£1300 buget 2 midrange gaming rigs needed.

Great so far i have on order
2x i5 3570k
2x optic drives
2x 1tb hdd
2x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case
2 x xfx 550w pro psu
2x 8gb sammy greens

Im really stuck on the mobos and gfx cards lol. Its either between the giga z77 d3h, z77x d3h (not sure on diff for those 2?) and was looking t the Asrock Z77 pro4 m pretty nice looking boards.

Not sure to go for a 7850 or 7870 i know i can clock the 7850 pretty good but is it worth paying the extra £20 for the 7870 and clocking that or sticking with the 7850 and puttting in a cheap 60gb ssd to run the os off.
 
Hyburnate said:
You don't want to use the bay of ee's for hardware, you never know what you're buying. I'll edit this with a spec.

Edit: You want a £200 CPU in a £650 build? That's not wise...
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What's not so wise about putting an i5 in a gaming build? I would rather spend the extra few quid on a solid cpu that can be clocked and last a good 4+ years without needing to upgrade that getting a lower end cpu i3 etc and needing to upgrade etc but thats just my opinion :)
 
Cheers guys just wanted to say thanks, got 2 beautiful machines built.

I went with
2x
Giga z77 d3h
i5-3570k
corsair gs 600w
ocz glad h+f
kingston hyperX 8gb
7870 2gb
1tb HDD
Asus sound card
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case
60gb agility 3

All though i did not get every component i managed to get them built for £590 each :)

Some advice if paying by paypal and a reputable company ask if can pay by credit card to save on ebay fees i saved nearly £32 per machine.

Also another note, These systems with only a 7870 O.C a little and @ 4.2ghz plays every single game out there butter smooth including metro, all crysis except 3 but few turned down, bioshock inf, and many more @1080p was very rare i saw less than 30fps

I was saving a budget of nearly £3000 for mine but wont be spending nearly as much and will be sticking with 2 7870's using radeon pro untill the 8xxx cards are released then 1 89xx
 
heh you don't know what your getting yourself into.

Just wait till something goes wrong with one of them and your phone and email inbox gets rammed with drivel, then you end up having to go out in the evenings to sort issues.

Been there, done that. Was good for awhile but in all honesty, hardware is now a mug's game if your not operating in a bigger scope like OCUK.

Wish you all the best of luck in your venture.
 
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