Hi, first time PC Builder here. Budget: £650 (not even £651) Main uses of intended build: Gaming, Design (Photoshop, Flash etc) No 3D design / rendering needed. Parts required: Quad Core processor, Decent Graphics Card ( maybe GTX 460?) Previous build information (list details of parts): Not Relevant, its dead. Monitor resolution: Probably 1680 x 1050 Storage requirements: only 500GB SATA will you be overclocking: no Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers): Must have Xfire / SLI. Extra information about desired system: the £650 only has to include the desktop, no monitor or keyboard/mouse.
I'm in the same situation, think i'm gunna go for this but probabily the i5 760. Comes in at under £650 with free shipping (need 20 posts on this forum) Woops no dvd drive (add £15) perhaps a slightly cheaper psu and xigmatek asgard instead of antec 300. Didn't include Os either because it wasn't stated you need one. Just did a editted build.
drop the case to a coolermaster 335 £30 from scan. drop the mobo to a UD2 instead of UD5 that will shave a few pounds off however if you need a complete build including monitor i5 -750 is above your budget and you should probly be looking at maybe at an AMD build try the affordable allround on bit-tech but upgrade the GPU and add the monitor and if the budget allows drop in a phenom X4 too why do you nede SLI since its very premium feature and your on a tight budget ? SLI IMO has always been a waste of money as performance varies too much and getting a 2nd card later is worse than buying a single better GPU later
He said he wants sli, ud2 drops the pci-e ports to x4 which makes sli almost pointless where as the ud5 does it at x8. He says he doesn't need a monitor. My second build costs £644.98 so you could upgrade the case to a cm elite series. The AMD route is also worth considering, being a bit cheaper, and the am3 socket will allow you to upgrade to the new processors out next year that afaik are going to be am3 rev 2 socket not sure if that's confirmed yet.
I agree with you on sli, and its the same matter for crossfirex. When buying a pc you should buy a single graphics card that does what you want not two. If you plan on doing it as a upgrade route later on, its probabily not going to be worth it and you'd be better off sticking it on ebay and getting a new card altogether imo. This is in regard to gaming pc's btw. Folding machines might be worth it i don't know much about them.
It doesn't have to be it just can be, because it fits in his budget. It's down to him if he wants to save a bit of money.
