£600 build , opinions please

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dunn2010

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Hey all,

Building a new pc for a friend

main aim is gaming! Doesn't need OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £591.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



I3 went for lower priced one as it will do the job, and can't imagine the 3225 giving his gaming a massive boost for extra 20 quid? Also said in a year or so should be able to pickup a cheap I5 as a good upgrade option when its needed.

motherboard , will do the trick and he won't be dueling cards any time in future.

RAM, anyone suggest if any around same price is slightly better?

graphics card, 760 for £203 seems good? or should i go for a 670 as stats on anand tend to favour 670 in most occasions? (he wont be overclocking card)

case, he picked as he likes it

power supply , looks good for the price! and modular.

Anything anyone would change?

cheers all
 
Haven't had a chance to read up o 760's yet so wasn't sure, but think ill swap to 670 then !

wish he was buying yesterday think there was one on sale for that day only for £189

just re-posting spec with i3

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £594.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £651.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



RAM has slightly better timings. I know he said he wouldn't OC the GPU but these limited edition 7870s are Tahiti cores so do OC to trade blows with stock 7950s. Maybe that saving brings the i5K into reach? Then he just needs to worry about a cooler as an upgrade, rather than change the CPU he can eye up an SSD perhaps?

Best of luck with the build bud :)
 
That's fine if he doesn't mind the upgrade to an i5 later, as the i3 will struggle in some games and probably almost all upcoming ones.
 
Thanks for build Hono, really good suggestion. I'll throw it at him as i could overclock the gpu for him.

After another chat he has said he would stretch further for the i5, so im thinking 670 + I5 and change ram to black mamba.

But will need to change this to haswell now? :D

im out in a minute guys so if anyone can throw some haswell motherboards out way that are good sub £100 would appreciate it. and ill check back later.
 
The 670 + i5 would make a massive difference from the 760 + i3.

Here's the AMD variation:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £628.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
mickyflinn said:
The 7870 is a good card but the 670 smashes it .


http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/vtx3d-hd7870-black-review-tahiti-le/
Click to expand...

I'm not suggesting the 670 is a bad choice it was a £300+ GPU till the 770 landed, we used to spec 7950s as an alternative as they were cheaper. With the 7870LE being cheaper it might bring the i5K into reach now but if it's a strict £600 budget then that's never going to happen.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £91.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £672.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



Just seen your reply fella. Haswell is gonna bump the cost up and Ivy isn't really to be sniffed at but it's his cash his rules. This HD3 won't clock as well as the D3HP but it's not a bad mobo and is sub £100. If you add the 670 the price is going to be higher still though obviously. I'd ideally want to use a faster RAM kit on Haswell too but you have to balance things out best you can.

All the best fella, look forward to seeing what you guys settle on
 
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If your not planning to overclock an alternative build I-5 buld with a 670.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £155.99
1 x MSI H77MA-G43 Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/White £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £642.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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