is this a reasonable rig for gaming at £590

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is this a reasonable rig for gaming at £680 (see last post)

Case : Vantage Blue Midi Tower Case + 4 120mm Fans
Power Supply : 750 Watt With Power Cable Supplied
Motherboard : Asus P8H61-MX USB3
CPU : Intel I5 3570K Quad Core CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 16gb DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance Memory
Graphics Card : ATI 7850 2gb (Tripple screen support via DVI / HDMI / DISPLAY PORT)
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer DVD Writer



i will mainly running at 1600x1200 on my old CRT and looking to upgrade the heatsinks in the near future for a little oc'ing any recommendations? ive been out of the loop pc wise for a while so many choices!!
 
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danb79 said:
Case : Vantage Blue Midi Tower Case + 4 120mm Fans
Power Supply : 750 Watt With Power Cable Supplied
Motherboard : Asus P8H61-MX USB3
CPU : Intel I5 3570K Quad Core CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 16gb DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance Memory
Graphics Card : ATI 7850 2gb (Tripple screen support via DVI / HDMI / DISPLAY PORT)
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer DVD Writer


i will mainly running at 1600x1200 on my old CRT and looking to upgrade the heatsinks in the near future for a little oc'ing any recommendations? ive been out of the loop pc wise for a while so many choices!!
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Yes but remove the ebay link. Listing specs is fine and price as long as you do not show origin.

Message seller to find out PSU make as it will likely be cheap and not able to produce 750 watt for more then a second without wiping out the PC. Motherboard could be better. You would need Z77 for overclocking.
 
I would change the RAM to 8GB, don't need 16 for gaming and get a Z77 not H61 motherboard. If there is a choice for a 7870, go for that as it's quicker than the 660 & 7850.
 
or do i strech to £600 and get 7870?
Case : CIT Reaper Black Mesh fronted Case
Motherboard : Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard Technology
CPU : Intel Ivy Bridge I5 3570K Unlocked CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 8gb DDR3 1600Mhz Memory
Graphics : AMD ATI Radeon 7870 2gb GDDR5 with HDMI
Power Supply : 750 Watt Branded Power Supply
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer

dont mean to go on just want the most bang for my bucks!
feel free to spec a system for me not built one since my athlon xp-m watercooled days! my limit is £600 i dont mind oc'ing
 
snips86x said:
I would change the RAM to 8GB, don't need 16 for gaming and get a Z77 not H61 motherboard. If there is a choice for a 7870, go for that as it's quicker than the 660 & 7850.
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This would be the right way to do it. :)

Getting a decent overclock on that 3570k will add an extra few months to a year on the PC's life-span. :)
 
Find out exactly what power supply it uses, because '750w branded' doesn't inspire much confidence.

The 7870 build is much better though.
 
Raikiri said:
Find out exactly what power supply it uses, because '750w branded' doesn't inspire much confidence.

The 7870 build is much better though.
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Nothing worse than a shoddy PSU. Don't risk destroying your components if it goes up. Get Corsair, Seasonic, EVGA, XFX or Silverstone. There are others available, but these are recommended.
 
the seller said its a Fractal Design Integra R2 750 W which techpowerup gave 8/10 and the system comes with 1 year collect and return warranty giving me time to save for an upgrade!
 
danb79 said:
Case : Vantage Blue Midi Tower Case + 4 120mm Fans
Power Supply : 750 Watt With Power Cable Supplied £30-40

Motherboard : Asus P8H61-MX USB3 £40

CPU : Intel I5 3570K Quad Core CPU £160

Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive £45

Memory : 16gb DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance Memory :confused: Too much memory 8GB for £50

Graphics Card : ATI 7850 2gb (Tripple screen support via DVI / HDMI / DISPLAY PORT) £150

Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer DVD Writer £15
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I rekon you could build somehting similar using components from ocuk for about £530

Motherboard isn't good either. Better to go for a h77 or z77
 
Same you can easy build better from here for that price.

Ive had both 7850s and 660s and the 660 is better, but both have went up in price on ocuk again, you could grab a 660 for £140 a couple of weeks ago!

Id wait for the 760 to be released tbh as it will probably be around the same price.
 
Custom Build your Perfect Intel 4th Generation Haswell PC with AMD
1 x CIT Reaper Black Interior Mesh Office / Home Tower PC Computer Case £17.00
1 x Intel Core I5 4670K 3.4Ghz CPU Socket 1150 8mb Cahce Haswell HD Graphics £194.00
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb ( 2x 4gb ) DDR3 1600mhz CL9 Sport Series Memory £45.00
1 x Asus Z87-A Socket 1150 Intel Z87 DDR3 ATX USB 3.0 CrossfireX / SLI Motherboard £119.00
1 x XFX Radeon HD 7870 2gb Core Edition GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 DVI HDMI Graphics Card £183.00
1 x Seagate 1tb Barracuda 7200rpm Serial 3.5" Sata Hard Drive 64mb ( ST1000DM003 ) £58.00
1 x Samsung 24x DVD Writer Dual Layer Black ( SH-224BB/BEBE ) £19.00
1 x Tesla 750W PSU 12cm Red Fan Dual PFC Power Supply +£28.00
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 Heatsink and Fan AMD / Intel Quiet Outstanding Performance £19.00
1 x 3 Year Return to base warranty ( 1 Year Parts, 3 Years Labour ) £0.00

another system £682 any good? comes built, i have win 7 and 1800x1350 21" monitor kb & m and better case and able to watercool eventually just need sinks
plz feel free to recommend a system around 680 is as far as i can strech , i dont mind building myself
 
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