs,Ebuyer,Amazon,CCL Computers and Novatech. The reason I have multiple parts is to make sure that any one part is available,and a range of prices to take price fluctuations into account.
Regarding the PSUs,they all have at least 2 PCI-E 6 pin and 2 PCI-E 6+2 pin power connectors for Crossfire and SLI. The TX650 V2 only has two PCI-E power connectors.
The XFX is a Seasonic based design and gets good reviews. Warranty is 5 years and RMA is UK based AFAIK. It is also one of the cheapest decent PSUs with 4 PCI-E power connectors. The OCZ ZT 650W modular is also quite good and is around the same price,but AFAIK the XFX is probably better. The modular Corsair and NZXT are around £80,so cost around more than the other two PSUs.
Anyway,you can mix and match parts between the two rows. At least they should hopefully be all compatible with each other!!:p
That might drive some people to consoles!! I don't want that!!:p
OTH,in a few months we have no choice!! :(
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H is currently £80 on Ebuyer:
http://www.ebuyer.com/351598-gigabyt...ard-ga-z77-d3h