£1400 budget?

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Got a budget of £1400 (maybe push to £1600) for a gaming build, will be my first build aswell. Will also be used to store media, would like to use SSD for OS and applications then HDD for media 2TB+. Ideally about 8GB of ram maybe more.

Have been looking at i7 3770k, ATI HD 7970 and asus a77 sabertooth. Im unsure on what case to get and on cooling. I would like to overclock it and have duel crossfire eventually but not at the moment.

Any advice on builds would be great thanks.
 
If its for gaming i would recomend changing the CPUfrom a i7 3770K to a i5 3570K. No games really take advantage of HT therefore the i7 is abit wasted in a gaming machine.
 
Do you require OS, monitor and keyboard/mouse.
Other than gaming, will you be doing anything that requires hyperthreading.
 
Got razer keyboard and mouse already. Dont need OS but need a monitor.

Erm i use visual studios but not that much so not much use for hyperthreading i guess.

I thought the hd 7970 performed better than the gtx 670/680?
 
This will give you a great system.


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Samsung S23A700D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Gaming Monitor - Black £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £64.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £61.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £53.99
Total : £1,353.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).



A few things though. While the monitor can do 3D it is not the best with Nivida cards as it does not use their 3D Vision system. I have one but use it at 2D 120Hz and apart form the screen being very reflective it is a great monitor. If you want a proper 3D monitor then it would be best to go with something like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-051-BQ&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=.

I have not included a case, as with the amount of money you are planning on spending it will be best if you pick a case that you like to look of. If you are unsure whether everything will fit inside then just post in here and someone will help you. Personally I think this case would go nicely though http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1489.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2672-KR) £353.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £153.95
1 x Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £121.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £92.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £20.99
Total : £1,598.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Here's my take on things, at your upper limit though.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2672-KR) £353.99
1 x Samsung S23A700D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Gaming Monitor - Black £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £64.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £20.99
Total : £1,481.90 (includes shipping : £20.10).



What do you think of this? Anything that needs changing before I order?
 
I'll look forward to some pics too, and some performance reports. The specs above are very similar to the build I have in my basket....
Every day I think about pressing 'buy', and every day I bottle it!!

Have fun with it :)
 
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