Final thoughts on £500 (approx) build

[d_turburville]

Hi guys,
Based on advice from this board I think I have narrowed down my choices to the following

M/B - Asus P7P55D E Pro
Store - ebuyer
Price - £169.92
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/194854

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaw 2 x 2GB
Store - ebuyer
Price - £100.00
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490

PSU - XFX 650W
Store - ebuyer
Price - £69.99
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/191826

CPU - i5 750
Store - Scan
Price - £152.93
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Core-i5-750-Lynnfield-45nm-Quad-Core-266GHz-8MB-Cache-95W-Retail

Case - Casecom 6788 Black Mid Tower Case
Store - ebuyer
Price - £29.91
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172779

Case Fan 120mm - Xilence Black 120mm Case Fan
Store - ebuyer
Price - £4.14
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151390

Case Fan 140mm - Sharkoon Silent 140mm Case Fan
Store - ebuyer
Price - £6.91
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/197086

GPU - HIS Radeon HD5770 1GB
**already have this**

Total price - £533.80

First off, does this seem OK to everyone, is there any way I could make this better for the same (ish) money?
Secondly, I will probably be O/C this build, would I be able to reuse my Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu from my old machine or would i need a new HSF, and if as I suspect I need a new one, what would be a good, quiet, cheap HSF

Thanks all
DT

 

[Silvune]

I suppose there's a chance you could find a retention bracket that would allow you to fit it onto the new mobo, but after 5 minutes of reading, it looks like it can be hit and miss whether it will fit properly.

It looks to me like the case choice will have an impact on heatsink choice, as it is not very wide. Your case is 190mm wide, I'm not convinced that it could accommodate a cooler more than 150mm tall.

Define cheap.

You could probably go for one of the mid-sized ones from here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_Heatsinks

 

[asteldian]

Personally I would swap the case for Antec 300. It costs more but you won't need to buy seperate fans. You aren't using some hot powerful card like the GTX 470 or 480, so heat wont be an issue anyway and with a good case like the 300 flow should be good.

Also, make sure you check the shipping cost at Scan. If the i5 750 is the only thing you are buying there you may find that it works out cheaper from ebuyer due to shipping cost at scan.

 

[d_turburville]

Good suggestions, I have swapped the case for the Antec 300 and have decided on the Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus, unfortunately I cannot get that at ebuyer, saverstore or scan so have had to get it from novatech.
Now a teacher of mine always told me to "show my working" so here goes (this looked better in the spreadsheet)

M/B Asus P7P55D E Pro
ebuyer 169.92 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/194854
saverstore 161.06 http://www.saverstore.com/product/20040042/Asus-P7P55D-E-Pro-Socket-1156-ATX-Motherboard-Intel-P55-4xDDR3-2xPCI2xPCIe-X163xPCIe-X1
novatech 169.99 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/Motherboards/Intel1156P55ChipsetFori78Series/P7P55D-EPRO.html
scan OUT OF STOCK

RAM G.SKILL Ripjaw
ebuyer 100.00 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180490
saverstore 82.94 http://www.saverstore.com/product/20046704/PC-Memory-4GB-G-Skill-DDR3-PC3-12800-1600MHz-240pin-DIMM
novatech 88.98 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/Memory-PCAndLaptop/DDR3-PC3-12800/1600MHz/F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM.html
scan NOT STOCKED

PSU XFX 650W
ebuyer 69.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/191826
saverstore 90.50 http://www.saverstore.com/product/20041600/XFX-650W-XXX-Edition-Power-Supply-Unit-Black
novatech NOT STOCKED
scan 84.94 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/650W-XFX-XXX-Edition-Single-Rail-Modular-PSU-85-SLI-Xfire-EPS-12V-20plus4pin-Connector-135mm-Fan

CPU i5 750
ebuyer 159.98 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755
saverstore 163.80 http://www.saverstore.com/product/20035283/Intel-Core-i5-750-Socket-1156-Processor-266GHz-8MB-Cache-Quad-Core
novatech NOT STOCKED
scan 154.10 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Core-i5-750-Lynnfield-45nm-Quad-Core-266GHz-8MB-Cache-95W-Retail

Case Antec 300
ebuyer 44.94 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
saverstore 57.97 http://www.saverstore.com/product/20020685/Antec-THREE-HUNDRED-EU-Three-Hundred-Mini-Tower-ATX-PC-Case---No-Power-Supply
novatech 46.99 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/Cases/Cases/0761345-08300-3.html
scan 42.86 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec-300-Three-Hundred-Black-Midi-Tower-Ultimate-Gaming-Case-w-o-PSU

HSF Coolermaster Hyper 212+
ebuyer NOT STOCKED
saverstore NOT STOCKED
novatech 20.43 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/Cooling/CPUCoolers/Coolermaster/RR-B10-212P-GP.html
scan OUT OF STOCK

P&P shipping charges
ebuyer 0.00
saverstore 5.99
novatech 1.99
scan 6.99


Total Price (inc shipping) All ebuyer 544.83
Total Price (inc shipping) All saverstore 562.26
Total Price (inc shipping) All scan N/A Not all parts available
Total Price (inc shipping) ebuyer/saverstore 524.90
Total Price (inc shipping) ebuyer/saverstore/scan 523.93

So in the end I have decided to go with the ebuyer / saverstore option (not the cheapest but for the sake of £1 it will be less hassle)
This has saved me enough over the "All ebuyer" option to purchase the HSF

Does this look OK to all?
Cheers,
DT

 

[Silvune]

Yea looks good to me. And I will be adding Saverstore to my list of potential sites to buy from.

 

[asteldian]

Looks good, I think I will add savestore to mine too. Usually I use scan, ebuyer and novatech. Only used novatech the once so far but they seemed pretty good and fair priced - in fact I used them instead of ebuyer for the item I wanted due to working out cheaper at the time

 

[d_turburville]

Well thank you both very much, I had not come across saverstore before this little excercise either. I will let you know if they actually deliver...