New build £800 UK

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Rejam

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Hi everyone,

First time post. I'm looking for some advice about building my own computer.
I've done a fair amount of upgrades and modifications to my old pc's but never built from scratch, so advice and tips are all welcome.

I have somewhere around £800 to spend. My software budget is separate, so this is just for the hardware.
But i need everything, including a monitor (I'm thinking about 24").

I'll probably play a few games on it, such as portal 2, Team fortress, Diablo 3 etc. and sometimes I do some digital drawing and photo editing.

Any help would be really appreciated.
 
CPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

Motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-343-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Graphics Card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

Memory: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-057-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Hard Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-364-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-BX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1850

Monitor: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-032-AS&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

Comes to ~£803

You should be able to cut the price a little by using either Aria or Ebuyer, or by shopping local to negate P&P (I would not, however buy from anywhere other than OcUK, Aria or Ebuyer, unless you have a reputable retailer by you). What part of the UK are you from?

You mentioned that you upgrade your old PC's, so I assume you have a DVD drive in one of them. You can throw that in to install Windows, and then after that you don't really need one, and if you do, not to the point that you can't wait until you have an extra £10-15 or so for one, unless you burn several discs daily
 
Hey guys,

Thanks for the quick responses.
I'm from around Newcastle. I was thinking I would buy most of the stuff online, I'm not sure about any decent suppliers in the area.

Aastii, thanks for the build. I have had a quick look through your suggestions and it looks pretty nice.

At the moment I don't actually have a computer because I'm returning to the UK after spending a couple of years abroad. So, I don'T even have a DVD drive.

If I could up my budget to around £850-£900, would that make much difference to the build?

Thanks a lot for the help.
 
Aastii said:
CPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

Motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-343-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Graphics Card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

Memory: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-057-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Hard Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-364-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-BX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1850

Monitor: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-032-AS&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

Comes to ~£803

You should be able to cut the price a little by using either Aria or Ebuyer, or by shopping local to negate P&P (I would not, however buy from anywhere other than OcUK, Aria or Ebuyer, unless you have a reputable retailer by you). What part of the UK are you from?

You mentioned that you upgrade your old PC's, so I assume you have a DVD drive in one of them. You can throw that in to install Windows, and then after that you don't really need one, and if you do, not to the point that you can't wait until you have an extra £10-15 or so for one, unless you burn several discs daily
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Generally agree, apart from personally would choose ATX mobo.
 
Rejam said:
Hey guys,

Thanks for the quick responses.
I'm from around Newcastle. I was thinking I would buy most of the stuff online, I'm not sure about any decent suppliers in the area.

Aastii, thanks for the build. I have had a quick look through your suggestions and it looks pretty nice.

At the moment I don't actually have a computer because I'm returning to the UK after spending a couple of years abroad. So, I don'T even have a DVD drive.

If I could up my budget to around £850-£900, would that make much difference to the build?

Thanks a lot for the help.
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You probably need a DVD burner.
Extra £100 would probably go for SSD drive
or 6950 2GB + 8GB RAM + aftermarket heatsink
 
daisymtc said:
Generally agree, apart from personally would choose ATX mobo.
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Motherboards are definately the area I have least experience dealing with.
I have always just made sure when upgrading the processor that it was compatible with the current motherboard.

What makes ATX mobo a better choice?

Thanks again everyone for the suggestions.
 
Rejam said:
Motherboards are definately the area I have least experience dealing with.
I have always just made sure when upgrading the processor that it was compatible with the current motherboard.

What makes ATX mobo a better choice?

Thanks again everyone for the suggestions.
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Aastii' s choice of mobo would have 3 slot of PCI-E x16 and 1 x PCI-E.
Most people would probably 2 x video card slots for SLi/ CF. (choose those with dual video card at x8/x8 if you want this function.)

I just feel single slot of PCI-E x1 is not enough if you need adding addtional card in future
 
daisymtc said:
Aastii' s choice of mobo would have 3 slot of PCI-E x16 and 1 x PCI-E.
Most people would probably 2 x video card slots for SLi/ CF. (choose those with dual video card at x8/x8 if you want this function.)

I just feel single slot of PCI-E x1 is not enough if you need adding addtional card in future
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i have to agree, 1 PCI-E slot isnt enough. when i get the cash for my build, im going make sure that im going to make a seperate build, cheaper but that will have atleast 2 PCI-E slots
 
daisymtc said:
Generally agree, apart from personally would choose ATX mobo.
Click to expand...

No need for specifically going ATX unless you are going to be using 2 x video cards, which there is little point in doing anyway, at least not in this situation. mATX is actually a better choice generally as less power is used by them (generally speaking) than their larger ATX counterparts. With that said, there is more choice with mid/higher end boards in the ATX form factor than in mATX

daisymtc said:
You probably need a DVD burner.
Extra £100 would probably go for SSD drive
or 6950 2GB + 8GB RAM + aftermarket heatsink
Click to expand...

560 Ti > 6950. At stock it is only ever 1-2 FPS difference, however the 560 Ti pushes further when overclocked. The extra you pay for a 6950 is not justified, especially when you consider you are going to lose features such as Physx, yet pay more. Whilst Physx is a niche technology, I wouldn't pay more to NOT have it.

I do, however, agree with the heatsink with the extra money.

daisymtc said:
Aastii' s choice of mobo would have 3 slot of PCI-E x16 and 1 x PCI-E.
Most people would probably 2 x video card slots for SLi/ CF. (choose those with dual video card at x8/x8 if you want this function.)

I just feel single slot of PCI-E x1 is not enough if you need adding addtional card in future
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The board I posted wasn't actually the board I wanted to post,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

was, but I still wouldn't take it, and as I just said, I wouldn't get a board with the hopes of getting 2 cards in future, one, more powerful card is always better than two lesser cards., especailly when you consider you would need more than 500W for 2x6950's or 2x560 Ti's, so more is put out for something which isn't actually needed at all.

With the extra £100:

Motherboard change to:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-360-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Add:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Brings it to ~£880
 
Aastii said:
560 Ti > 6950. At stock it is only ever 1-2 FPS difference, however the 560 Ti pushes further when overclocked. The extra you pay for a 6950 is not justified, especially when you consider you are going to lose features such as Physx, yet pay more. Whilst Physx is a niche technology, I wouldn't pay more to NOT have it.
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I would have though 6950 is faster than GTX 560Ti for more than 1 - 2 FSP on stock...
 
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