need help building a gaming pc

Donny84

Donny84

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Hi guys, i'm looking to build a gaming pc, only problem is, I have no idea of what is good and bad. All I know is I like intel cpu and nvidia gpu.
I have a budget about £1000.

What pc would you build if you had a £1000 budget? (intel and nvidia ;))
 
yeh just the tower.
Can you really justify an AMD? :P
All reviews i've read point at nvidea. Why does everyone on this site like AMD? :P
So, yeh sure go for it :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £1,001.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
allnamestaken84 said:
yeh just the tower.
Can you really justify an AMD? :P
All reviews i've read point at nvidea. Why does everyone on this site like AMD? :P
So, yeh sure go for it :)
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This generation of graphics cards, with the latest drivers have high performance for the cost in comparison to a similar performance nvidia card and also have free games as an extra benefit that can be sold on if unwanted.
 
AMD:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 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) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £921.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).





allnamestaken84 said:
Would it make much of a difference putting in 16gb of ram or not really worth the money?
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Not really worth it, 8gb will be fine.
 
Ok, I think you've all convinced me :P
I'll take your second build. It's all compatible and well balanced yeh? With enough fans to keep it cool and power supply is good enough?
Although i'm fairly sure it will be. I'm just double checking before i go ahead and splash the cash :)
 
The PSU will handle 2 gpu's along with the motherboard if you fancy a performance boost.

You could upgrade to the retail cpu for a extra £12 ~ which gives you 3 years warranty and a spare cooler.

PSU overkill though :D


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 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 Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Seasonic M12II 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £104.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £952.46 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
AH ok i've got ya.
But i'm confused with RJC's 3rd basket...
Power supply has changed. I was gonna buy your 2nd basket.
Is that what I would need if I wanted the 2 GPU's or is that actually needed for one GPU instead of the power supply you had in the 2nd basket.
If that makes sense :P

In other words, is youre second basket good to go ahead and buy and is all compatible with each other?
 
To be honest the the power supply in the second basket could probably run 2 GPUs if they are not overclocked that much but the 850W is better if you do not want to risk it. You probably don't even need a 750W Power supply to run a single GPU but it makes it more future proof.
And yes his second basket is all compatible with each other. He wouldn't spec you a PC that wasn't :)
 
Awesome. Didn't want to come across skeptical or anything, just wanted to make sure nothing was overlooked before i went ahead and made the purchase. For my own piece of mind :D
Thanks a lot for the help folks, much appreciated :)
 
The XFX is fine for 2 card setup, I added the Seasonic as its a excellent PSU for the price :)

Build below as my 2nd build but with the cpu changed to Retail.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 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 Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £933.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
Thank you very much for this help RJC.
One final question before I go ahead and buy it all...
The gfx card... is it full HD? it says HDCP capable, but i've no clue what that is? :P
 
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