Final Gaming Rig - Opinions?

Baker2013

Baker2013

Baker2013

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So I will be buying my PC in a month. Some of you may have seen my previous thread, here is my basket.

GFX: Asus HD 7870 DirectCU II V2 2048MB

GPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail

MBD: Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

RAM: Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

PSU: XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

CASE: Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black

CPU Cooler: Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler

Total price: 684.91.

Not looking to spend any more than that at all.

I play Arma, Battlefield, etc

is this decent? just checking because its getting closer to the time I'll be buying it!
 
You'll most likely have the Haswell socket to consider by then bud

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £711.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).



I'd suggest you pay a little more for the 7870XT which is closely related to the 7950 (you can OC to match it). I've gone with a "full fat" 7950 as there is a games bundle for these GPUs ;)

I own the Z9 Plus, the U3 is a better version. You are limited to 290mm long GPUs so that HIS 7950 wouldn't fit unfortunately. You also ideally want a modular PSU in the Z9 chassis as there isn't much room behind the mobo tray
 
 
Baker2013 said:
Thanks, I'm just trying to get the best out of what I can buy.
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I take it you already have a sata HDD and optical drive then?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £224.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52.00
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
Total : £688.54 (includes shipping : £10.50).



If you don't mind a B grade mobo you can do very well for the cash. The Z68 was designed for Sandy. It can be updated to UEFI to modernise it, although it is Xfire compatible you would need to spend more on the PSU.

i7 2700K isn't to be sniffed at, you can add an aftermarket cooler later easy enough. They don't have to be expensive and then you can look at OC'ing the CPU.

7950 will OC to close the gap on the 7970, as I mentioned before you should cop some games with the GPU too :)
 
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