My new build - £650~ budget

I have decided to get the pre-overclocked bundle because it means the dirty work is done for me :D

Let me know what you would change :)

Keep any changes below the £800 mark though, that seriously is the max I'm going to spend!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Z77 Gamer Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Overclocked Bundle £389.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QT2G2M) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £169.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard 381 Midi Tower Case - Black / Orange £36.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £777.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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750W is overkill as the mobo is for single GPU setups, 500W is all you need.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
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 OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £816.42 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Yes it's over £800 but it's a mini-itx build. The mobo includes wifi maybe that helps justify the little extra cash

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
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 £67.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED BLUE 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £784.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The "core" Shinobi cases have no fans, grills or badges. The non windowed case has just the one fan, whilst the windowed variant comes with two fans preinstalled. Nice looking case for sure but I prefer the Zalman Z9 U3 as it is packed with more kit for a similar price. Each to their own though
 
What is wrong with my second spec then :p just chuck a HDD in and away you go for £800 and mine has an SSD :D

I do like Hono spec tho as that is a nice case, I may come back later and nick some of his idea's >.> when specing a system for this price point in the future ....
 
I'm not feeling the Mini-ITX, I'd prefer a tower.

I am also fixed on the i5-3570k overclocked bundle.

So you would suggest drop the PSU down to a 500W?
 
 
dacads said:
750w will help towards upgrades in the future, when the 500w will be reaching its last legs ;)
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What are you on about?

The trend is for components to use less power not more. CPUs and GPUs are lowering power consumption with each generation. 750W would be sensible if the mobo could support running a 2nd GPU. 500W is more than ample for a single GPU setup, most rigs won't hit 400W under heavy load even with a single highend GPU

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
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 £67.99
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 Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair H60 Performance Intel Liquid Cooling Solution (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.95
- 1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g) £8.99
- 1 x No Fan Required £0.00
- 1 x No Fan Required £0.00
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Akasa USB 3.0 internal adapter cable (AK-CBUB09-15BK) £5.99
Total : £814.78 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I own the Z9 Plus myself, fine starters case but the U3 is better with USB3 and a proper side window. As the chassis comes with 3 fans you could omit the Corsair fans for now and use the two Zalman LED fans on the rad to get you up and going. Overclocking is dead simple really, just up the ratio (multiplier) in the BIOS is the most basic method.
 
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If you go intel, you can get double the cores for the same price, allowing you to ditch those 7850's and go for 7870 or maybe, 7950.
 
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