£1000-1200, what can you conjour up?

mikehull89 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:44

Hi, I posted a while ago with a similar, question. Got the parts, went well. Looking to upgrade again in the coming months with the old one been given to a friend. Thanks a bunch.

Im looking to spend around £1200, obviously the less the better. Can anyone help me compile a list of good valued items and perhaps some recommended peripherals too? In need of the mouse, keyboard and headset.

Thanks a bunch folks.

Mike

Dom86 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:46

What are you going to be doing with the pc?

mikehull89 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:49

Sorry should have included that.

Gaming, work. stuff to that effect.

Gibbo3771 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:51

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Desktop and Notebook Kit - (MZ-7TD120KW) £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £69.98
1 x CM Storm Sentinel Advance II 8200 DPI Gaming Mouse £47.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
Total : £957.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Not sure on a headset, only picked that keyboard due to the fact I have that mouse and it is very good quality.

Can easily spend the full budget but why bother, small tweaks here and there.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Desktop and Notebook Kit - (MZ-7TD120KW) £92.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £69.98
1 x CM Storm Sentinel Advance II 8200 DPI Gaming Mouse £47.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,157.45 (includes shipping : £10.50).

£40 left over for headset or different keyboard/mice.

EDIT: Plugin is going all screwey, fixed basket.

mikehull89 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:55

Thanks Gibbo. However, ive had no good experiences with MSI/ATI. Would a Nvidia one of some description work with this?

Gibbo3771 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:59

Not very good with Nvidia being honest,

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £379.99
Total : £390.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).

Seen a lot of sigs with this card. Jjust bare in mind Nvidia are normally always a little more pricey

.

ade555 · 25 Feb 2013 at 21:59

I would swap the ssd for one of them better write speeds
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £113.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
Total : £223.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Dom86 · 25 Feb 2013 at 22:00

The first one Gibbo put together looks good just needs to add a psu and case to it
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £84.98
Total : £184.07 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Value for money atm is with ATI they have very competitive performance and at a much lower price.

Gibbo3771 · 25 Feb 2013 at 22:00

Dom86 said:
The first one Gibbo put together looks good just needs to add a psu and case to it
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £84.98
Total : £184.07 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Value for money atm is with ATI they have very competitive performance and at a much lower price.

Yeah fixed the PSU, my basket is all weird forgot about case though.

mikehull89 · 25 Feb 2013 at 22:01

Righto, thanks very much. Something to work with.

Cheers!