Another New Build Thread

[El Wayneo]

Hi,

Am looking at building myself a shiny new PC.

I currently have;

Intel E4300 1.8Ghz @ 2.6Ghz + Freezer 7 Pro
Abit Fatal1ty Sli Mobo
4Gb Kingston HyperX 800Mhz
OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU
Reference 8800GT 512Mb
20" ASUS 1680 x 1050
Various HDD.

Running Vista HP 64Bit

It has served me well for over 2 years and all i have upgraded is the PSU.

But now its time to upgrade.

I require a new CPU, Mobo, RAM, Graphics, PSU.

I have no more than £700 to spend, the money i get from selling the above will go on a new Monitor, will keep old one aswell.

Have been looking at Core i7 as i want this Rig to last another 2 years, but its still pretty exspensive.

I need a new PSU as the GameXStream is too noisy, looking at the Coolermaster Silent Pro series.

I have an XClio A380 Case that i'm modding for watercooling atm, so no case needed.

Any help advice greatly appreciated, i am no fanboy and have no preference over AMD/Intel/Nvidia/ATI(AMD) i just want the best bang for buck.

Thanks for reading and for the help.

[Aaron]

To be honest, I'd say you were jumping the gun a bit if you're upgrading now, and you already have that system. What I would do if I were to upgrade now from what you have would be to maybe drop a new cpu in that system and sell the old one.. Then wait a few months till the i7 stuff drops in price from the premium its at, at the moment, and then get a killer system for the same money..

For £700, imo you'd be pushed to get a good all round i7 based system at the moment..

[El Wayneo]

Really?

Thing is though i am kind of limited to what CPU i could switch to, i could use a Q6600 but i wouldn't want a 2 year old processor and i'm pretty sure it won't take a 45nm CPU and Abit went bust so no more BIOS updates.

on i7 I thought the price had dropped?

I've seen an MSI X58 Pro for £170 and memory for £40 so with the CPU aswell i should still have £240 for PSU and Graphics?

Should be able to get a GTX260 for £160 when the revised ATI Graphics (4950/70) get launched???

Or could get a 4870 1GB? either one is a good 40% increase over 8800GT at least.

What do you reckon to the AM3 route?

Worth waiting for the AM3 3.0Ghz Black Edition?

[El Wayneo]

Actually just added it up, you're right mate i'm about £75 - £100 off atm.

Will have to do lots of washing up and ask the missus next week.

[Aaron]

Will have to do lots of washing up and ask the missus next week.
:lol:

Yeah, I was just meaning, you'd be closish, but you'd have to skimp somewhere in the system, and it would be a shame to not make the most of it!

[mac124]

I agree with Aaron just the cpu / mobo / memmory will set you back the best part of £700 if you go for half decent memory.

Don't knock the q6600 mate clock it to 3.2+ ghz and it should last you another 12 months or more at least.

[coiler]

Option A I7 build

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Intel+Core+i7-920+Socket+1366+CPU+?productId=34284

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+Socket+1366/Gigabyte+GA-EX58-UD3R+Intel+X58+Express+Socket+1366+Motherboard+?pr oductId=34709

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3/DDR3+1333+%28PC3-10666%29/Kingston+6GB+1333MHz+DDR3+Triple+Channel+Kit+%283x 2Gb%29?productId=34728

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GTX+260%2F280+Series/nVidia+GeForce+GTX+260+896MB+PCI-E+?productId=34394

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+750W+TX+Series+PSU+?productId=29100

£710.66ex £817.25inc



Option B E8400 build (my choice and i'd put money on this performing just as well in every game but crysis!!!)

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E8400+3.0GHz+%28Retail+775%29+?pr oductId=30243

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/MSI+P43+NEO3-FR+iP43+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=34635

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GTX+260%2F280+Series/nVidia+GeForce+GTX+260+896MB+PCI-E+?productId=34394

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/PC+Power+%26+Cooling+SILENCER+610+?productId=27381


£414.41ex £476.57inc (£340 saving and as I say you'd be hard pressed to notice a performance difference in games :mrgreen: :thumbsup:)

[El Wayneo]

After lots and lots of e-shopping i have finally decide on the following.

Intel Core i7 920
OCZ 6GB @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24
MSI X58 Pro
Gainward Golden Sample GTX 260

All for a lovely £686

Fingers crossed i get upto £250 (Max) for my current setup and that should buy me a new PSU and a 64Gb Solid State drive.

Will just have to wait for a new monitor, although my 20" ASUS isn't too crap.

Thanks for the help.

[mac124]

Looks like a nice bulid.

Make sure you do LOTS of homework on the ssd they aren't all they are cracked up to be, i believe some are quite slow, in relation to others.

[coiler]

check out some reviews of the gainward. I've had several gainwards over the years and they all ending up breaking :(