£1000 - £1250 spec

Limenote · 21 May 2013 at 22:34

Hi Guys,

Been out of the loop for awhile now and need some help as I have limited research time at the moment, I need a new build to include:

Nice case
mobo, cpu, ram
soundcard
Gpu
SSD
PSU

My budget is £1000 - £1250 MAX

Is that a workable budget for a decent machine?

Idleman · 21 May 2013 at 22:46

Do you have an OS?

Limenote · 21 May 2013 at 22:50

Yes, my spec is only for the parts listed, I have been reading up on Haswell? is this a significant change to wait for? and if so will it fall into my price range?

Doomedspeed · 21 May 2013 at 22:56

Limenote said:
Yes, my spec is only for the parts listed, I have been reading up on Haswell? is this a significant change to wait for? and if so will it fall into my price range?

Yes?, Yes and Yes.

Idleman · 21 May 2013 at 23:03

Something like this. And would still have enough for Haswell(1150). allowing for price difference.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £136.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £1,137.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Sound cards I know nothing about, don`t use them, so maybe someone else can give you a better opinion.

honosuseri · 22 May 2013 at 00:06

The cashback on the Samsung SSDs ends on the 28th I believe. Might make sense to cop one now if he gets free P&P.

The Z87 mobos are touting better onboard audio which is upgradeable. I really really would wait on Haswell to be honest and see what the reviews say.

kaku · 22 May 2013 at 03:19

It's so close it would be silly not to wait for Haswell really. At best you get the latest gear with a nice performance increase, at worst you might get a marginal saving off the old gear.

Limenote · 22 May 2013 at 13:57

When does Haswell hit shelves in a way that matters?

Mr. May · 22 May 2013 at 16:31

And the new NVidia cards are out tomorrow maybe :cool: