Need help with a £1000 gaming build

Zbornak · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:00

Hey guys, my current 5 year-old PC is on it's last legs and cannot be viably upgraded. I'm a complete noob with current hardware (and hardware in general really) so I need help with a new build although I've done a bit of research and have sorted out a build for you to take a look at.

What I do NOT need:

OS
HDD (will use Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200.12 from current PC)
Optical drive (will use 20x DVD-RW from current PC)
Speakers

But I need everything else!

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Intel Extreme Masters Z77" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 OC Bundle £384.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £259.99
1 x BenQ GL2450E 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
Total : £1,048.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Edit: I've got speakers too.

Idleman · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:14

That bundle(ATX mobo) will not fit in the Prodigy(mITX mobo only). So you would either have to change case or mobo.

[TW]Sponge · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:25

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x BenQ GW2250HM 22" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £53.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489) £26.99
Total : £1,045.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Gone slightly over.

Zbornak · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:26

Idleman said:
That bundle(ATX mobo) will not fit in the Prodigy(mITX mobo only). So you would either have to change case or mobo.

I could get this, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-BX, it's half the price. Unless people recommend that I don't need an overclocked CPU if I'm just gaming; then I can save some money on not getting the bundle. I don't want to overclock myself, hence the bundle.

[TW]Sponge · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:31

Why don't you want to overclock yourself? There are plenty of guides on here and youtube to help you.

Zbornak · 26 Mar 2013 at 00:44

I suppose I could give it a whirl. I'm just a little apprehensive but you are very right, there is a plethora on stuff on the web for overclocking.

Idleman · 26 Mar 2013 at 01:01

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x BenQ GL2450E 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
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 Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
Total : £1,012.00 (includes shipping : £20.10).

The cooler in the bundle does not come with fans.
You should be able to just up the multiplier in the bios to 42 without having to play around with anything else.

Zbornak · 30 Mar 2013 at 15:48

Will the discounted Kingston HyperX Genesis 2x4GB do? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&tool=3

£39.95

Incrauze · 30 Mar 2013 at 15:53

Yes, that RAM will work without any problems

honosuseri · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:14

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 Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £71.99
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £22.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Akasa USB 3.0 internal adapter cable (AK-CBUB09-15BK) £5.99
Total : £1,000.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

That's what I would do. Not everything is in stock but you can still order and the delivery will be sent once the parts are back in stock.

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 Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 Series 4 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £22.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
Total : £1,001.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Alternative with the prodigy case as you seem to like the look of that

Zbornak · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:49

Cheers mate, I'll have a good look at those parts. Do week only deals expire on Sundays? I might leave the Prodigy case as I think it'll be nice to have the most freedom to expand (I'm think of very large graphics cards, coolers etc) in the future.

olivier renault · 31 Mar 2013 at 03:09

Zbornak said:
Cheers mate, I'll have a good look at those parts. Do week only deals expire on Sundays? I might leave the Prodigy case as I think it'll be nice to have the most freedom to expand (I'm think of very large graphics cards, coolers etc) in the future.

deals expire on Wednesdays, some time in the morning.

Zbornak · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:05

What's the internal USB 3.0 adapter for?

olivier renault said:
deals expire on Wednesdays, some time in the morning.

Great, thanks.

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:13

Zbornak said:
What's the internal USB 3.0 adapter for

So you can connect the Usb3.0 ports on the case, directly to the motherboard header. Other wise you have to route the cable around the back of the case and plug into a USB3.0 port.

Zbornak · 31 Mar 2013 at 22:30

Thanks for everyone's advice. This is the basket I'm about to pay for, it's sort of a mixture of everyone's suggestions plus a few of my own favourites.

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 Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Midgard II Gaming Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £22.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Steelseries 4D Gaming Mouse Pad (63000) £7.98
1 x Akasa USB 3.0 internal adapter cable (AK-CBUB09-15BK) £5.99
Total : £733.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Only two items were found to be cheaper elsewhere so I'm very impressed by the competitive pricing.

honosuseri · 1 Apr 2013 at 02:15

The mobo is costing you more for Xfire/SLi but the PSU is too weak to run twin 7950s, you'd need 750W for that. I'd prefer the Z9 U3 case, if you like the midgard fair enough but it isn't as well spec'd. Although to be fair it doesn't need the USB3 adapter.

Zbornak · 1 Apr 2013 at 02:23

honosuseri said:
The mobo is costing you more for Xfire/SLi but the PSU is too weak to run twin 7950s, you'd need 750W for that. I'd prefer the Z9 U3 case, if you like the midgard fair enough but it isn't as well spec'd. Although to be fair it doesn't need the USB3 adapter.

But both cases have the USB 3.0 in virtually the same place?

honosuseri · 1 Apr 2013 at 03:06

Zbornak said:
But both cases have the USB 3.0 in virtually the same place?

It's nothing to do with where the ports are but the connector at the other end. You also don't have a CPU in your basket either :/ Why didn't you sign in for free P&P too or are you not in the mainland UK?

Zbornak · 1 Apr 2013 at 03:19

honosuseri said:
It's nothing to do with where the ports are but the connector at the other end. You also don't have a CPU in your basket either :/ Why didn't you sign in for free P&P too or are you not in the mainland UK?

I had no idea, oh well. CPU is from somewhere else as mentioned and got free P&P after copying BB code.

uzairzaidi · 1 Apr 2013 at 06:30

Apologies for linking another website but is it even possible to spec a better performing £1000 system then this one review that I recently came across on Kitguru?

http://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/g...or-warbird-660-i5-3570k-gtx660-sli-oc-review/