£500 Gaming System

Rhaos

Rhaos

Rhaos

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Need the follwing and I've got £500 to spend.

Motherboard,
Processor,
Heatsink (prefer the Corsair/Antec liquid cooling solution)
Memory 8GB min

Would also like to OC the system to 4ghz min.

Trying to get this ordered up before Friday so a little urgency on the request :P
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
Total : £400.96 (includes shipping : FREE).



The All-in-one water coolers are good, though you do get more value for money with big air coolers. The All-in-ones are Nowhere near as good as a custom water loop. The better overclocks are normally achieved with big air coolers. You will get 4.5Ghz if not more without breaking a sweat.

The motherboard Supports SLI/Xfire (x8 x8) so better to upgrade. :)

What is the rest of your system? :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
Total : £400.96 (includes shipping : FREE).



The All-in-one water coolers are good, though you do get more value for money with big air coolers. The All-in-ones are Nowhere near as good as a custom water loop. The better overclocks are normally achieved with big air coolers. You will get 4.5Ghz if not more without breaking a sweat.

The motherboard Supports SLI/Xfire (x8 x8) so better to upgrade. :)

What is the rest of your system? :)
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Rest of my systems is as follows

Gigabyte Nvida Geforce GTX 670
Samsung 64GB SSD for OS
2tb Samsung 7200 RPM Sata HDD
Antec Full tower PC case
OCZ 600w PSU
BLU-RAY DVD ROM Drive

I may be persuaded to upgrade the PSU as I think ts causing me a lot of noise in my case so willing to listen to what you recommend for a PSU. It has to be quiet though.
 
 
Rhaos said:
Rest of my systems is as follows

Gigabyte Nvida Geforce GTX 670
Samsung 64GB SSD for OS
2tb Samsung 7200 RPM Sata HDD
Antec Full tower PC case
OCZ 600w PSU
BLU-RAY DVD ROM Drive

I may be persuaded to upgrade the PSU as I think ts causing me a lot of noise in my case so willing to listen to what you recommend for a PSU. It has to be quiet though.
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Phusion said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020038-UK) £78.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
Total : £460.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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That PSU upgrade seems pointless to me.

The money is best spent on a better motherboard.

The cooler will fit the motherboard and RAM and should fit your PC case too.
 
Doomedspeed said:
That PSU upgrade seems pointless to me.

The money is best spent on a better motherboard.

The cooler will fit the motherboard and RAM and should fit your PC case too.
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Is the motherboard you mentioned a better choice?

1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
 
Yes, better than the Z77-DH3. The non 'X' only supports SLI (x16, x4) where The Z77X supports (x8, x8) which is better. :) And it has better OC features.
 
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