3770K build ~ £1200

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Anonymous_0172

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Hi, I'm new to this forum and this is my first time building a new PC.

I have a budget of approximately £1200 and the PC will be used primarily for gaming, although I will be doing some video editing + Photoshop work.
I need everything apart from a monitor (OS, Keyboard, Mouse). I'm thinking a Core i7-3770K and SSD boot drive.

Can somebody help me out with a spec please?
Thanks, much appreciated.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £30.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,170.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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Over budget :

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £30.98
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,305.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).





Cutting it down a bit...

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £69.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,208.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



But imo, worth spending an extra £100 for the good gear.

EDIT : Sorry. forgot wireless. Would be an extra £15. Can save on CPU cooler, will reduce overclock, if any if you decide to stay with stock cooler and no overclock (imo, perfectly fine, and you can overclock later).
 
OK, advantages :
- Samsung SSDs are reliable. The 830 is a new samsung SSD, and has good performance. The SanDisk (Sandforce controller) maybe OK with video work, but usually suffers with incompressible data compared to other SSDs (Intel, Crucial, Samsung). Maybe see reviews for what is best between the SanDisk, 830, M4.
- Fractal R3 is noise-dampened. Important if you gonna stay with your computer a lot and you want quiet.
- Motherboard can dish out more stable overclocking. Bit better quality.
- PSU is modular, better quality and more powerful (system will not stress it one bit).
- CPU cooler good up to 4.2GHz (or 25-30% overclock).
- 2TB storage. Can go 1TB if you don't need that much space.

Backlit keyboard. Can get something else if not bothered.
G400 is a great versatile mouse.
Of course, a GTX 670. Best bang for bucks in your budget.
As much ram as you can get if you're serious about the video work part. 2x8GB will give you another two slots to play with. HOWEVER, you will need Win 7 Pro / Ultimate if you want to use 32GB (hmm can you upgrade Win 7 Home OEM to Win 7 pro?).
 
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HankScorpio said:
Why buy retail cpu+ better cooler? Go for OEM. If anything is wrong with the chip it'd show up during the 1 year warranty.
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With the difference being £10-11, you are getting a better length warranty, cooler supplied and a retail box, so all that will keep the price higher when it came time to sell it on.
 
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