First Build Haswell Spec

Autopsy · 29 May 2013 at 12:39

Since Haswell is out next week and after giving away my pc to the younger brother, I thought it would be the right time to build my first rig.

The pc would be almost entirely used for gaming, FPS and RTS mostly. I'm needing the works, desktop, mouse, keyboard and monitor but i already have a spare Win7, also need it wireless network enabled. The option of doing a moderate overclock as well would be great.

My budget all in was going to be around the 1000/1200 mark but I would be willing to throw in a little extra if it would make a noticeable impact or if there was another good reason. Would it be worth buying the bulk of the components the now while there is a 5% discount and wait next week for the cpu and mobo ?

The help is appreciated

Redmint · 29 May 2013 at 14:15

Ordering most of it now might not be a bad idea, you'd pay shipping twice ofc but the 5% saving on the bulk of the components would be more than the 2nd shipping cost. My suggestion would be something like:

comes to £834.82 inc delivery leaving you enough for a haswell i7 and motherboard hopefully.

Tried to make it a well rounded machine but you could swap some things around if wanted like skipping on the SSD to get a slightly faster GPU.

Idleman · 29 May 2013 at 14:50

Something like this, xfire capable but swap out the Cpu and mobo for Haswell and Z87 mobo.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) - £10 Cashback £217.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.4
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £39.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Saitek Cyborg R.A.T. 3 3500 DPI Gaming Mouse £39.95
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £1,181.89 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Autopsy · 30 May 2013 at 12:16

Thanks for the replys, i'll read a bit into what am buying. But the suggestions look great so far!!

Autopsy · 30 May 2013 at 15:02

Just a quick question on the GPU, would the twin frozr edition be worth the extra investment? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Idleman · 30 May 2013 at 16:29

Autopsy said:
Just a quick question on the GPU, would the twin frozr edition be worth the extra investment? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Actually, if you order before midnight today you will get the 5% discount. So you could go for the TFIII version and still be with in your budget.

stulid · 30 May 2013 at 16:32

I know I've been away for a week or two testing "new stuff" but are the Twin Frozr's still "buggy"?

Idleman · 30 May 2013 at 16:47

stulid said:
I know I've been away for a week or two testing "new stuff" but are the Twin Frozr's still "buggy"?

Not a 100% but have looked around the internet and can`t seem to find much since this revision was released. So, can only assume the issues have been resolved.

honosuseri · 30 May 2013 at 16:47

Idleman said:
Actually, if you order before midnight today you will get the 5% discount. So you could go for the TFIII version and still be with in your budget.

Or a 670 which comes with Metro Last Light to play. Being Nvidia it has PhysX which some games do use. The 7950 does come with a nice games bundle too though.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £59.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £1,201.88 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Autopsy · 31 May 2013 at 09:41

Thanks for the input, in the end decided to go for a small spin on honosuseri's suggestion

Autopsy · 2 Jun 2013 at 12:40

Now that the haswell CPU's are out has anyone any suggestions on what CPU and mobo to go for? Got about £360 to spend, maybe a little more?

Was thinking the I5 3.4GHZ was a good option?

Idleman · 2 Jun 2013 at 13:30

These are the Haswell and Z87 equivalents to the IB and Z77.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
Total : £333.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Autopsy · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:22

Idleman said:
These are the Haswell and Z87 equivalents to the IB and Z77.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
Total : £333.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks