gaming rig build

samyfitz5 · 1 May 2012 at 17:38

Are these parts compatible and are they any good, my budget is under £700.

VTX3D Radeon HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Zalman Z11 Plus Black Midi Tower Chassis w/ USB3.0

8GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline #996770 (2x4GB) 1333 (PC3-10666) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CAS 9-9-9-24 1.5V

MSI H77MA-G43 Intel H77 Socket 1155 DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Unlocked Processor - Retail

TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter

600W Corsair Builder Series 600CX V2 80PLUS Power Supply

MICROSOFT Windows Home Premium 7 SP1 64-bit EN 1pk - OEM

500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive

Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE DVD Writer

stulid · 1 May 2012 at 17:51

Hi,

Get a Z77 motherboard to allow full overclocking, also a i5 3570K is very similarly priced to a i5 2500K, so makes sense to get the newer chip.

samyfitz5 · 1 May 2012 at 17:52

I would prefer to get a sandy bridge because the new ivy bridge gets very hot a lot quicker.

cmndr_andi · 1 May 2012 at 17:55

stulid said:
Hi,

Get a Z77 motherboard to allow full overclocking, also a i5 3570K is very similarly priced to a i5 2500K, so makes sense to get the newer chip.

+1

Also, I would go for this PSU and consider going for a powerline networking kit instead of wifi (for faster transfer speeds and lower lag).

The Ivy Bridge CPUs do get hot quicker - though if you are using decent cooling they you should still be able to hit similar overclocks. Also the performance-per-clock is 5-10% higher - so better overall performance (plus you get nice stuff like PCIE gen3 and more powerful onboard graphics core for Quick Sync).

jamesfreddie · 1 May 2012 at 17:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £184.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
1 x OcUK Value Blue LED 120mm Fan £2.99
Total : £868.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

samyfitz5 · 1 May 2012 at 18:03

thanks put £860 pounds is out of my price range

jamesfreddie · 1 May 2012 at 18:12

samyfitz5 said:
thanks put £860 pounds is out of my price range

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
1 x OcUK Value Blue LED 120mm Fan £2.99
Total : £700.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).