Please advise me what to get before I put this computer through the window!

Deise Musashi

Lads,

My PC died, heat sink bracket sheared and my AMD Dual core reddened itself to death

This old ass, freezing, no game playing pile of ancient Dell is driving me half cracked.

It's been a while since I've built and I'm not up to date with what's current and where to buy. I would prefer to buy from one supplier and do it with Visa/Paypal. I was looking at bundles from OCuk (i5 2500k level) but maybe ye know where to get a similar heart and lung transplant bundle for cheaper.

Just looking for advice, cheers lads!

1. What is your budget? [€300-€500]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Home videos (kids/Christmas, not what you were thinking!), photo editing, games, driving Sean Sherlock mad with e-mails...

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [No]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Yes, 750 watt power supply, graphics card will do for now, DVD Burners, Hard drive will do until SSD gets cheaper.

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5a. If yes, what size do you need.

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? Its an old dell one I got for nothing

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?Keyboard/Mouse/Wireless Card/Card Reader/Speakers/ Nope, sorted for all that stuff.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes if not too complicated, may buy a larger cooler later on.

8. How can you pay? Credit Card/ Paypal preferably. HWVS look cheap but I can't be doing with going in to banks (blood boiling), so prefer to do this online.

9. When are you purchasing? Next couple of weekends hopefully

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Co. Waterford, should be able to manage though.

srsly78

You can use your bank account online to pay HWVS. If you don't got internet banking then you should sort that out. Euro has weakened vs sterling, so ordering from UK is even less competitive.

ShadowHearth

op, so you need bare bones prety much?

case
mobo
cpu
ram
hdd?

still got your old gpu and psu?

if yes, then give me a sec, ill put something together.

deconduo

So its just CPU, motherboard, RAM, case and cooler you need? What sort of games would you be playing? If its nothing too intensive then the i5 is probably a bit overkill :P

From scan:
Item|Price
Total build cost: £381.19 (inc Delivery £13.98 and VAT £63.54)
(Works out at about €460)
Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad, 3.3GHz, HD3000 IGP 850Mhz, 6MB Cache, 95W OEM|£160.98
MSI Z68S-G43 Gen 3 , Intel Z68, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA)/ DVI-D, ATX|£74.02
8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3 HyperX Genesis Grey, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-27, XMP, 1.65V|£35.87
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Quiet CPU Cooler 4 Heat Pipes 120mm Fan Intel S775/AM2/AM2+/AM3/754/939/940|£19.16
Fractal Design Define R3 USB 3.0 Black Pearl, Mid Tower Case with cable routing and noise absorbing material|£74.38

ShadowHearth

Total build cost: €438.29 + €30 shipping
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX €98.93
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155 €197.91
8GB-Kit Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 CL9 €36.45
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 3 6GB/s €105.00

get case you like.

Deise Musashi

Cheers for that lads, much appreciated!

So its just CPU, motherboard, RAM, case and cooler you need? What sort of games would you be playing? If its nothing too intensive then the i5 is probably a bit overkill

That's it yes. Modern Warfare 3, Call Of Duty, Dead Island type of thing. I'm not even that bothered about having it run on top settings, I enjoy the games even when not at full spec.

Must have a look at those links and see what I can scrounge together

Thanks again for that!

Deise Musashi

Order sent! Gear should be here next Thursday

Thanks again for the replies lads!