My First Gaming PC (what do you think?) i need ram and motherboard there is too much choice

Picklesonpc

Picklesonpc

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Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & 20% MOH WarFighter PC Games £99.95
(£83.29)

Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99)

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
(£58.32)

Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
(£52.49)

Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £27.98

(£23.32)
Sub Total : 350.89

budget roughly 450 quid
 
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Welcome.

What is you overall budget?

Do you need monitor/keyboard Mouse and OS?

Just going to be used for Gaming and usual web surfing?
 
Really you have two options:

If your gaming a lot at Hi-res this will be the best (but it costs a bit more):

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £489.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



You wont be able to overclock this (CPU), though you wouldn't need to anyway.

Next option is Trinity, It won't be as good as the 7850 but the CPU and GPU can be crossfired to increase graphical performance. Great for playing games on High (not ultra) settings.

Also, can put it in a small case if you'd like: (otherwise just use a fm2 Motherboard (matx) and use the case in the intel spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.98
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £450.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Picklesonpc said:
i like the first one there i was just wondering about upgrades with the first build, will upgrades be available for a few years or am i living in a dream world?
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You can upgrade it, the only limiting factor is the motherboard.

You can put an i5 (3570k/2500k) into it and it'll run fine. But having a B75 motherboard you won't be able to overclock them atall. a lot of people like having this feature as it gives them a bit of headroom and may get another year or so out of it, when overclocked.

If you want a motherboard that can overclock you'll be looking at a Z77 Motherboards, though you'd be paying £70+ for one, taking you over budget.

In regards to GPU, this can be taken out and upgrade, though can't be used in crossfire as youre motherboard and PSU prevent it.

Most Z77 support Xfire well, but you would need a decent 650W to 750W PSu to handle it.. This would be another extra £40..

If you just want to replace your GPU in the future that is easy and the way new technology is going, it's more power effiecent. So you won't need a new PSU..

So, Options:

1) Do you want to Overclock? (in the future) = Z77 Motherboard (+£25)
2) Do you want to go Xfire (future) = Z77 Mother and Bigger PSU (+~£60)
3) Do none of the above interest you... Stick (+£0)

:)
 
Ok cool, So if i choose the first build and add a dvd/rw i should be set for my games and then i can upgrade the GPU and processor when i feel the need? sorry if i sound silly i just like conformation when spending this sorta cash
 
The Z77 gives you a few nice features which Ivy CPU's use like PCI-3 and overlcockability of K cpu's.

If you were to upgrade in the future you could happily stick a i5 CPU on the mobo and that would last you a fair while.
 
Thanks for your input and after some thought i think i will keep the original build to keep costs down. thanks again hope this will run Arma2 if anyone would know i would appreciate conformation DayZ is soo fun even when im running it very very poorly. :P
 
Should Run Arma2 Fine..

The i3 is no push over and the 2GB of VRAM in the 7850 will help no end..

I meant i3, sorry.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £343.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).


And then you could either:
a) Save up money and get a 7850 or similar OR
b) Get a GTX 460/AMD 6850. They are both going cheap (around £50-£80) secondhand and are great for that price, they also outperform the 7770.
 
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