• Build help/advice £1212.13 ($1,937.74)
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My build so far (the computer will be mainly used for gaming, BF3,TF2 and wow) (living in the Uk) (Currencies converted for convenience) Case [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-237-CM"]Cooler Master HAF 932[/URL] - £99.98 ($159.81) Mobo [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-195-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174"]MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) Intel X79[/URL] - £153.98 ($246.12) Video Card [URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-670-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-915mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-dp-hd"]EVGA 2GB GeForce GTX 670[/URL] - £305.60 ($488.47) RAM [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-311-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517"]Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB[/URL] - £49.99 ($79.90) CPU [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-391-IN"]Intel Core i7-3820[/URL] - £239.99 ($383.54) Wireless card [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-043-AS&tool=3"]Asus PCE-N15[/URL] - £29.99 ($47.92) PSU [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-OK&tool=3"]OcUK Battle 650W[/URL] - £50.99 ($81.47) [B]Hard drive[/B]: I'm really not sure what to go for here, i have heard that a SSD with you're OS and Most played games is optimal and put any thing else (pictures, essays etc...) on a big SATA (1TB) [B]Sound card[/B]: Pretty sure i don't need one Screen [URL="http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/821060/IIYAMA-ProLite-E2473HDS-B1-23.6%22-Full-HD?ref=shoppingdotcom&ref=shoppingdotcom#back"]IIYAMA PROLITE E2473HDS-[/URL] - £141.62 ($226.29) OS [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-131-MS&tool=3"]Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit[/URL] - £139.99 ($223.69) Total £1212.13 ($1,937.74) my budget was around £1200 to i'm on track for the moment, the budget can be increased i will just have to save a little longer. That's all i can think of right now, any suggestions or straight up part replacements would be greatly appreciated as this is my first build.
you can definitely do better for that price range, i'll search this afternoon and let you know what i find
[QUOTE=DrBreen;37613880]you can definitely do better for that price range, i'll search this afternoon and let you know what i find[/QUOTE] Thanks
Change your CPU to a i5-3570k and get a Z77 motherboard if your just gaming, and use this PSU instead [URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF[/URL] since it has seasonic internals, which are the most reliable.
[QUOTE=techtuts0;37614846]Change your CPU to a i5-3570k and get a Z77 motherboard if your just gaming, and use this PSU instead [URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF[/URL] since it has seasonic internals, which are the most reliable.[/QUOTE] can you recommend a motherboard? i was thinking some thing along the lines of [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&tool=3"]this[/URL]
if you can afford it, I would get this [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=701&search=ASUS+z77[/url]
[QUOTE=Maxzone;37616516]can you recommend a motherboard? i was thinking some thing along the lines of [URL="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&tool=3"]this[/URL][/QUOTE] I got that motherboard earlier this year. still using it. pretty good.
Asrock z77 Extreme 4 has the highest performance of any z77 mobo atm. Then again, differences between mobo's with the same chipset are never bigger than 1-5%.
CPU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN[/url] (185) Heatsink: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM[/url] (27) Mobo: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-061-AK[/url] (102) Memory: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-319-CS[/url] (50) PSU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084[/url] (85) HDD: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-336-WD[/url] (102) GPU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-305-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673[/url] (250) Freebie: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-AM&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673[/url] (0) Case: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-196-CM[/url] (85) OS: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS[/url] (84) Total: £970 Left you some headroom for a monitor.
If you get the 3570k and want to overclock, you'll probably want like a H80 or a H100 to go in place of the heatsink. Much cooler. Then again, that'd take out your monitor room.
[QUOTE=Evilan;37631973]CPU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN[/url] (185) Heatsink: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM[/url] (27) Mobo: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-061-AK[/url] (102) Memory: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-319-CS[/url] (50) PSU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084[/url] (85) HDD: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-336-WD[/url] (102) GPU: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-305-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673[/url] (250) Freebie: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-AM&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673[/url] (0) Case: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-196-CM[/url] (85) OS: [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS[/url] (84) Total: £970 Left you some headroom for a monitor.[/QUOTE] You sir are a gentleman and a scholar
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