£700 full build - Spec me up please

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Aod

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Morning Chaps! I've been out of the hardware game for quite a while now, but I've been asked by a friend to put a system together for him.

His budget is £700, and for that he needs everything except an OS.

That means; Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard, Computer.

The system is going to be used for gaming, something that can handle reasonably demanding games like Borderlands 2 and DOTA 2 is ideal.

The system only needs an ordinary DVD drive for games, no more than 1TB of HDD space and stock cooling will be sufficient.

A WiFi adapter will be needed.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £185.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 460w FANLESS '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £100.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £95.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2B2000C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £35.99
Total : £763.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).



i tried to build up a small 1 in budget
failed by the time i got to the monitor ><

you could make it with a cheaper psu or a 7850 or something
nice little build tho!
 
£20 cashback and you get free shipping.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Microsoft Ready Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (3EG-00003) £10.99
Total : £730.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
Idleman said:
£20 cashback and you get free shipping.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Microsoft Ready Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (3EG-00003) £10.99
Total : £730.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

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Great spec, but it's missing a case :)
 
i5 3570K @ £167.99
MSI Z77A-G43 @ £79.99
MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £134.99
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB @ £57.98
OCUK Value 8GB DDR3-1600 @ £26.99
XFX Pro 550W @ £59.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler @ £14.39
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter @ £13.99
Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case @ £34.99
Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor @ £119.99

Total £711.29
 
Aod said:
Great spec, but it's missing a case :)
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OMG.:D

This comes in about £20+ over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552) £15.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £757.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Nice specs all 'round.

I decided to go for a Quad Core Bulldozer system instead, ended up with this;

£124.99 x 1 - HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games
£99.99 x 1 - Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK**
£72.49 x 1 - Gigabyte 970A-UD3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME **
£69.99 x 1 - AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game
£53.32 x 1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003)
£41.66 x 1 - OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
£24.99 x 1 - Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489)
£23.32 x 1 - Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black
£22.49 x 1 - OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
£14.16 x 1 - TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)
£11.66 x 1 - Samsung SH-S222BBBEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£9.16 x 1 - OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU)

Not bad for £681.86!

Hmmmm, come to think of it, the FX-6 6200 would be a better option given the small increase in price... Hmmm...
 
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Aod said:
Nice specs all 'round.

I decided to go for a Quad Core Bulldozer system instead, ended up with this;

£124.99 x 1 - HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games
£99.99 x 1 - Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK**
£72.49 x 1 - Gigabyte 970A-UD3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** :eek:
£69.99 x 1 - AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game :eek:
£53.32 x 1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003)
£41.66 x 1 - OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
£24.99 x 1 - Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489)
£23.32 x 1 - Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black
£22.49 x 1 - OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
£14.16 x 1 - TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)
£11.66 x 1 - Samsung SH-S222BBBEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£9.16 x 1 - OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU)

Not bad for £681.86!

Hmmmm, come to think of it, the FX-6 6200 would be a better option given the small increase in price... Hmmm...
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Some "Friend" you are. :D
 
Well, the system's built, up and running.

Thanks for the recommendations, the Screen is superb!
Only problem at the moment is that the motherboard seems to ramp the CPUfan speed up a lot at fairly low temps (the fan hits 70% at 25 degrees!) so an upgraded CPU HSF might be in order! :eek:

In other news, windows runs really really well on six cores! :D
 
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