800-1000 Pound Build

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Not going to sugarcoat it - I don't really have much experience in designing computers, and I'm too worried that anything that I come up with, will not be the best value for money.

So:
I'd like any experienced person in this field (hence why I came to this website :D ) to design a £800 - £1000 PC for me.

Few details: With the PC, I'd need to be able to play the latest games on high graphics, and be able to use recording software to record these games at a high framerate/quality, so people viewing them can view them in smooth HD/etc.

I'd like a 3TB HDD or something similar, as I'd be storing lots of games and gameplay footage on it.

I'll be attaching a high quality webcam/microphone to it at some point, that might effect which mobo? Idk.

I'd like a big case, I really love the Corsair Obsidian range - As I will gradually add parts to this (such as maybe another gfx card), replace older parts, etc. This may also effect the mobo and psu?

The PC needs to be at least rather decent at rendering footage in HD. I know for most builds this is painstakingly slow anyways, but making it a bit faster would help loads aha.

Don't worry about keyboard/mouse - I'm buying a friends' razer gear for stupidly cheap, so am using these for the time now.

As for monitors, to start off with I only really want a single high quality one - In the future I'd be wanting 2 or 3 but that doesn't matter at the moment. Please recommend any good ones, but don't include them in the budget.

I don't really mind when it comes to which make of processors - I've heard that the bulldozer etc go better with particular gpus, but the intel ones are better when it comes to PCs in general (so might balance it with my need to render in this case?). So yeh, as long as it's justified.

Air cooling preferably.

Don't include W7 in the price, I already have a spare copy of professional.

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So yeh, sorry aha - Thought that the more details people knew the better job they could do. Budget is 800 quid - 1000 quid, I'd rather it be closed to 800 but if putting a bit extra in makes a drastic difference then so be it :)

I'll mainly be playing GW2, Planetside 2, misc older titles, TF2, Diablo 3, BF3, etc - so a big variety. Guess that didn't help :')

So yeh, thanks again to anyone who ever bothers to read this, I just really want to finally get a brilliant gaming PC and start recording gameplay etc. But, building them up isn't my strong point, which is where you guys could maybe please help me :D ?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £309.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,101.50 (includes shipping : £14.75).



I am over budget by quite a long way, but I suppose you get what you paid for. SLI / Xfire compatible, overclockable, silent, quick, and what not.

Else, a HD7850. FYI, I have used MSI afterburner to capture in-game footage, and it's been a great little tool.

Dunno about video capture cards. Might an avenue to explore. I usually record 720p without problem on my rig. Also handy if you want to record console gaming.
 
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