£700-£750 Gaming PC, First Time Build

rmonkey100

rmonkey100

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Hi Guys, I am currently specing my self a gaming PC, would appreciate some help choosing the best components etc. I want to be able to play Skyrim, new games etc. on high settings & running mods. I have chosen these so far so can you tell me what you think and any changes that you think would be better! I also require a wireless card that I have not included so far as I do not know what is a good one or not so would like some help choosing one. Also with that motherboard would it allow me to add a 2nd graphics card at a later date to use crossfire? is the PSU also suitable for overclocking? am I missing any vital parts?

Thanks

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £700.40 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
since your max is £750 why not upgrade the GFX to a 7950 ? that is the only thing i see that you could improve on.

as for that PSU never tried it, i normally go with XFX, but that 500w wont be enough to run dual cards, u need something like 800+

also don't overclock the CPU on the stock cooler.
 
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thanks for the feedback so far!, I have swapped motherboards to the one you suggested. Graphics card wise, I don't really want to stretch to £750, that was just extra budget to fit in a wireless card as I wasn't sure how much they were. Was planning to buy a 2nd 2GB graphics card at a later date and use crossfire :)
 
If you would want to Crossfire:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £83.99
1 x Akasa Venom 750w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £749.29 (includes shipping : FREE).



I personally would sell the 7850 and buy a different card when the time comes to upgrade. If you aren't going to be going Crossfire, then the build you specced will be fine.
 
Well you won't necessarily need to upgrade the 7850 for 2/3 years. By then, a whole new range of cards will be out so it's pretty much impossible to say what you should be looking to upgrade to.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £745.26 (includes shipping : £12.50).



better gpu (with more games so you can offset the cost by selling the games if you dont want em)
better case
better ssd
quieter optical drive

downside is that the hdd is smaller
 
I was leaning towards overclocking the processor as I have only heard good things about it, and a quieter PC would be good!. Any suggestions for a decent/budget CPU cooler?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £102.96 (includes shipping : FREE).



Depends on how much you are willing to spend on one.
I've posted three from different price ranges. Obviously the more expensive one is better.
I may be getting the Cooler Master 212 for Christmas myself, so I have researched it a fair bit, and it does look like a great cooler for the price.
 
great thanks!, £26.99 seems a good price, I think I may try stretch budget to £776 to include the cooler as it seems the build will allow overclocking/crossfire and be very upgradable in the future! thanks!
 
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