Gaming rig upgrade for £450

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:26

Hey guys i need some help speccing a new gaming rig. Im looking to play arma2/3 and bf4.

I need cpu/mobo/ram/ssd and maybe a dvd drive (As i currently have a IDE not sata.). I have pretty much convinced myself that a 4670 is what i need but im not sure what to look for in a mobo, ram and ssd.
Im also going to overclock in the future but i will stick with the stock cooler for now and upgrade that later.

I have a 560ti antec 620 psu.

HELP

stulid · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:30

Hi.

Does your case accept ATX sized motherboards?

Do you have a GFX card?

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:32

stulid said:
Hi.

Does your case accept ATX sized motherboards?

Do you have a GFX card?

hey,

Yeah i have a Coolermaster 690 II case with a GTX560ti card.

mickyflinn · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:33

Do you want sli or crossfire ?

stulid · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:34

Cookieboro said:
hey,

Yeah i have a Coolermaster 690 II case with a GTX560ti card.

Ok, cool.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £77.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £459.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).

Add a DVD burner if you need one, they are £12 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-007-OK&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

May I ask what you have now that you are upgrading from?

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:36

mickyflinn said:
Do you want sli or crossfire ?

No im looking to stick with a single.

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:38

stulid said:
Ok, cool.

Add a DVD burner if you need one, they are £12 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-007-OK&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

May I ask what you have now that you are upgrading from?

I have a i3 550 overclocked to 4.39 with 4gb of ram.

mickyflinn · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:39

Much better write performance on the ssd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £471.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).

stulid · 22 Jun 2013 at 12:40

Cookieboro said:
I have a i3 550 overclocked to 4.39 with 4gb of ram.

Will be a good upgrade then

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 16:05

Cheers guys

looking forward to moer POWERRRRRRR

stulid · 22 Jun 2013 at 17:15

mickyflinn said:
Much better write performance on the ssd.

This is true.

Cookieboro · 22 Jun 2013 at 21:50

Thats great guys thanks. Just out of curiosity what would change if i said no SSD with the same budget?

T345 · 22 Jun 2013 at 21:52

More ram? Better CPU, not much else, but that CPU is pretty much the best for gaming.

danclivo · 22 Jun 2013 at 22:02

Cookieboro said:
Thats great guys thanks. Just out of curiosity what would change if i said no SSD with the same budget?

Probably add a decent cooler for a nice overclock, but you said you'd get that later so...

Given the choice I'd go for the SSD (it's what I'm planning to get next when funds allow

)

Cookieboro · 24 Jun 2013 at 09:20

Thanks again

stulid · 24 Jun 2013 at 10:51

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

That RAM is the same price as the Patriot stuff.

The speed rating is extreme

Cookieboro · 27 Jun 2013 at 16:46

Cheers everyone. Ordered the parts