Need help choosing parts. Budget 650-700

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Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone could help me out, I'm thinking about building a desktop from the ground upwards. Not to sure what kind of components I should buy... Don't want to get unnecessary gear.

Aiming for a gaming/high performance computer which can run good top games, adobe suite smoothly and can play and display smooth beautiful graphics lol.

Not to sure about a price range probably around £650-£700.... Still need to invest in buying a decent monitor.

Got my interest in an i5 3570k ivy at the moment, but if there are any better CPU's for my budget tell me :D

Hoping to get a SDD and HDD as well because i want to run an OS on a SDD so it boots faster and some top applications too.

This is my first time ever building one too by the way.

Thanks if you can give me some help.
 
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The 650-700 will be aimed at the tower :P Monitor I have extra cash saved away for that. Already have an OS and keyboard/mouse so thats all good.
 
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) HDD £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £727.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



just for a start then, others will alter bits etc

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £639.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



1tb drive to make it under budget, then you can have a better cpu cooler and over clock it etc?

1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £729.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



1tb card, no over clock heatsink, could add it later and a better vga card for better gaming but also over budget
 
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Looking good so far ! Yeah probably aim for a 1TB to reduce the cost. The problem I'm having i dont know what type of cooler and power supply I should buy as well.

Thanks by the way :)
 
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £680.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



1tb hdd, medium to high vga and psu added :)

1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £785.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



1tb hdd and high end vga and bigger psu added, way over budget :( and still no OC fan and heatsink in price

if you could stretch to an extra £100 to make max spend £800 then could have last build spec plus a good cooler so could overclock your cpu as well and keep it cool as stock isn't meant for it and wouldn't keep it cool either unless you like a helicopter noise fan spinning in you box, with the extra money as well, could open up other options for different m/b's as well for different reasons etc
 
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that spec for £680 does look tempting i must say ! So if I brought that kind of spec I wouldn't need a cooler or some type? As you can tell im not that clever in choosing specs lol.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £34.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £696.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).


  • The Z77-D3H is the best Z77 board you can get around that price point.
  • 128GB SSD.
  • Cheaper 1TB HDD, but still performs the same.
  • Better case IMO.
 
zakblood said:
if you could stretch to an extra £100 to make max spend £800 then could have last build spec plus a good cooler so could overclock your cpu as well and keep it cool as stock isn't ment for it and would keep it cool either unless you like a helicopter noise fan spinning in you box
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The helicopter noise sounds like an interesting feature?! but I would pass on that =P Hoping to have hardly no noise ;)
 
lukie spec is a good one as well, i also like corsair but most here say pick XFX so i do now, case is better as well in some ways, but i'll stick with Antec, not as good as the 300 as that's huge but serves many of my builds very well, most say poor cable management and older design, but i still love them.

cases are like keyboards and mice, everyone has there own views on them and its down to personnel choice tbh

i also like adata sdd a lot, having 2 of the 256gb pro ones myself, when everyone else spec's samsung ones, but i like price v power, not power v price as i'm always on a budget
 
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Processor – Intel i5 3570k (Ivybridge) £165.14

Graphics – MSI HD 7850 £149.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-191-MS&tool=3

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 £79.32


SDD - Samsung 120GB 840 74.99

HDD- Seagate 2TB Barracuda £70.00

Memory – TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB £39.95 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-018-TG

PSU - Corsair Builder Series CX 430W £34.98 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&tool=3

Case - Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case – Black £32.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG

Optical drive - OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) £16.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-003-OK

Total=£664.35

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Processor – Intel i5 3570k (Ivybridge) £165.14

Graphics – MSI HD 7850 £149.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-191-MS&tool=3

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 £79.32


SDD - Samsung 120GB 840 74.99

HDD- Seagate 2TB Barracuda £70.00

Memory – Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Performance £70.00

PSU - Corsair Builder Series CX 430W £34.98 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&tool=3

Case - Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case – Black £32.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG

Optical drive - OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) £16.99 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-003-OK

Total=£694.40



What ya think? just messed around with a few specs.
 
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the ones i bought adata 256gb pro are no longer listed here, and when i got them they was on offer, was cheaper than some 120gb ones are now, and so fast, yes not as fast as the samsung pro ones but for the price it's near enough, warranty good so will see how long they last and send them back if they don't, plextors have always made the best dvd drives and would love to see them do well in the sdd market, speeds looks nice

better to also not list other website here or you will be warned or get your posted edited for you bradc

mix and match all you like, just dont post where there from :)
 
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the more ram the better tbh, it's cheap enough 16gb in nice, i'm thinking of going to 32gb as i use ram drives for gaming :) and as the games are getting bigger there not fitting in my 8gb images no more :(
 
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