£900~ Spec Check. OS + peripherals

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YesImAfroJack

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - White £46.98
1 x Cooler Master GX Lite 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £948.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).




I have a £900-ish budget. I need to build a PC for gaming , and i just want a helping hand to look over what i have come up with , to see if anyone could recommend something i may have missed or anything , you guys have a lot of practice so i leave it to you.

the components i'm not sure about are PSU , SSD ( is it necessary ?) and lastly the monitor i have chosen. OK Thanks :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £45.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £41.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £929.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).



better hdd (and cheaper too)
cheaper ssd (but maybe you'd want to spend the extra few quid to get the intel one, but iirc vertex isnt too bad reliability-wise)
better value case
cheaper heatsink
(arguably) better ram

and 20 quid cheaper xD
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £45.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £41.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524) £9.98
1 x Blaze BL-M0603 Gaming Laser Mouse - Red/Snake £9.98
Total : £949.70 (includes shipping : £19.10).



there ya go ;p
 
yes and no.
yes cuz its more reliable than the vertex and if you have that extra tenner to spare
no cuz if you want reliability, the intel is just 4 quid more than the vertex, albeit they're both ever so slightly slower than the sammy

tbh, speed wise, its not really noticable irl unless you are specifically timing it. paying more for the reliability than anything else
 
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