£800 gaming pc.

Sielk

Sielk

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Hey guys, I've been using a laptop for the last 4 years to game and figured it's time to get a real pc. It'll be mainly used for Starcraft II, Diablo 3, WoW and streaming/video capture but hoping to delve into BF3/Skyrim at later dates.
My budget is strictly £800 (not including shipping costs) and will not need monitor (have a 24" 1080p screen), keyboard, mouse or OS.
Any help with what specs I should be looking at would be greatly appreciated. Assembly won't be an issue either.

Regards
 
A bit under £800:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Akasa Venom 750w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £69.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £55
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £786.32.



I added option to crossfire in the future, but that required you to go OEM on motherboard and hard drive. 750W is overkill for 2x7850, but it didn't cost more than a 650W supply. If you do not want b grade items, which might be missing accessories and have a shorter warranty,you could get, OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply or Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply; and a Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard. This however will not allow you to have x8/x8 crossfire. Feel free to ask any questions you might have.
If you want retail and crossfire it is probably possible to save enough by shopping around a bit, but I can't post competitors items here.
 
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Thanks for taking the time to reply and configure a spec.
With Tjlld's build; I'm not sure I want/need an SSD and would prefer having a 670.

My only qustion is with the second build by Olivier; does the Z77-D3H support the option for later upgrading to SLI (and with a 520W PSU)?

Regards.
 
rong42 said:
the Z77-D3H supports Crossfire but not SLI I believe
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It does Xfire but the slots dont run in sync (X8 and X4) so its not really ideal, you want both lanes at the same speed. A "proper" SLI/Xfire mobo is £100ish and to SLI a 670 you would need 700W minimum, 750W would be better.

EDIT

The patriot RAM used earlier isn't low profile, not wise to use it with aftermarket heatsinks like tjlld has done :(
 
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Sielk said:
Thanks for taking the time to reply and configure a spec.
With Tjlld's build; I'm not sure I want/need an SSD and would prefer having a 670.

My only qustion is with the second build by Olivier; does the Z77-D3H support the option for later upgrading to SLI (and with a 520W PSU)?

Regards.
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My take is, you do not need xfire / sli for 1080p gaming.

The motherboard and PSU do not support SLI.
 
I agree that SLI/Crossfire isn't really needed, however for only £3 more I think it is worth it if you are prepared to have a shorter warranty on your motherboard.
If you dont want an SSD as it is true that it doesn't effect game performance just loading then I would go with a 670 instead.
Sorry about not choosing low profile RAM, I choose that RAM because it has lower latency.
 
olivier renault said:
My take is, you do not need xfire / sli for 1080p gaming.

The motherboard and PSU do not support SLI.
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I really like your second build bud. Think personally (as i own & know the Z9 case) I would suggest a modular PSU. The OCZ ZT or Coolermaster Pro 600W isn't much more at all.

Nice spec as always fella :D
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £830.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



slightly overbudget, but has a 7950 oc and a sammy 830. quite a bargain ;p
 
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