New PC Help!!

SkiMikey · 24 Mar 2013 at 01:19

Hey Guys i'm looking to build a new gaming PC because my old one is getting a little dated and I need some expert help with building a new one.

My budget is in and around £1000.

I need no extras eg. Monitor, keyboard, mouse or speakers.

I will use this PC for primarily gaming but also basic computer needs, the PC will need to be able to be turned on for long periods of time without effecting the performance that much. I expect the PC to be able to handle top graphics with no issues as my current one can barely handle medium. I also run a dual monitor setup.

If there is any other information you need please ask

Idleman · 24 Mar 2013 at 01:31

Does this budget include an OS?

Idleman · 24 Mar 2013 at 01:47

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £973.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

SkiMikey · 24 Mar 2013 at 02:11

Idleman said:
Does this budget include an OS?

No it does't but i'd like windows 8 to be included.

SkiMikey · 24 Mar 2013 at 02:30

Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £973.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

What would be the benefits of including i7 and 16gb memory? I have 8gb in my current PC and it seems to always warn me that i'm using high memory.

thenameDS · 24 Mar 2013 at 04:13

Gaming you should be fine with 8GB shouldn't give you warnings, especially with W8 it's pretty easy on ram (from my experience). There's no real advantage with i7 for gaming so the i5 should be sufficient for your gaming needs. But a i7 would be good if you plan to play BF3.

Idleman · 24 Mar 2013 at 04:33

SkiMikey said:
What would be the benefits of including i7 and 16gb memory? I have 8gb in my current PC and it seems to always warn me that i'm using high memory.

Do you have any components from your current PC you can reuse?

SkiMikey · 24 Mar 2013 at 11:21

thenameDS said:
Gaming you should be fine with 8GB shouldn't give you warnings, especially with W8 it's pretty easy on ram (from my experience). There's no real advantage with i7 for gaming so the i5 should be sufficient for your gaming needs. But a i7 would be good if you plan to play BF3.

Oh :/ i get them all the time whilst gaming

SkiMikey · 24 Mar 2013 at 11:22

Idleman said:
Do you have any components from your current PC you can reuse?

This is my current PC

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...1&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=5035344

Idleman · 24 Mar 2013 at 20:28

SkiMikey said:
This is my current PC

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...1&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=5035344

Looking at that build, I would keep the 2600. Use the 1.5GB hdd for storage. Also the TV Tuner and Network card, as well as the dvd/rw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £790.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

SkiMikey · 25 Mar 2013 at 17:50

Idleman said:
Looking at that build, I would keep the 2600. Use the 1.5GB hdd for storage. Also the TV Tuner and Network card, as well as the dvd/rw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £790.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I've never assembled or taken a PC apart how hard will it be to take parts out and assemble them? Also how much would it be if i were to no use any parts from my old computer?

VIPER258 · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:07

Its not that hard. Just watch some vids on youtube.

foster grant · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:09

it's pretty easy to take components out actually...just take your time and dont rush ....it's quite therapeutic too

foster grant · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:09

silk300 said:
Its not that hard. Just watch some vids on youtube.

+1

SkiMikey · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:12

Idleman said:
Looking at that build, I would keep the 2600. Use the 1.5GB hdd for storage. Also the TV Tuner and Network card, as well as the dvd/rw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £790.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Ok so if i use some components from my old PC i have some money left over. What would be the next thing to upgrade?

foster grant · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:14

what about some nice fans?...or does the case come fully cooled ?

SkiMikey · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:17

foster grant said:
what about some nice fans?...or does the case come fully cooled ?

I was looking at this case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-027-NX&groupid=2362&catid=35

Idleman · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:27

Here are some video tutorials to watch, you should find them very helpful.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...776&first=0&qpvt=newegg+build+tutorial+videos

Bigger ssd and a quieter case. Or stick with the 300R and get another hdd for more storage or just to back up your data.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £349.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
Total : £987.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

shadowhawk · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:29

foster grant said:
it's pretty easy to take components out actually...just take your time and dont rush ....it's quite therapeutic too

I totally agree. You might want to get yourself a cheap anti static wristband and fasten the crocodile clip to the case when you have your hands inside.

Idleman · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:36

SkiMikey said:
I was looking at this case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-027-NX&groupid=2362&catid=35

If that is the sort of case you prefer, then go for it. It comes with 4 fans pre-installed and will accommodate your components without any difficulty.