This good for a £700-800 build?

RogerMesenseless · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:13

A friend of mine wants a new PC and his budget is as specified.

He needs everything apart from Keyboard, Monitor and OS.

I chose the Motherboard because of SLI/Crossfire-X support. I know that a AMD/ATI card is cheaper but he might want 3D Vision in the future and I might set him up with GeForce Experience so he wont have to manually optimise games.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
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 Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B) £78.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £69.98
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £56.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £49.99
Total : £803.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Anything you would change? Go!

honosuseri · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:23

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660Ti Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £815.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

The optical drive has put it over budget, added it incase you forgot it. If it's not needed you are on budget

RogerMesenseless · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:28

Don't worry. I forgot to add not to include that case as he has found one he likes that isn't on OcUK for around £50.

Also, the upgraded GPU is worth thinking about. Thanks

honosuseri · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:31

Check out the Zalman Z9 U3 case, that's my fav starters case as you get so much kit with it. Ideally you want a USB3 header adapter with it though (eg silverstone cp 09)

snips86x · 12 Jan 2013 at 18:42

I know it's £50 over, but the 670 would be better than the 660:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
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 Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B) £78.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £69.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £47.99
Total : £847.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Could always start looking at the clearence/grade B items!!

JCX50 · 12 Jan 2013 at 23:42

Thanks a lot man, but my birthdays not until December.

Doomedspeed · 12 Jan 2013 at 23:52

snips86x said:
I know it's £50 over, but the 670 would be better than the 660:

660ti gets my vote.. a lot better than the 660 though trails the 670 but good for the money.