New Help On A First Time Gaming Build

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Hello OCUK

I have some money saved up now and i want to build my first gaming pc.
Well basically i do youtube and have a good channel going and want a faster pc for rendering videos for it and i also want it for playing games for fun mainly battlefield 3 and BOPS2. Some times i may use fraps to record at the same time as playing.

I have any way from £800-£1000 available to spend on the pc.
I need everything with that though so i can build it and get it up and running!
I will need windows 8 as-well in the price and i dont need a monitor, keyboard, mouse or anything like that.
I mainly want a nice SSD for my games, main programmes and windows 8 and then a 1TB or more to save my recording's on and a kick as graphics card im really looking for something what can play BF3 60+ fraps on good settings. I many even use 2 monitors in the future.


Thanks :D

Cant wait to see what you guys come up with.
 
[YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £982.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £1,008.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).



i7 to ease through video editing..

7950 to demolish games.

Enough Power in the PSU to add another 7950 later on..

16GB of RAm, agian, to help with video editing..

Just over £1000. :)
 
Ok great thanks guys :D
Do you know the best way to connect to the internet wirelessly for a gaming pc as well ?
 
Ok thanks for all your help guys :) would a PCI-E versions offer better connection or just the same as a usb wireless adapter ?
 
REGS said:
Ok thanks for all your help guys :) would a PCI-E versions offer better connection or just the same as a usb wireless adapter ?
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I have in past found integral adapters better than the USB ones, whether this has changed in recent years, I am not sure.
 
Never had a problem with USB personally, good strong connection for the past two years I've been using it :)

Would have preferred a PCI-E card to free up a USB port, but had no room so I had no choice really. Works great, so either would suffice though.
 
Doomedspeed said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £1,008.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).



i7 to ease through video editing..

7950 to demolish games.

Enough Power in the PSU to add another 7950 later on..

16GB of RAm, agian, to help with video editing..

Just over £1000. :)
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would the motherboards you two linked work with a gtx 660ti or a gtx 670 ?
 
I think you can easily get a GTX 680 in there, not sure about AMD, sorry.

With that motherboard, you might want to be careful if getting a larger heatsink as the CPU socket is relatively close to the PCI-E slot. Don't think it should be a problem though :)
 
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