£750 Build For Cousin.

MarkJr

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Hello everyone, my cousin likes gaming and wants to move on from Xbox and has a budget of £750. Got any suggestions?
Don't need keyboard, mouse, headset, monitor, no Hard Drive, or OS already got those..
 
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£2 overbudget, includes keyboard, monitor and mouse, 2500k based system and has a nice 7950 3gb.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x BenQ GW2250HM 22" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £100.00
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.00
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £15.98
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £752.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Can you take away the keyboard mouse monitor, and hard drive, and my monitor is 21.5 inches I think. It's an AOC, also maybe a better power supply?
 
 
[YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.39
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £752.90 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
MarkJr said:
Can you take away the keyboard mouse monitor, and hard drive, and my monitor is 21.5 inches I think. It's an AOC, also maybe a better power supply?
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The one above if fine for the spec. Unless your going SLi xFire, 450-500 would be fine.

I've only spec'd a 650 as it's the cheapest modular which is in stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £220
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Windowed Gaming Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £61.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £747.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Just seen the bits you dont need, well id recommend a more future proof (well, youll have more room to upgrade the cpu in the future, as there are still socket 2011 processors in the making, the 1155 socket is done) this. bit overprice, but I'd recommend if you were going for an 1155 spec of the same price. also has 16gb of ram as apposed to the other spec of 8gb. GPU is still a good card :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £153.98
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4CP4G3D1609DS1S00BEU) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £768.37 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
MarkJr said:
No, I don't think my cousin has enough desk space..
Edit: Honosuseri, that looks great!
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No worries fella.

RJCs is quite nicely balanced to the budget but the GPU eats up 3 expansion slots. My RAM has better timings for the same price and is colour co-ordinated to the mobo. The 60GB SSD isn't a bad idea but I'd prefer one without the sandforce controller and 60GB SSDs arent great value to be honest. Think I'd rather stick in a 128GB SSD later for £80ish next time the rig needs a "service/re-install"

Look forward to seeing what you settle on
 
Smoogels said:
I noticed you have a 450W power supply in your build and for a 7950 a 500W or greater power supply is recommended (http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/7000/7950/Pages/radeon-7950.aspx#2)

For such a budget I'd get a 650W PSU (or just a better quality one) for future proof reasons.
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yeah realised the mistake, added a 550w PSU and a slightly less powered card to budget in a socket 2011 build. I have a friend with that particular board and its good for the money so. although the p9x79 pro is on sale @ 199 atm, id get it if i was the OP, all down to budget though. for 750ish, the 3820 i7 2011 spec is what i would personally get.
 
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