£700 gamer - spec me.

SamMillarF1

SamMillarF1

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £47.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £699.28 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Swapped the 6850 for the 6870 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-143-MS

The above is what I had but anyone think anything else? Will be for flight sim. Buying tonight hopefully.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £732.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).



i know its 30 quid over budget, but its got a better graphics card
ps: z9 is out of stock at the moment
 
Could drop the ssd for now and add £90 to the gpu making it a better gaming pc. You can always add an ssd later. Upgrading a gpu is less cost effective than adding an ssd. Up to you. Build looks good thogh
 
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £47.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

There it is, final spec (except GPU) will that PSU definitely run the machine?
 
Yes. Up to a 7850 I'd say.

I would transfer savings from the RAM on to the 600W version or a more powerful PSU to give more flexibility.

Good build. Also Samsung 830 around the same price. M4 / 830 are good SSDs.

*basket tools in my sig :)*
 
Your prices are out of date....What flight sim? FSX prefers nvidia remember

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £730.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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honosuseri said:
Your prices are out of date....What flight sim? FSX prefers nvidia remember

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £730.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Already ordered all of it last night..won't matter too much now will it?
 
SamMillarF1 said:
Already ordered all of it last night..won't matter too much now will it?
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FSX is nividia biased, I was just disappointed that no-one pointed that out to you, seeing as we do get asked to do FSX builds a fair bit.

Don't panic the 7850 is still a good GPU. It has 2GB of VRAM which is nice and you can overclock it, which we are more than happy to help you with.

To be honest FSX is so fussy and such a pain to configure I switched to playing DCS: A10 (military flight sim). A forum member mentioned recently it's on sale on steam at the moment, after I recommended it.

Stuff flying a Cessna ;)
 
honosuseri said:
FSX is nividia biased, I was just disappointed that no-one pointed that out to you, seeing as we do get asked to do FSX builds a fair bit.

Don't panic the 7850 is still a good GPU. It has 2GB of VRAM which is nice and you can overclock it, which we are more than happy to help you with.

To be honest FSX is so fussy and such a pain to configure I switched to playing DCS: A10 (military flight sim). A forum member mentioned recently it's on sale on steam at the moment, after I recommended it.

Stuff flying a Cessna ;)
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It's the 6870 card I got unless I'm mistaken something? (system build newbie).

I have the DCS Black Shark sim and that's great. Love that.
 
The XFX or the OCZ would have been better PSU choices (most of the Coolermaster units are poor to mediocre except the Enhance built ones, and the Silent Pro is usually Seventeam).
 
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