£1200 build

Trent10182 · 5 Sep 2012 at 18:59

So I had this built for me on the forums about a month ago. I'm now looking to buy it within the next few days, I was just wondering if there were any sales, or now lower priced parts that I should switch anything out for.

This is the build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £94.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,242.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Trusty · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:05

Looks good. Go for it!

stulid · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:06

^
Indeed.

Spot on.

Trent10182 · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:14

Awesome, thanks for all the help.

Bacon? · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:21

A 7950 SLI might be worth considering? Other than that, could go cheaper on parts but its a good spec!

scrlk · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:25

Bacon? said:
A 7950 SLI might be worth considering? Other than that, could go cheaper on parts but its a good spec!

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html

I think the nVidia 7950 is a little too outdated tbh.

Did you mean CrossFire by any chance?

Bacon? · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:25

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £257.99 (£515.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £94.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,283.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

This might be another option?

EDIT: yes I meant crossfire, they are so similar

Uncle Petey · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:28

^I like that.
Taking a big step down with the case though.

Bacon? · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:30

Yes I know

Still a good case but not as good as the graphite.

To be honest the 670 can dash any game out there currently and with the option to stick another in SLI down the road...

Trent10182 · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:31

Does the decreased size of that hard drives cache have a noticeable change in performace, and is it any more or less reliable than that seagate one?

edit: and I think I'll stick with the 670 for now.

Uncle Petey · 5 Sep 2012 at 19:32

@BAcon: Yeah, it's a toughie