£700 budget - mainly gaming

[builder22]

got an e8400 @ 3.6ghz just now
don't want to skimp on the motherboard as not intending to replace this for many years
intending to keep my GTX 470 for now
need a new case, this ones front panel connections are getting iffy
would like a good sound card but not sure if that's practical, using a POD XT guitar effects unit as an external soundcard just now for audio recording stuff where latency is important (Ableton)
not sounding like a hoover would be nice too

 

[stulid]

SO what parts do you need?

Just the tower unit? OS? keyboard and mouse? monitor and speakers?

 

[builder22]

oh, got kb/mouse/speakers/monitor
upgraded win xp to win 8 but cant find the email with the product key so think i'll need a new OS

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £699.46 (includes shipping : £10.50).



• The D3HP comes with a free cooler worth £32.
• The case is relatively quiet and well spec'd for its price point.

The PSU is also modular and is powerful enough for any single gfx card.

Hopefully you can get your windows 8 key back some how or download the 90 day trial and use that for a bit?

 

[Idleman]

Run Belarc on your XP system, this will give you, your Win 8 key.

http://www.belarc.com/

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £699.46 (includes shipping : £10.50).



• The D3HP comes with a free cooler worth £32.
• The case is relatively quiet and well spec'd for its price point.

The PSU is also modular and is powerful enough for any single gfx card.

Hopefully you can get your windows 8 key back some how or download the 90 day trial and use that for a bit?

This is a good build. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[builder22]

looks good to me! I take it the mobo/ram/cpu are a known working combo?

this may be the wrong place to ask but how do you access the members market ? I'll have quite a few things to sell once I get the new parts....
when I say I upgraded to win 8 I mean on the same system, so win xp was overwritten by win 8 - will the belarc thing still work ?

 

[RJC]

looks good to me! I take it the mobo/ram/cpu are a known working combo?

this may be the wrong place to ask but how do you access the members market ? I'll have quite a few things to sell once I get the new parts....
when I say I upgraded to win 8 I mean on the same system, so win xp was overwritten by win 8 - will the belarc thing still work ?

The system will play fine together

You will need 1000 posts to gain access to the MM.

 

[builder22]

ah, i see.....you'd think 8 years should count for something eh!

 

[Idleman]

looks good to me! I take it the mobo/ram/cpu are a known working combo?

this may be the wrong place to ask but how do you access the members market ? I'll have quite a few things to sell once I get the new parts....
when I say I upgraded to win 8 I mean on the same system, so win xp was overwritten by win 8 - will the belarc thing still work ?

If Win 8 is on your system, then that key will show in Belarc.

As for the MM, if you had 300 or more posts before Jan. 2012, I think you should qualify. Check your User CP.

 

[builder22]

wow, Belarc knows too much, exactly what I needed tho

what do I look for is User CP, I can't see any option for MM or to check posts before that date ?

edit - just realised I can see the members market on the main forum page. never scrolled down that for before!
after searching tho it turns out my still reasonable system is worth pennies!

 

[bennydragonboy]

I approve of the build stulid posted, but you may prefer a different sound card, so here are a few options at varying price points...

Asus Xonar DG 7.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - £26.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - £35.99
Asus Xonar DSX 7.1 PCI Express - £43.99

If you can find one for a reasonable price, then get a Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium HD or another Soundblaster X-Fi card of the same generation, as those are far better than the latest (Z and Recon) ones.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

ah, i see.....you'd think 8 years should count for something eh!

Don't worry, it won't take you long to get there .