Looking for new build

dazoO

dazoO

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Hi Guys,

I'm looking to get the possible best build I can get with my budget of £1000. That only includes the PC itself not a monitor or any other hardware like mouse/keyboard. I already have the AMD ATI 7850HD Power Edition GFX card so not really looking for another GFX card.

I'm looking for an i7 build as I tend to stream, play games and also do 3D rendering. If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great, I've been out of the PC gaming scene for awhile and lost track of current hardware and want the best I can get with my budget.
 
Forgot to mention not looking for a watercooling rig, i've never built one beforehand and really don't want to attempt to build one untill I read up more about it.
 
Also all the parts in my rig right now are extremely old so I need everything replaced apart from my GFX card. I'm willing to spend upto £1000 so if you could find me the best parts upto that budget that would be great, I was looking at i7 3770K.
 
What's that sandwich case CD thing lol, only thing is on the basket you have provided it's for watercooling and i'm not looking to build a watercooling system yet :(
 
dazoO said:
What's that sandwich case CD thing lol, only thing is on the basket you have provided it's for watercooling and i'm not looking to build a watercooling system yet :(
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It's not a proper watercooling system, it's prefitted, you just attach the heatsink as normal, it's a contained system, it just links up to fan and radiator by the exhaust fan of the case, dead easy to fit and makes case tidier.

Also that sandwich case is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL you cannot run a PC without it, ask anyone on this forum and they will agree!:D
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £176.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £123.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £56.39
Total : £1,023.73 (includes shipping : £17.85).



No point going socket 1155 now when it's about to be dead in a month.

EDIT: had to remove free shipping and change the PSU, 750W wasn't needed. 650W is the only one in stock to fit budget.
 
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ThaReaperGuy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £176.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £123.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £56.39
Total : £1,023.73 (includes shipping : £17.85).



No point going socket 1155 now when it's about to be dead in a month.

EDIT: had to remove free shipping and change the PSU, 750W wasn't needed. 650W is the only one in stock to fit budget.
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You forgot the sandwich!
 
£20 cash back on the ssd. If you are not likely to go xfire in the future, then you could save money on the mobo and Psu.
Or you could wait until next month to see what Haswell has to offer.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £269.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Desktop and Notebook Kit - (MZ-7TD250KW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel kit (PV316G160C9K) £101.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £84.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £56.39
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £999.68 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
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Would you recommend going for i7 3770k or go for saocket 2011 now instead of 1155? Also regarding all the ram choices which would be the best option gaming wise aswell as rendering wise. I'm willing to spend a little extra on a more advanced Motherboard aswell as Ram also if you could link me the difference between items listed? Thanks guys really appreciate the advise and still open for more options if possible please.
 
dazoO said:
Would you recommend going for i7 3770k or go for saocket 2011 now instead of 1155? Also regarding all the ram choices which would be the best option gaming wise aswell as rendering wise. I'm willing to spend a little extra on a more advanced Motherboard aswell as Ram also if you could link me the difference between items listed? Thanks guys really appreciate the advise and still open for more options if possible please.
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Looking at what others have said, I would go 2011, I didn't think about that earlier, also dual/triple channel DDR3 at a decent clock, 8GB should be ok but you can spend a bit extra and go to 16GB if you wanted :)
 
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