Build for £600-750

Kanpai · 16 Jan 2013 at 14:55

My friend is looking to build a new base unit and has a budget of about £600-£700 (Can stretch to £750 if need be).

He already has 2 22" monitors which he wants to use for gaming.

Any ideas? He also needs atleast 2tb of storage and preferably a 120gb ssd for boot. Windows 7 CD not needed as he already has a copy of this. Mouse & keyboard not needed either

Thanks in advance

Lemin · 16 Jan 2013 at 15:13

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £78.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £768.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Bacon? · 16 Jan 2013 at 15:18

Some money can be saved on the hard drive:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-105-SE&groupid=595&catid=671&subcat=

honosuseri · 16 Jan 2013 at 15:33

Lemins build is quite nice. I have the Z9 plus case, lots to like for the price but I would personally buy the U3 version (not stocked here) which is an improved updated version.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
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 £79.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM £60.00
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £756.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

Faster SSD and a 2TB eco drive for storage. RAM is great for the price and colour codes nicely with the mobo. PSU has seasonic internals (i.e its very good), Heatsink has easy to fit snap on brackets to mount the fan, includes a spare bracket so you can mount an additional fan. I prefer it over the Matterhorn but its just a personal preference at the end of the day.

Kanpai · 18 Jan 2013 at 20:02

Thanks for the replies, some pretty good builds you guys have put together for me. Just out of curiosity, is the 660Ti in the same league as the 7850 that you've both recommended? Would the 670 be superior to the 7850 otherwise?

Idleman · 18 Jan 2013 at 20:33

Bit surprised you are opting for the "B" grade 2TB Green hdd. Sooner have this one and £2 cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £58
Total : £66.70 (includes shipping : £7.25).

snips86x · 18 Jan 2013 at 20:42

Idleman said:
Bit surprised you are opting for the "B" grade 2TB Green hdd. Sooner have this one and £2 cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £58
Total : £66.70 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Or 2 of these:

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £46.99
Total : £51.98 (includes shipping : £4.16).

At this price, you can't go wrong with the black ed.

lee32uk · 18 Jan 2013 at 21:45

Similar to Hono's build. Different case and Cooler. 'B' grade motherboard is £20 cheaper than retail version, and a 'B' grade 2TB hard drive.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £58
1 x Xigmatek Midgard II Gaming Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.39
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £733.26 (includes shipping : FREE).