£700 gaming build

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Spec: £700 gaming build

Is anyone able to recommend a few components for a gaming build? My budget is 700 GBP (can possibly stretch) and i will using the PC for gaming mostly as well as general tasks such as web browsing and recording gameplay.

The games I would like to play would BF3, Skyrim, Arma, Crysis and future releases.

The build also needs a monitor so if anyone can help me I will greatly appreciate it!

I currently have an OS, keyboard and mouse.

I would also like to possibly add a 2nd video card and sli/xfire them in the future so a motherboard that can support that would be great!
 
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Sorry I forgot to mention, I have a keyboard and mouse which will do me for now as well as a headset. But maybe throw a set of cheap speakers in there if its possible. And I don't need an OS.
 
I can spec within the £700 budget but ideally you are aiming for something like this.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £190.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £181.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £66.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £791.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).



If you need an OS you could use the developers copy of windows 8 for now (legal and free). Then purchase the OS later in the year when you can choose between windows 7 and 8.

The 7850 with it's 2GB of VRAM and good overclocking ability would be a wise. The Z77 mobo can overclock the i5K CPU (expect 4ghz from the stock cooler). LucidMVP uses the CPUs IGP to boost your GPU performance, while intel quick sync can use the IGP to boost video encoding tasks.

It's more money yes but a much better rounded system with excellent gaming potential. Hope this helps.
 
i'd swap the 7850 on hono's build for the ocuk 560ti.

processor wise ivybridge i5-3450S or sandybridge i5-2300 which will take the budget to around £730-40 with the gfxs card change to the 560ti.

if thats still to much drop the processor to the i3-2120, which will take you just under 700.
 
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I'd just drop the GPU to the 6850, (that will whack a good £100 of the bill) then overclock the **** out of it. You should get it close to 6870 performance. The Z77 mobo is giving the GPU a boost too remember with lucidMVP.

I'd prefer to keep the i5K and Z77 mobo myself, the 6850 is still gaming capable. Yes the 560ti is better but it's more cash. Trouble is the 1GB versions are a bad investment and the 2GB versions are priced to close to the 7850 which is a better GPU.
 
Ivybridge is needed on the Z77 mobo for the PCI-Express 3 slot to function properly. Ivy also has a better IGP than sandy. Remember the Z77 is making clever use of the IGP
 
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