£530 build for gaming

no_1_dave

no_1_dave

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Not for me, for a friend.
He has a Case, HDD, Keyboard, Mouse, OS and monitor already.
This build is mainly for gaming but will also be used for browsing the internet. I have done my best but I know a lot of people will have better ideas then me. Here is what I can come up with:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £164.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.99
Total : £525.41 (includes shipping : £11.25).



I am into my overclocking, but I don't want to be his 24/7 tech support. This is why I have chosen the GPU as it seems for the price to be the most powerful at stock. PSU is in this week only & I trust Cooler master PSUs. he wanted a Blu-ray rom, and 8GB of ram should last him imo. My main query is the CPU and MB. Will they be ok? Also, have I forgotten anything?
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £184.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.99
Total : £543.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Changed mobo for Z77, will be OK if not going xfire.
Also better Gpu, OC`s very well http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760&highlight=555buk
Retail BD as it comes with software.
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £184.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.99
Total : £543.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Changed mobo for Z77, will be OK if not going xfire.
Also better Gpu, OC`s very well http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760&highlight=555buk
Retail BD as it comes with software.
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The Z77 has lucid MVP to help improve FPS whilst gaming. It's not on the Z68 mobos. Although the OPs Z68 mobo is SLI capable that PSU won't run two 480s you would want 850W or more!

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/310

Two 7850s would need a 650W PSU but he would need to spend around £100ish to get a SLI/Xfire capable Z77 mobo. Remember the i3 isn't overclockable (so do you need that heatsink?) you need the K edition CPUs although MSI afterburner and similar will let you OC the GPU
 
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He wont be overclocking anyway.
At stock is the 7850 better then the 480?
The mobo you have selected is cheaper, is it any better? I was looking mainly at USB3 etc as he wont be going SLI/Crossfire.
 
no_1_dave said:
He wont be overclocking anyway.
At stock is the 7850 better then the 480?
The mobo you have selected is cheaper, is it any better? I was looking mainly at USB3 etc as he wont be going SLI/Crossfire.
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Offers will change later on this morning, we can respec then.

The 7850 is somewhere between a 6950 and 6970. The AMD cards need less power to run and will be cooler as well.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=293

if you click on the gpu 2012 link there you can compare the 7850 to other cards but sadly they dont have the 480 in there to compare....hence me doing the comparison with the 6950

EDIT What case does he have? This will decide the size of mobo and what size GPU can be fitted
 
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honosuseri said:
Offers will change later on this morning, we can respec then.

The 7850 is somewhere between a 6950 and 6970. The AMD cards need less power to run and will be cooler as well.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=293

if you click on the gpu 2012 link there you can compare the 7850 to other cards but sadly they dont have the 480 in there to compare....hence me doing the comparison with the 6950

EDIT What case does he have? This will decide the size of mobo and what size GPU can be fitted
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Seems the 480 does pull ahead of the 5850 in most games including BF3. i used the 570 in comparison because the 480 and 570 are pretty much the same. The case is an Akasa Eclipse 62 so will fit everything fine. Monitor is 1680x1050
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £164.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £555.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



I left the 480 in as you still seem keen on that GPU. It does add cuda support and HBAO lighting which you wont get from AMD GPUs. There is a 6950 for around the same price which runs cooler and uses less power and as you can see the 7850 isnt much more. His monitor is what we consider to be "low res" now as it isnt 1080P so these GPUs are going to have a field day with it.

I didnt see the point of the A50 heatsink with the SB i3 (as you cant OC it), i went for the ivybridge i5 instead. You can't OC that IB CPU either but it is a real quad core, uses less power than SB and has a better IGP only just. You did say you weren't worried about OC'ing after all.

I stuck with the CM PSU. Partially because it's modular and that the XFX PSUs are out of stock currently.

Hope this helps
 
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