£500 best build possible. help ?

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Hi everyone.
First off, great forum. Iv been through a good few threads now and i must say i'm impressed with the amount of help people get when building a new rig.

Here we go.
I'm a total war gamer (mainly Empire and Shogun 2) and would like to see the best improvement possible for £500.

What iv got already
monitor,Hdd,OS,keyboard and mouse. Ive also got a 6850 that will be getting upgraded after Christmas, so no need for that either.

The system I have now is a Q8300 at 3.0GHz, 4gb 1066 ram on a Asus P5QL PRO, and i play mostly on high to ultra, but I really want to see some bigger battles on a better resolution (that'll be where the better card comes in I know) which means more muscle.
So I think ill be needing CPU MOBO ram and a PSU.
I would like to maybe do a little bit of overclocking but nothing to serious.

I hope iv covered everything. thanks for any help.
 
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Come on guys, I wanna be sure I put the best possible parts together.
I forgot to mention that I wont be needing a DVD drive, and the case I'm liking so far is the Corsair Carbide 300R.
 
What PSU do you have at the moment? It would be a big help to your budget if it could be re-used. Same for your case, can that be re-used?

e: this should be a good place to start

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £131.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £14.99
Total : £526.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



You should still get around £70ish for your 6850 2nd hand, if you want to raise more money. In fact I reckon all the kit you are replacing should still have decent resell value.
 
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Go for a 3570k, around 175, gigabyte z77 board around 85, 8gb ddr3 ram, around 45, decent 600w coolermaster/corsair PSU around 45, cheap SSD boot drive, around 50, case is personal choice, but id go for the bitfenix shinobi, 45 ish.
total: 445.
or opt for the 3770k, a beasty cpu, around 255, total: 525ish.
 
Clav said:
What PSU do you have at the moment? It would be a big help to your budget if it could be re-used. Same for your case, can that be re-used?



You should still get around £70ish for your 6850 2nd hand, if you want to raise more money. In fact I reckon all the kit you are replacing should still have decent resell value.
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I hadn't thought about selling my older stuff.(I should add that I have all the boxes and packaging for everything so maybe ill get lucky, and get a good price)
As for my psu, its garbage an old 550watt by mercury, that a friend donated last year, and my case is crap, a new i5 deserves better.
So yer if I did sell my old components how much more do you think it could push up my budget, maybe £100 £150 ?I could add a new card then ;).
 
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squarehead94 said:
Go for a 3570k, around 175, gigabyte z77 board around 85, 8gb ddr3 ram, around 45, decent 600w coolermaster/corsair PSU around 45, cheap SSD boot drive, around 50, case is personal choice, but id go for the bitfenix shinobi, 45 ish.
total: 445.
or opt for the 3770k, a beasty cpu, around 255, total: 525ish.
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Yes the i5 3570k is a must. I like the shinobi case, but the Corsair Carbide 300R has those side mounted hdds, me likey. I just wish it looked as good as the shinobi.
 
 
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Just finished my new build in a 300R and I am really pleased with it. Front panel audio connection cable only just makes it (after cable management) to my motherboard (Gigabyte Z77X-D3H) connector mind you! :D

Can't speak of the Shinobi but a +1 for the 300R from me.
 
hyper_active said:
So yer if I did sell my old components how much more do you think it could push up my budget, maybe £100 £150 ?I could add a new card then ;).
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My build includes a new 7850 which is a great card and a great overclocker. With an extra £150 you could stretch to a 7950 just about.
 
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My build includes a new 7850 which is a great card and a great overclocker. With an extra £150 you could stretch to a 7950 just about.
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But you build also includes an MSI mboard (good mboards dont get me wrong) but gigabyte UK RMA base. Better for OC and generally more reliable and better for oc'ing

your cpu cooler is very average and wont allow for a good stable overclock

the xigmatek case will do the job however if your going to get that case. get the xigmatek one below instead for £5 more as it has USB 3 and better cable management.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG&groupid=2362&catid=1572&subcat=


your build dosent have a modular PSU. which is awesome for keeping a midi tower nice and tidy to allow good clear airflow.

I would personally fork out a little extra for some slightly better componants now. and if you had to wait until near crimbo for a new graphics card then so be it.

P.S I have the CPU cooler above on a I7 3770 @ 4.3 ghz running a prime95 stress test for heat and running shogun 2 total war graphics stress test dx 11 at same time. my temps didnt go past 60/61
 
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