Best build for the money

[honosuseri]

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail£179.99(£149.99)£179.99(£149.99)MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards£149.99(£124.99)£149.99(£124.99)Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard£89.99(£74.99)£89.99(£74.99)Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD£73.99(£61.66)£73.99(£61.66)Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK)£59.99(£49.99)£59.99(£49.99)Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black£39.95(£33.29)£39.95(£33.29)Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit£35.99(£29.99)£35.99(£29.99)*Sub Total :£524.90Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland withPD Next Day Parcel(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping :£11.75VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT :£107.33*Total :£643.98

Thinking of leaving the cooler until I decide to OC. How does it stack up now? Or should I plumpt for the prodigy? Spoilt for choice

Going to your original budget and from that selection of parts I would suggest this...........

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 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 **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM £50.00
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £35.99
Total : £720.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The Z9 Plus is a great starters case (I own one). However the U3 is the improved version with USB3 ports a proper side window and a dust filter added for the PSU vent. You lose a fan but keep all the other Z9 plus goodies.

AMD have announced a new games bundle for the 7850 and 7950. No harm in thinking things through, once the offer kicks in the 7850 will come with Tomb raider and Bioshock infinite. The offers change weekly and they might favour you more if you wait on the "Never settle" bundle.

Look forward to seeing what you settle on

 

[Moobert]

Have revised my budget and now need a monitor and mouse, only things im going to reuse are, keyboard and dvdrw. this is new revised spec

Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
(£63.32) £75.98
(£63.32)
Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
(£9.16) £10.99
(£9.16)
Sub Total : £816.53
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £166.06
Total : £996.34

anything i should change and not go over this 1k budget by even a penny or the OH will be having words

 

[Bacon?]

You want the D3H not the DS3H. DS3H locks voltage control, less ports and worse onboard sound.

Oh and I'd get a different SSD. The normal 830 is faster than the 840 basic. You always have the Plextor Pro to look to as well.

 

[lee32uk]

Changed a few things. Still comes in under budget.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
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 Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £71.99
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
Total : £986.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Swapped the SSD for the Plextor as it is slightly cheaper for the same performance.
Changed the board to the Z77-D3H
Changed the Ram for a cheaper 16GB kit.
Swapped the PSU as you will be fine with a 550W for a single card setup

 

[Bacon?]

I can vouch for the Z9 case

Looks like a perfect build Lee. That said does the Zalman have room for 7950's.

 

[lee32uk]

I can vouch for the Z9 case

Looks like a perfect build Lee. That said does the Zalman have room for 7950's.

According to Gigabytes website the 7950 is 285mm long, and the Zalman case takes up to 290mm so it should just fit

 

[lee32uk]

You could change the psu to this if you dont want to wait for the xfx to come back in stock. This will still leave you a couple of quid under budget

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £66.98
Total : £77.48 (includes shipping : £8.75).

 

[Moobert]

i know i havent went for modular, but is it easy enough to cable manage in new cases these days? Also the Zalman, do i need to buy fans or the stock fans be quiet enough and do the job til i decide to OC the 3750 and get a decent cooler. I like a clean clutter free build and like a window to show it off but as it will prob be used in a dark room, dont fancy a lot of LEDs anymore, a few years ago i was all about the LEDs.

 

[lee32uk]

If you want a modular you could get this, although it is out of stock atm

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
Total : £77.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

 

[Moobert]

I really do want to have everything all at once, cam wait til stuff comes back in to stock but it would kill me having all the parts and waiting. Any reason most of the modulars are OOS

 

[Bacon?]

Cable management is easy with the Zalman. And the three supplied fans are decent. Don't expect Bitfenix Spectre performance from them though