I haven't had an upgrade in a while (about 5/6 years now) and since my old machine has now finally packed in and my laptop is on it's last legs, I thought it was about time to order a replacement whilst I could still get online.
I can only afford to be spending abut £700 on the machine and I want to get as much as I can for my money, so ideally I will be keeping my old case a 'Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II' but if the new components won't fit I'll need to get a new case aswell. I also have 2 x 500gb drives which are *relatively* new so I don't need to replace those just yet. I can upgrade it a bit more like getting new hard drives in the coming months when I've gotten some more cash, but right now that's not an option.
This is where I've gotten to at the moment from looking at reviews and on the forums here:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £170.99
1 x **B Grade** VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £95.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £53.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £22.20
Total : £686.12 (includes shipping : £10.00).
I'd like to check with you guys here to see that the graphics card and cpu cooler will actually fit in my case, as well as check for any glaring omissions or better alternatives etc.
I would also like to know if that b-grade 7850 will be alright, I have my heart set on a 7850 but I'm a little dubious because of the price. Also since there are only 2 left in stock i'd like to jump on it quite quickly if it will be fine.
EDIT: I should mention that my current hard drives and dvd-rw are SATA, so that's not a problem.
I can only afford to be spending abut £700 on the machine and I want to get as much as I can for my money, so ideally I will be keeping my old case a 'Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II' but if the new components won't fit I'll need to get a new case aswell. I also have 2 x 500gb drives which are *relatively* new so I don't need to replace those just yet. I can upgrade it a bit more like getting new hard drives in the coming months when I've gotten some more cash, but right now that's not an option.
This is where I've gotten to at the moment from looking at reviews and on the forums here:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £170.99
1 x **B Grade** VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £95.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £53.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £22.20
Total : £686.12 (includes shipping : £10.00).
I'd like to check with you guys here to see that the graphics card and cpu cooler will actually fit in my case, as well as check for any glaring omissions or better alternatives etc.
I would also like to know if that b-grade 7850 will be alright, I have my heart set on a 7850 but I'm a little dubious because of the price. Also since there are only 2 left in stock i'd like to jump on it quite quickly if it will be fine.
EDIT: I should mention that my current hard drives and dvd-rw are SATA, so that's not a problem.
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