My rig will be this plus the 5850 (will probably get stuff from aria and amazon so don't worry about the prices...):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair CAFA50 61.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£25.77 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£82.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.00 @ Maplin Electronics)
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£70.00 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case (£76.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£90.93 @ Maplin Electronics)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) (£100.38 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £657.57
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
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And my sis will need these bits to make a complete system from my old one:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£70.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 520 1GB Video Card (£33.86 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer (£13.67 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £117.53
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-05-02 14:18 BST+0100)
Does that all look vaguely sensible? Things I'm not sure about:
- is my mobo ok? I'm possibly going to upgrade to a gtx 670 later, but multi-gpu is not on the cards
- good silent cpu coolers? I'm not going to overvolt much if at all
- I want a wifi card, any recommendations?
- Will my sister be able to use my old win7 key when I swap out the HDD and GPU on the old rig for her?
Thanks!