Advise on pc needed!

thorpas · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:36

Hello guys,

Im building a new pc so could you share your wisdom with me about optimal hardware for my budget

To begin with, my budget would be around £1000. I dont really have preferences for amd or intel as long as it offers good bang for the buck

I need everything except psu, OS and mouse

pc will mostly be used for gaming and photoshop. Oh and would prefer mobo to be crossfire/sli ready

So thanks for reading and please give me some advise.

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:40

Welcome,

That should be easily sorted out..

What PSU do you have?

snips86x · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:42

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) with FREE GPU Keyring £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £84.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
Total : £1,149.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

thorpas · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:48

Xfx black 750wat I think

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:56

thorpas said:
Xfx black 750wat I think

Good PSU, will go very well with snips spec above.

Nice black theme.

You could maybe swap the case to the Corsair 300R if the NZXT isn't to your taste.

Nvidia is normally better for Photoshop and the 770 is a very very good card.

If you want to pull it below £1k though the 760 is a good option. The 760 is about level with the 7950, in gaming performance.

thorpas · 23 Jul 2013 at 07:59

I need monitor as well... So it goes quite a bit over my limit...

snips86x · 23 Jul 2013 at 08:21

thorpas said:
I need monitor as well... So it goes quite a bit over my limit...

I'm sure we could work with that!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GPU Keyring £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Asus VN248H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
Total : £1,139.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

I know the monitor has no reviews, but you really need an IPS panel for Photoshop. If you can stretch a little more, you could get the 24" Dell IPS
Dropped the 256GB SSD for a 128
Corsair 300R instead of NZXT
760 instead of 770. You could alternatively get a 7950 in the AMD bundle which should give £150 of games.

thorpas · 25 Jul 2013 at 20:56

Thanks, guys

Thats what what I ended up with! now just need to wait for deliveries

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GPU Keyring £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £1,114.24 (includes shipping : £24.45).

pryere · 26 Jul 2013 at 02:41

By stretching your budget to include that monitor is very wise. The wait will be painful.