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Hello
i am looking to buy a budget gaming PC. i already got Hard drive, keyboard, mouse, graphic card.
I got a budget of £500. i also need a monitor
THanks
 
 
 
B grade is a returned item that can't be sold at full price. It has a shorter warranty (3 months) and maybe missing items. On a monitor that could be the DVI cable or example. A mobo could mean no disks, missing sata cables etc etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £163.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £53.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £511.33 (includes shipping : £17.85).



The i5K is on a special offer and should be grabbed whilst the going is good. Z77 mobo, RAM has a better CAS rating and XMP proiles. PSU is modular and a great unit for the price.

Hope this helps
 
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £163.99
1 x OcUK 2436VWA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £499.85 (includes shipping : £19.10).

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I'd take LED over LCD myself bud. Lower power consumption and all that Jazz. The monitor I used had HDMI aswell which was lacking on Lemins screen and yours. Case is a personal preference so I'm not going to delve into that can of worms ;)
 
honosuseri said:
I'd take LED over LCD myself bud. Lower power consumption and all that Jazz. The monitor I used had HDMI aswell which was lacking on Lemins screen and yours. Case is a personal preference so I'm not going to delve into that can of worms ;)
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I know what you mean. But it is another option, considering the budget. So the OP has more choice, as to what he could get for his money.
 
 
 
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It is if you select a Asrock board, they are utter crap.
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Is this just based on past personnel experience or reviews you have read.

If reviews, would be interested in reading some, if you can link, them.
 
Idleman said:
Is this just based on past personnel experience or reviews you have read.

If reviews, would be interested in reading some, if you can link, them.
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Past experience, yes I have had Asrock board before.

They have terrible RMA service and a poor 2 year warranty that needs sending back to another country after the immediate 12 month warranty is up at the retailer. lesser build quality which is immediately apparent when you pick up a better board.

Have you ever used a Asrock board?
 
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stulid said:
It is if you select a Asrock board, they are utter crap.

You can buy this brand new for less,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

3 year warranty with a UK based RMA center, DualBIOS, excellent reviews,

Kitguru.
Hexus.
eteknix.
Madshrimps.
Windwithme.
tbreak.


The MSI board a few posts above is the only other one thats in your budget I would take.
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Utter crap I think is a bit OTT. You have spec'd Asrock yourself to certain budgets.......so you cant think they truly are utter crap ;) I'm not keen on this B grade idea for the mobo to be fair at all but each to their own.

Idleman said:
Is this just based on past personnel experience or reviews you have read.
If reviews, would be interested in reading some, if you can link, them.
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The Asrock extreme range actually had very good reviews for it's price range but it could now be considered "old" by Z77 mobo standards. It could do with a BIOS update i'd think for sure. I've not heard any "horror stories" about it though. It offers a lot of decent features, SLI/Xfire being one over the GB D3H mobo, THX rated audio another all on a compact board and I confess I do like the styling. With your beige pants on, you would favour GBs Z77 MX-D3H which is a similar RRP and has a better warranty and safety features.

The Z77 D3H stulid suggested is a better mobo than the MSI that I used but £10ish more. It also has (digital) optical audio output which I like to see over the MSI. People are reporting issues with the GB mobo and some GPUs, this requires a BIOS update but then to be fair having the latest BIOS and OS drivers just makes sense.

The GB mobo has a Dual BIOS feature, so it's safer to update technically since you have a spare secondary BIOS to fall back on if a disaster happens, such as power loss during the update process.The latest drivers for the OS should be downloaded, ignore the disk that comes with the mobo and GPU.

I personally prefer ATX (full size) mobos. mATX has it's place I suppose but I like to have the room for expansion and I do still use some "legacy" PCI cards. As we can choose a full sized case there is no real need to go mATX, unless the OP wants a small case. Whilst the Asrock does SLI/Xfire properly (dual GPUs), the fact that the cards will be closer together isn't ideal......with ATX you can space them apart better.

Hope this helps.......god I can waffle ;)
 
honosuseri said:
Utter crap I think is a bit OTT. You have spec'd Asrock yourself to certain budgets.......so you cant think they truly are utter crap ;) I'm not keen on this B grade idea for the mobo to be fair at all but each to their own.
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Not for a long time;)

Or maybe and only maybe when someone was wanting a Bitfenix Prodigy and there was no other Z77 board apart from that Asrock ITX (now solved by the release of the H77N and Z77N from GBT) that struggles to fit a lot of aftermarket heatsinks as the mSATA slot is conveniently located on the rear right next to where a back bracket would sit for a large aftermarket cooler.

As I said in my last post the OP should stick with the MSI or pay more for the D3H, better warranty and build quality on both.
 
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stulid said:
Not for a long time;)
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Time is relative ;)

I remember you having an Asrock Z68 paired with the i5 2500K if iirc. So I know you have experience with their products and services.

stulid said:
Or maybe and only maybe when someone was wanting a Bitfenix Prodigy and there was no other Z77 board apart from that Asrock (now solved by the release of the H77N and Z77N from GBT)that struggles to fit a lot of aftermarket heatsinks as the mSATA slot is conveniently located on the rear right next to where a back bracket would sit for a large aftermarket cooler.

As I said in my last post the OP should stick with the MSI or pay more for the D3H
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That Asrock mini-itx mobo was pretty much the only "budget" option if you wanted to be tiny and overclock at one point. The Asus mini-itx mobo was more money but had a better layout. I am favouring the GB m-itx mobos in the prodigy especially as at preorder they are cheaper than the Asrock and includes wifi.....no brainer really.

Its possible the OP could miss the offer on the i5K and then the specs will need rethinking again :(
 
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IC3 said:
Why what happend?
I know a person who changed asus z77 maxiums gen for asrock fatal1ty and they are more happy with it than asus.
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At the time I thought it was good, you know, 4.8Ghz from my 2500K etc, knew no different as it was my first socket 1155 board.

But then I got a Z68XP-UD4 and it was immediately apparent that that board weighed twice as much, was better built and overclocked better, it got me an easy 5.2Ghz without even trying - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJOklMTu2A5dEMxek1SSFFzU0M0QlljOXdJWDlib0E#gid=0

I sold the Asrock board, one week later it blew up, luckily it was within a year old and so I could arrange for it to go back to the retailer and they dealt with it, if it was past that time then it would need to go to Timbuktu or somewhere equally remote.

After the new board arrived with it's owner, he got rid of it sharpish, wise decision I say.


Then you have previous threads where the CS support has been less than ideal, example - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18335840

If only he had bought a decent product - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18346811
 
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stulid said:
At the time I thought it was good, you know, 4.8Ghz from my 2500K etc, knew no different as it was my first socket 1155 board.

But then I got a Z68XP-UD4 and it was immediately apparent that that board weighed twice as much, was better built and overclocked better, it got me an easy 5.2Ghz without even trying - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvJOklMTu2A5dEMxek1SSFFzU0M0QlljOXdJWDlib0E#gid=0

I sold the Asrock board, one week later it blew up, luckily it was within a year old and so I could arrange for it to go back to the retailer, if it was past that it would need to go to Timbuktu or somewhere equally remote.

After the new board arrived with it's owner, he got rid of it sharpish, wise decision I say.


Then you have previous threads where the CS support has been less than ideal, example - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18335840

If only he had bought a decent product - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18346811
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So Asus and Gigabyte only?
 
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