Help building new rig £950 budget

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Guys,

Would you help me spec a new rig, my budget is £950. I'm looking to have a 3 monitor set up to primarily play iracing or flying sims. I need the following...

CPU
GPU
MOBO
RAM
PSU
CPU Cooler
DVD Drive

I was thinking of going for Gigabyte Z77X-D3H but i see the MSI Z77A-GD65 is the same price this week what would you suggest?
 
Hows this? It would set you up for xFire later on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x OCZ Agility 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT4-25SAT3-128G) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £943.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
You should tell us what case you have fella. It might limit the length of the GPU and the height of the heatsink. FSX is Nvidia biased but going AMD isn't the end of the world if you are playing other games too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £40.00
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £956.92 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Mobo does Xfire properly (850W PSU to allow this) and includes wifi and bluetooth, come with some nice freebies to justify the cost. 8GB of RAM colour coded to the mobo and a decent heatsink to overclock the i5K.

The 7950 can be OC'd well to close the gap on the 7970. This GPU exhausts the air out the case so is a better option for Xfire. There is a decent sized SSD and 2TB of storage (Going B grade saves you £20). Hope this helps, look forward to seeing what you settle on :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Akasa Venom 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £891.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).




GTX 670. :)

Setup for SLI. :)

Awesome cooler

Amazing colour scheme.
 
honosuseri said:
You should tell us what case you have fella. It might limit the length of the GPU and the height of the heatsink. FSX is Nvidia biased but going AMD isn't the end of the world if you are playing other games too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £40.00
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £956.92 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Mobo does Xfire properly (850W PSU to allow this) and includes wifi and bluetooth, come with some nice freebies to justify the cost. 8GB of RAM colour coded to the mobo and a decent heatsink to overclock the i5K.

The 7950 can be OC'd well to close the gap on the 7970. This GPU exhausts the air out the case so is a better option for Xfire. There is a decent sized SSD and 2TB of storage (Going B grade saves you £20). Hope this helps, look forward to seeing what you settle on :)
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Plenty of space mate the case is a Thermaltake Level 10.

What the difference between a B grade item and 'normal' one?
 
chokes said:
Plenty of space mate the case is a Thermaltake Level 10.

What the difference between a B grade item and 'normal' one?
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Nice case :D B grade is 90 day warranty with OCuk and whatever is left for the manufacturer to honour. Parts can be missing accessories too. SOme parts are returned items, the HDD are refurbed as new.
 
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