£700 gaming rig

[mufcmark]

The budget is £700 and I currently have:

XFX 850w core edition pro psu
Coolermaster 690 ii lite case
DVD drive
Windows 7

The only other parts I need are a motherboard, a cpu and cooler, graphics card, ram and a ssd plus an additional storage drive.

I'd like to keep the budget down where possible but I'm currently thinking of

Cpu: 3570k
Motherboard: Not sure, I don't intend to use crossfire/sli
GPU: 7870
RAM: Not sure
SSD: Not sure, 250gb preferably
HD: 500gb

Any suggestions?

Edit: I'll be playing at 1080p

 

[honosuseri]

Why get a 850W PSU if you won't Xfire or SLi? :/

Now isn't a great time to be buying. The new intel socket (1150) is due at the start of june and there are rumours Nvidia may release 700 series GPUs this month.

 

[mufcmark]

I got it for £67 and I was considering crossfire at the time but now I've gone off the idea. Will the new socket be around the same price like the jump from sandy bridge to ivy bridge? Do you think it would be best to wait a month and see?

 

[Akagi]

Do you think it would be best to wait a month and see?

Yes

 

[mufcmark]

The computer is for my brother and I tried to say wait one month but he's saved up for a while and just wants to get it now. Realistically isn't the 3570k more than enough for the foreseeable future? The only problem will be a lack of an upgrade path but I don't see him upgrading for another 4 years.

 

[honosuseri]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £56.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
Total : £713.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[mufcmark]

RAM: Corsair 2x4gb 1600 (£50)
GPU: Sapphire HD 7870 XT 2GB (£185)
CPU: 3570k (£171)
Motherboard: Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-D3H (£102)
SSD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB (£130)
Cooler: Coolermaster HYper 212 Evo (£25)

Total: £665

Should I change anything?

 

[honosuseri]

Try and get a full fat 7950 if you can