Budget Build - £450-500

claverty19

claverty19

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Here is what I have so far:

Intel Core i3 3220

1TB Western Digital Caviar Green

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance

MSI B75MA-P45

500W Corsair CXM Builder series Modular

NZXT Source 210 Elite

I think this is staying within £500 but I still need a GPU.

Does anyone have any recommendations to this build including a GPU, whilst staying within £500?

The only preferences I have with the GPU are that it has 2GB memory and is able to Xfire/SLI at a later date when I will be upgrading.

Anyone able to help?
 
The 3220 is a great chip.

Id personally go for a Z77 board if you can. Gives an upgrade path for an over locked i5/i7 in the future..

Make sure the ram is low profile. Those tall heatsinks are just for show IMO.

As for the GPU, im not sure how much you have left, the 7850 2gb seems perfect. You can pick one up for £130 in clearence lines. Bargain.
 
I wouldn't want to go lower than a 2GB 7850 on the GPU to be honest.....Remember you can get the rig up and running on the IGP and add the GPU later (B grade bargain maybe).

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £548.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Z9 case is packed with kit for the price, brilliant starters case. Double the HDD capacity for the same price as the WD Green. If you want to Xfire the GPU you need to spend more on the mobo and PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £602.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).



500W is ample for a single GPU setup. 650W would do for 7850s but 750W means you can run better GPUs for the sake of an extra £10. Nice to see you using a Modular PSU in your starting spec :)

Hope this helps, look forward to seeing what you settle on.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £601.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



This is a build iv come up with. Not sure if I'm missing anything.

What do you guys think?
 
claverty19 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £601.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



This is a build iv come up with. Not sure if I'm missing anything.

What do you guys think?
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I think its good.

If you could get another £20? then this 7870XT has a cut down 7950 core - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-312-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411
 
claverty19 said:
With that Gigabyte Motherboard I have selected, am I able to use crossfire with two 7870s maybe further down the line?
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It does support Crossfire (but not SLI)

It does crossfire at 16X/4X, better boards (edit like above) will do both Crossfire+SLI equally at 8X/8X so both cards get an equal share of the bandwidth.
 
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