Need additional help for new system please

Old Man · 22 Oct 2013 at 21:38

I don't plan to overclock, but will play games and use the pc for my work, so keeping the price no higher than it is now, what system would be best?
Note: the case, GTX 760 and being an Intel will remain the same...

Intel Core I5 3570
Artic Freezer Pro 7
Asus P8Z77-V LX2
Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower R2
700W Cooler Master GX Lite Power Supply
8Gb Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 1600mhz
2TB SATA3 Hard Drive
LG DVDRW Optical Drive
2GB NVidia GeForce GTX 760

£804.10

ExRayTed · 22 Oct 2013 at 22:10

Given that the only real flexibility is the motherboard and cpu, there really isn't a decision to make.

Doomedspeed · 22 Oct 2013 at 22:12

Why is the 760 a must? You can get much better for the money:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £838.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).

I included the TJ08-E because OCUK don't stock fractal anymore, though my case choice would be the Fractal Arc Mini...

A nice mATX system.

ExRayTed said:
Given that the only real flexibility is the motherboard and cpu, there really isn't a decision to make.

You forgot the fact the PSU is junk.

Old Man · 22 Oct 2013 at 22:42

Hmm ty..

ok looks good. How's the noise with the small case?

Doomedspeed · 22 Oct 2013 at 22:54

Is noise a major point then?

If so you'd be much better off with a noise dampened case like the 330R (in the spec) or the Fractal R4 (or R3)..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI H87-G43 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £813.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

honosuseri · 23 Oct 2013 at 02:03

Did you need CUDA for work is that why the 670 appeals?

For £800ish with a soundproofed case, me, personally perhaps......

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £812.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

Mobo comes with a £30ish (so decent) tower cooler for free. You shouldn't be scared of overclocking it really is as difficult as you make it. Simplest form is just upping the CPU ratio gradually, you have a good cooler so use it

760 is roughly on par with the 670 but is a little cheaper. There is a 7950 available with some free game goodies given away free. 280X is good although is basically still a 7970.

Best of luck with the build bud, I look forward to seeing what you choose