Advice on first build

BurgundyBadger

BurgundyBadger

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Something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £681.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



A SB 2500k or IB 3750k would take the budget to about £770.
The mobo will allow you to upgrade to an IB or SB cpu if you wish to at a later time.
The 7850 will give you very high settings in most games and it OC`s very well.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/547?vs=549
 
BurgundyBadger said:
Will i be able to get a second GPU later and set up a SLI?
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In short.....NO. You would need a better mobo and more power from the PSU. Idlemans build is very good. If you want to Xfire/SLI you need to swap these into his build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
Total : £170.98 (includes shipping : FREE).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
Total : £164.98 (includes shipping : FREE).



If you use a sandybridge CPU it uses more power than Ivybridge so it would be safer to go for 650W which is going to cost even more for a modular PSU, my second choice isn't a modular PSU. The extra you will spend on the mobo and PSU would probably be better spent going towards the i5 Ivybridge CPU. 550W is ample for just running a single GPU. You could consider running the developers copy of windows 8 (just download it), this "saves" you £70-80 and you can buy the OS later in the year once windows 8 is released.....windows 7 maybe cheaper then ;)
 
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If you wish to go sli/xfire, this board would be better, as does x8/x8. The one in the spec only does x8/x4, so your second card might run a bit slower.
And a bigger Psu.
 
BurgundyBadger said:
I think ill stick with one GPU, I would rather have a better CPU.
Im not sure how to do that basket thing but how this CPU
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
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See here for the basket thing:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076

That is a very nice CPU, perfect for gaming. Be sure to get the retail version as it comes with a stock cooler, 3 years warranty and a nice box ;)

Idleman's spec is pretty good, though I'd go for this cheaper motherboard:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261
 
Is there any advantage to the more expensive mobo? otherwise I would get the cheaper one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £687.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £88.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552) £13.98
Total : £845.27 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Better case with 4 120mm fans, digital temp display and cable management. Mobo is for a single GPU, PSU has enough juice to run it comfortably. Good sized SSD for much faster boot times into the OS and less waiting on games to load. Added a good 1TB of storage too.

Top end of your budget yes but you are getting better kit :) You could use the developers copy of windows 8 to put off the purchase of the OS for now ;)
 
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BurgundyBadger said:
Is there any advantage to the more expensive mobo? otherwise I would get the cheaper one.
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More expensive ones support SLI and things, but for you use get the MSI. No real difference between the Gigabyte and MSI, expect that the MSI is cheaper :)

You need a retail i5, else it wont come with a cooler. The retail version also has 3 years warranty.
 
Here we go :)
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £692.27 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I think ill pass on an SSD right now as id like to keep to a budget but I might pick one up later down the line.
 
BurgundyBadger said:
Here we go :)
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £692.27 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I think ill pass on an SSD right now as id like to keep to a budget but I might pick one up later down the line.
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Perfect :)

SSD will be a nice upgrade later too, that'll play games very nicely :cool:
 
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