spec me

knuckles0135 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:00

hey guys i would greatly appreciate if you could spec me.
my budget is £600 and i only need the tower.

mainly for gaming purposes but not intense.

thank you

virdee2 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:07

do you need hard drives etc as well mate?

virdee2 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:08

and what games or types of games will you be playing?

What monitor do you have?

these might affect the spec mate

stulid · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:09

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7870 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H787QN2G2M) £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £614.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

nick.lidgett · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:30

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Crucial V4 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £642.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

knuckles0135 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:43

virdee2 said:
do you need hard drives etc as well mate?

yes i do

knuckles0135 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:45

virdee2 said:
and what games or types of games will you be playing?

What monitor do you have?

these might affect the spec mate

league of legends mainly and i might be starting the new final fantasy also the upcoming skyrim games. i also play starcraft 2 and guild wars 2 but not much

i havent decided on the monitor yet i thought id decide after i i have the final build.
id want to play on a monitor with a very low ms response time and 1280p and maybe you can recommend me a screen size. thank you

stulid · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-071-IY&groupid=17&catid=510

That is a well specced 1080 res LED monitor.

virdee2 · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:00

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 60GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH060GCST) £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK Battle 550W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £677.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

its a little over budget but i think this setup would last years and you could upgrade in the future when you save your next wod of cash

stulid · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:03

virdee2 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 60GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH060GCST) £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK Battle 550W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £677.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

its a little over budget but i think this setup would last years and you could upgrade in the future when you save your next wod of cash

The PSU dude is poor, never skimp on the PSU quality.

virdee2 · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:38

i know people have said that and i dont argue but i have had my OcUK psu for years with no problems, overclocking and crossfire now... if you want a budget rig then worth a try isnt it?

fowler002 · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:15

nick.lidgett said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Crucial V4 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £642.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Change the motherboard to

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI

Its £17 more than the one you have but comes with a free CPU cooler so it ends up saving ~£10 which can be put towards a better case, the retail CPU is several quid more but has 2yrs longer warranty.