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Hello All,

New member just joined. Advised by a mate that you all are very knowledgeable and helpful so here we go. I'm looking for help for a new PC I want to get into the PC gaming and have a budget of around £1200 I'll need a monitor keyboard mouse and os as well as the system itself. I'm into fps mostly and want to try a bit of crysis 3 and far cry 3. Also some transcoding and a lot of streaming of footy so miricast sounds useful if possible. I want the option to upgrade as well. Not much I know!! Ive been looking at systems with haswell i5 and gfx 670 im not sure if im being over zealous or stupid so looking for a nudge in the right direction. Thanks for your help and let me know if you need any more info. I have broad shoulder's if I'm being stupid let me know thanks again
 
should give people a few more specifics, what size monitor are you after, a bigger one will eat more of your budget and a higher resolution will require more graphics power, are you interested in a good clocking mobo or just staying at stock speeds?
also is size a consideration, or are you fine with 60cm long 30cm wide giant cases? :) do you want giant corded gaming keyboards or basic wireless keyboards, etc :)
 
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is what ive put together to give you a general idea. 24 inch monitor and basic kboard/mouse

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £249.95
1 x Dell Professional P2412H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330U Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x Microsoft Comfort 6000 Mouse (S7J-00008) £19.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £13.99
Total : £1,212.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Nicer case, cheaper PSU & RAM. I threw a 7970 in there as you have the budget. If you would rather save some cash, go for the 7870 or 7950. Not a massive fan of Nvidia cards despite owning one, but if you prefer the 670 and will use Physx/CUDA, then go for it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £319.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2480HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.95
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard - With Free Gaming Mouse Pad (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
Total : £1,241.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
7950 vs 670 is a wash since the nvidia price cuts imo, take whichever your preference is, before the price cuts id have said 7950 no question though.
I agree with your ram swap :)
but Id rather take seasonics psu over the xfx since a good psu will outlast the rest of the system combined, and its got a 7 year warranty.

case/mouse/keyboard are largely personal preference :)
 
melvis said:
7950 vs 670 is a wash since the nvidia price cuts imo, take whichever your preference is, before the price cuts id have said 7950 no question though.
I agree with your ram swap :)
but Id rather take seasonics psu over the xfx since a good psu will outlast the rest of the system combined, and its got a 7 year warranty.

case/mouse/keyboard are largely personal preference :)
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The XFX is made by Seasonic and OCUK will deal with any warranty issues.
 
Thanks Melvis and snips86x for the ideas I'm not bothered on case size I think 24" monitor should be fine for now I think I'll be starting stock specs but will try to get into the over clocking in time. Its my first custom PC so just trying to see what's achievable really all input is good has the PC build process changed much its been about 10 years since dealing with PC builds been more software side lately. Thanks for listening
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2480HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £143.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489) £24.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard - With Free Gaming Mouse Pad (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £1,219.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
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