£1300 budget, thoughts?

Wilkeh

Wilkeh

Wilkeh

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Alright folks,

Me and mate are looking at putting a machine together for himself. He has a budget of £1300. Here's what it's looking like so far -

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £134.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £22.79
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,326.17 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Thoughts? Suggestions?

Appreciated :D
 
change the motherboard for a Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) version, many here say it's the best there is, i have a Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 so can;t say either way but the reviews and awards do agree with them tbh.

you can get cheaper and better memory as well

the psu is high, a lower one would be better

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

450/550 or the 650, any would do for single card use

i spend to long posting comments as none was here when i started :(

the card above is cheaper and better v cost v power etc and with more memory, so agree with snips

change all we both say and your build will be faster and cheaper
 
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1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £22.79
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,125.32 (includes shipping : £14.75).



for single vga use

1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £22.79
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,165.33 (includes shipping : £14.75).



for dual card use, just added extra power, plenty for 2 of these cards, better budget use with better OC m/b etc
 
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Much appreciated thanks lads.

The reason we've gone for a 850w PSU is that he will be looking to SLi/crossfire in the near future. I have a soft spot for Antec PSU's and they've never let me down.

I also suggested to him a 7970 or 7950 but he has his heart set on Nvidia. Do you not like the 680's performance?

A couple of you have suggested the Alpenfohn cooler but if I was to spend £60 on a cooler shouldn't I get a Corsair H series?

Will definitely look at changing the motherboard now as well by the way.

Thanks folks :D
 
680's performance is less or same in some ways than one posted above for a lot less

cooler is best there is out atm, apart from liquid etc which costs more and not needed if no OC

and most here say XFX is best there is for price and offered the most of any advice etc
 
Changed to a 670. Fully modular psu. Bigger SSD. Low profile Ram. Better board for sli.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £22.79
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,320.12 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £190.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £47.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.98
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £22.79
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,285.67 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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