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Been helping a friend spec out a new system & came up with the following. Looking for any advice/changes anyone would make.

  • He'll be using the pc to play some recent games, mix music, edit videos, stream, etc. General usage really, just with a lot of gaming.
    He really wants that case, so it's gotta stay.
  • Doesn't need an SSD/HDD.
  • I added that cooler as it's at least better than a stock cooler but I doubt he'll be needing anything stronger than something like that.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £134.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x Alpenföhn Civetta CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £12.98
Total : £591.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Thanks!
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52.00
2 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99 (£75.98)
Total : £597.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Mobo is B grade but is very well spec'd. Might need some sata cables but if he has a HDD and optical drive already hopefully that's not an issue. Having a modular PSU for £5 more is worth it to be honest. 2GB of VRAM on the GPU would be wise, he still cops the free games (B grade GPUs won't have the game codes).

He can add a better heatsink later once he fancies overclocking (which is dead easy). Something like THIS would be great and doesn't break the bank, would make a nice gift from someone ;) I went with 16GB of RAM rather than squeeze in a heatsink now
 
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Something like this, best of both build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £20
Total : £600.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



The 2133RAM will really help with video editing & encoding, there would be a noticeable difference over 1600. You can then get another 8gb later.

I would also suggest to get yourself in the General Discussion & up your post count to 100. You'll get free shipping.
 
Thanks for the replies.

Going to go with one of the 'B Grade' motherboards for sure. Will probably cut out a cooler for now & get the 2GB 6850, invest in a better cooler at a later date. I'm pretty certain that case will have enough airflow to support a stock cooler.
 
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