Time for a new gaming system, Need some advice!

Bebot1088

Bebot1088

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Hi all.

Well basically I'am in need of a new PC. My gtx 450 is showing its age now, not to mention my CPU which is too old to mention. There is no option really for an upgrade because of my current hardware so I need to start from stratch.

Problem is last time I fully upgraded was a long long time ago so I need some advice.

Ive went through the site and picked a basket shown below but to be honest I'am not too sure if I'am picking the right things etc...

List below:

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Red (Seeing Iam going all out thought a nice case would be good)
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)
HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649)


My budget is around £1000. I will primarily use the pc for gaming.

Am I right in thinking there is not much difference between an I5 or I7 CPU for gaming? Same with 16GB and 8GB ram. Some I said you might aswell grab 16GB while you can for the future but to be honest I have no idea on the merits.

Anyway. Any advice welcome. Thanks
 
good spec,

first, your cpu is oem, while cheaper it has only 1 year warranty where as retail as 3years

k2 is the bomb, best there is tbh so good choice, not going to mention case as thats a personnel choice

Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 is better and also what i have, and Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 is better still

his make good cards, but Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card has better support and rma etc.....

sdd and hdd are again personnel choices, i like adata / intel and Plextor for price v speed, but samsung tends to be faster than some, but not all, but better controller they say, not that i've had any trouble with mine either (adata pro 256gb) but have used many intel and now Plextor ones)

Corsair make good psu's, XFX Pro 550W / 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply are for me a bit better, even though i have Corsair myself

and agree, as yet win7 is still the one to go for, i'll wait for sp1 for win8 before i make the jump.

enjoy
 
Great thanks for all the info.

Also, I can afford the 7970 radeon but is there any noticeable difference between that and the 7950.
In terms of ram should I just stay with the 8GB then, not 16GB?

Anyway, thanks again.
 
Bebot1088 said:
Great thanks for all the info.

Also, I can afford the 7970 radeon but is there any noticeable difference between that and the 7950.
In terms of ram should I just stay with the 8GB then, not 16GB?

Anyway, thanks again.
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7970 is not worth the extra over 7950.

8GB is more than enough for gaming. 4GB is plenty for just about anything, but with ram so cheap at the moment 8GB gives you loads of headroom. If you're not rendering or encoding 16GB is complete overkill.
 
i would say swap out the mobo for a gigabyte z77 d3h and a gigabyte 7950 would be your best choice instead of his,8gb is plenty but memory wise i would say go for patriot intel extreme masters,or samsung green as they are getting a good rep
 
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