£1200 Gaming Spec (First PC Build)

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Hi, please can you help me? I have a budget of £1200 and would like a gaming PC build based around the BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX case.

  1. This will be my first custom PC
  2. I'd like an optical drive
  3. I understand it needs a modular PSU(?)
  4. I want to connect the PC to a HD TV

Thank you for your time
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £54.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £30.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,095.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Deffo go nvidia as you might want to go 3D output to your TV

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2678-KR) £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x OCZ ZT 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £69.98
1 x Gigabyte H61N-USB3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £36.35
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
Total : £1,037.24 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £159.98
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £30.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO PWM 120mm Fan - Black £9.98
1 x BitFenix Optical Drive Bay Stealth Cover - Black £3.98
Total : £1,126.88 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Only problem with this build is the motherboard is out of stock, though it is the most important piece.

The motherboard is Z77 which allows OCing, and it allows big air coolers unlike the Asrock. Using big air coolers with the asrock will block the PCI-E slot.

A modular PSU, big SSD and big cooler will make this rerally future proof.

Finishing touch. The stealth shroud (should fit) will make it look neater. :)
 
Wow guys, thank you so very much for your efforts - I'm really pleased. :)

Doomedspeed - I see what you mean about the mobo being out of stoc but vital - ill email to query the restocking time.

[edit] also, in regards to the 120mm fan - how do you envisage its placement and direction e.g 'at the front drawing in air'

Do I need to buy any thermal gel too or do they usually include some?
 
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F4ust said:
Wow guys, thank you so very much for your efforts - I'm really pleased. :)

Doomedspeed - I see what you mean about the mobo being out of stoc but vital - ill email to query the restocking time.

[edit] also, in regards to the 120mm fan - how do you envisage its placement and direction e.g 'at the front drawing in air'

Do I need to buy any thermal gel too or do they usually include some?
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I'd Advise You get one. I doubt you get some with your CPU (could be wrong) but you might need more for maintenance down the line. There is a Thermal paste comparison sticky somewhere on the forum.

I understand it needs a modular PSU(?)
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It is better to have a semi Modular or Full Modular as there is less of a spaghetti of wires running through your system.

Also Take pride in your system, Cable management is a must in my opinion. It looks better and may just reduce temperatures.

I want to connect the PC to a HD TV
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That is actually not a problem. Just be careful as my TV seemed to die after prolonged use as a monitor but i use my replacement TV as a secondary monitor, But its not constantly on.

Doomedspeed Seems to have the components covered ;)
 
F4ust said:
[edit] also, in regards to the 120mm fan - how do you envisage its placement and direction e.g 'at the front drawing in air'
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I actually added it to be used on the CPU cooler, in a push/pull affect. Pushing air into the cooler (one side) and pull air through the other side. It comes with clips to allow you do to just that.

The case comes with a front and back Fan, if i remember correctly.
 
Thank you NinjaIsAwesome, I'll have a look for that comparison and some cable management solutions.

DoomedSpeed ah, okay, yes I see what you mean - thanks for the clarification, cooling solutions are the area I'm most inexperienced with.
 
Hi guys, I'm considering a nearly identical system (and I have about as much experience as the op).

Would the system you have suggested be suitable for a 3.4ghz i7 Ivybridge?
 
yardy said:
Hi guys, I'm considering a nearly identical system (and I have about as much experience as the op).

Would the system you have suggested be suitable for a 3.4ghz i7 Ivybridge?
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My spec and Doomspeed spec would handle a i7 fine and also allow over locking.
 
I have purchased all the components for this system and as suggested by Doomedspeed's build and run into all sorts of problems.

The Cooler master Hyper 621 fits *just* but there's no where near enough extra room to fit the extra fan of the build. 'Fair enough' I think - the fan on the back of the case serves just as well as its very close to the rear of the radiator anyway.

The thing is though there's so little room between the fan on the radiator and the back of the optical drive tray that I can't connect a sata power cable to the back of it without the lead actually getting in the way the blades of the fan.

I feel absolutely dejected at this point - I've spent so much and I don't know what to do - this is my first build and this is my nightmare.

Please help :(
 
Is it possible to fit the fan the other side of the cooler, I know you would have 2 fans in close proximity.

Or worse case scenario is return the cooler under the 7 day distant selling act (2 weeks on Ocuk) and purchase a smaller cooler or the watercooler I specced.
 
Hi thanks so much for replying

No there's no room - even if there was that would be two fans literally one after another touching.
 
PC: I have no pc at the moment - im using an ipad - so it's challenging to try to find a method to host an image.

The motherboard comes with a small sata data cable at a right angle which could work but the larger sata power connector is too big.
 
Another option as the rear case fan is in close proximity try running with the case fan connected to the motherboard cpu header and not use the heatsink fan.

I have done this on builds in the past without issues.
 
F4ust said:
PC: I have no pc at the moment - im using an ipad - so it's challenging to try to find a method to host an image.

The motherboard comes with a small sata data cable at a right angle which could work but the larger sata power connector is too big.
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So have you tried the 90 degree connector in the DVD drive and see if it clears?
 
Maybe an external optical drive and replace the internal with a fan controller or leave that space empty, it sound like you have limited options without spending more.
 
stulid said:
So have you tried the 90 degree connector in the DVD drive and see if it clears?
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The small sata data cable with the right angle connector does clear *just*.

Isn't that irellevent given the power does not?

Are there some sort of female-male large sata power right angle adapters?
 
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