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Title: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on January 28, 2012, 10:26:48 PM: Black Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-300-three-hundred-black-mid-tower-ultimate-gaming-case-w-o-psu-%28new-version%29
Core i5 2400 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2400-s1155-sdy-bridge-quad-31ghz-hd2000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-retail
6GB DDR3 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/6gb-%283x2gb%29-hynix-ddriii-pc3-10600-%281333mhz%29-240-pin-non-ecc-unbuffered-cl9
Mobo P8H67 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8h67-rev-b3-intel-h67-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-%28x16%29-atx
500GB hard drive http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-western-digital-wd5000aakx-caviar-blue-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-8ms
DVD drive http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony-ad-7261s-0b-24x-dvdr-12xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-sata-black-lightscribe-oem
GT 520 2gb http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-point-of-view-gt-520-40nm-1066mhz-gddr3-gpu-810mhz-shader-1620mhz-48-cores-d-sub-hdmi-dvi-low-pr
450W PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-psu-antec-basiq-vp450p-gb-80-pluseps-12vquiet-fan-atx-v23

Got about 550 to spend and this lot is working out at 540 in euro, and the plan is to upgrade the gfx card and add an SSD drive down the line on a few months or so.
I was thinking of using the Gfx card in the dell insted of the one listed to free up cash for somthing better in another part but not sure (its an GTX 250 1gb)
Im sure im not missing anyting and the system's alot better than my 5year old Dell XPS 720.
What ye think? Going to order the parts later this week before my wife finds something "better" to spend my extra cash on :?:
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on January 29, 2012, 02:13:08 PM: sorting something here atm will involve useing current gfx card though
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on January 29, 2012, 02:32:16 PM: left the gfx card out as your current one is as good as the 520 and i think you would benefit more from a good base system

proc: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-33ghz-hd3000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-retail

mobo: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z68-v-lx-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-20-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

ram: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v

psu: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-coolermaster-gx-rs750-acaae3-uk-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v231

case: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-300-three-hundred-black-mid-tower-ultimate-gaming-case-w-o-psu-(new-version)

hdd: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-western-digital-wd5000aakx-caviar-blue-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-8ms

dvd drive: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/samsung-writemaster-sh-s222ab-bebe-22x-dvdr-12x-dvdr-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-sata-black-oem
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on February 01, 2012, 03:30:38 PM: Just ordered the above parts, thanks for the help there grim tis apprecited :?:
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Lucutus on February 01, 2012, 03:49:01 PM: Can't go wrong with a GrimRig?! Ask anyone! (except Fran....)
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on February 01, 2012, 04:19:32 PM: to be fair the problem there was mostly fran :P
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Lucutus on February 01, 2012, 05:09:50 PM: lol, he's an expert now... ye could do a remake of the karate kid, except with PC building instead of karate.

(http://zonavintage.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/karate_kid2.jpg)
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on February 01, 2012, 05:18:23 PM: http://www.youtube.com/v/9fWvub_WBho
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on February 01, 2012, 06:27:57 PM: Nooooo, only got that out of my head a while back!
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on February 10, 2013, 01:20:01 PM: Going to grab an SSD for the PC at some stage in the next 2 weeks, looking at this one right now.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-intel-330-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-25nm-mlc-read-500mb-s-write-450mb-s-33k-iops-ma

What you think? not looking to spend much, no more than 130-150 euro.
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on February 10, 2013, 01:51:03 PM: I'd go with either of these tbh any drive with the sandforce controller should be avoided

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-158-SA

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2103
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on February 10, 2013, 03:49:21 PM: I have the a Corsair 120GB SSD - think it's thins one;

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-corsair-force-series-gt-25-ssd-sandforce-2200-read-555mb-s-write-515mb-s-85000-iops-max
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on February 10, 2013, 05:09:33 PM: Thanks lads Ill order one before the weekend I'd say. Man the price on the PCI slot ones are funny!
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on February 10, 2013, 08:08:00 PM: Quote from: [TiG]Boru on February 10, 2013, 05:09:33 PM
Man the price on the PCI slot ones are funny!
Check the read/write speeds.
550MB/s - 515MB/s on the SSDs, compared to 1500MB/s - 1300MB/s on the PCI-E cards. They're more suited for people doing 32 tracks of music at once.
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on April 30, 2014, 06:04:50 PM: Upgrade time \o/ 200 odd for new GFX card and an SSD

Not much to play with I know but she's running on an 560gtx and no SSD
I don't need much on the SSD, enough for just a few games or the OS and
one or two games to run on and I see a few 750 nvidia cards going for a 100 or so.
MOBO's a http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68V_LX/ (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68V_LX/)

What ye think, something like a 750 and 120gb SSD should do nicely?
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on April 30, 2014, 06:43:26 PM: Boru; have a look at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055214991
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [GIT]Fairy on April 30, 2014, 06:49:04 PM: Put it all in the card, SSD can wait, it only gives slightly faster load times in reality?
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on April 30, 2014, 06:51:42 PM: Agree with Dermot. You may be able to pick up a 120GB SSD for ?50 at a later stage, but you'd be best saving and getting a 240GB SSD. My 120GB SSD fills up fairly fast :(
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on April 30, 2014, 08:23:49 PM: I has a "MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB" in my machine;
?176 / ?214 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830
?246 http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=JCEMSI-N760-TF-2GD5-OC
?225 http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/80011815/msi-geforce-gtx-760-gaming-2gb-pci-e/details.aspx

Komplett used to ship for free, but dunno about now. Elara is based in Parkwest, Dublin, and are handy if you can pick it up in the shop. Overclockers, not sure about the shipping to here, but I'd say it'd fit in a Parcel Motel box handy enough. AVOID Pixmania, as they're a shower of wankers.
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on May 17, 2014, 10:27:29 AM: Ordering a 750ti and a 128gb SSD for a little over 200 next week, thanks lads
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on May 17, 2014, 10:58:17 PM: If getting them off Hardwareversand, let me know; if you place the URL's through a specific site, you can shave about 20% off the order.
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on May 18, 2014, 11:21:58 PM: Also, what SSD are you getting? Not all are good, and some are horribly bad.
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on June 09, 2014, 12:28:33 PM: gtx 750ti and samsung ssd installed and working

:salute: :salute:
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Boru on April 22, 2015, 07:30:18 PM: These 2 for a cheep-ish upgrade, the mobo I have is PCIe2 and Im running a gtx 750ti.
So im not getting the full use of it. Need to upgrade the CPU then also. Thoughts anyone?

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z97p-d3-intel-z97-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-(x16)-2-way-crossfirex-hdmi-atx

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-4460-lga-1150-haswell-refresh-quad-core-32ghz-base-34ghz-turbo-1100mhz-gpu-84w-cpu-ret
Title: Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
Post by: [TiG]Grim on April 22, 2015, 08:28:40 PM: any idea of budget