Any tweaks to this?

[WU-TANG]GZA · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:22

Any significant changes to this? It's for a friend, £700 max. Gaming only really:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £715.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

stulid · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:24

One or two here,

Case with USB3.0 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-111-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=

Modular PSU?

[WU-TANG]GZA · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:26

stulid said:
One or two here,

Case with USB3.0 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-111-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092&subcat=

Modular PSU?

Nice case find.

Hmm modular within budget without sacrificing power? Are there any?

stulid · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:27

[WU-TANG]GZA;22871604 said:
Nice case find.

Hmm modular within budget without sacrificing power? Are there any?

I had a look, not really

£9 more but out of stock - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-229-SV&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

LukieBoy007 · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:30

I'm guessing you have an OS?

[WU-TANG]GZA · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:42

ok thanks stulid. I'll stick with initial spec. Unless he's a GPU brand fanboi ofc....

Bacon? · 30 Sep 2012 at 15:55

[WU-TANG]GZA;22871670 said:
ok thanks stulid. I'll stick with initial spec. Unless he's a GPU brand fanboi ofc....

If he is please bring him here so we can laugh at him

[WU-TANG]GZA · 30 Sep 2012 at 16:01

Bacon? said:
If he is please bring him here so we can laugh at him

With pleasure

honosuseri · 30 Sep 2012 at 16:34

Nvidia 660 vs AMD 7950

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £716.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The 660 is a little cheaper but offers cuda support and as you see in the benchmark link at the start, it does in fact pull ahead in some games (e.g BF3). There is a cheaper KFA2 660 but you would drop from a 3 year warranty to 2. MSI coolers tend to be very quiet too, so I would favour that.....it doesn't make me a fanboy

RAM is a little cheaper but the Genesis RAM is good too, I own it myself. Had a little more cash to spend on the case. Now you have 2 fans,cable management, USB3 ports and a window with this shinobi. Modular PSU to keep the inside tidy and improve looks/airflow.

Hope this helps

Defy Belief · 30 Sep 2012 at 17:08

Twin Frozr 7950 for a tenner more!

Bacon? · 30 Sep 2012 at 17:21

Uhhh not its not.

[WU-TANG]GZA · 30 Sep 2012 at 18:52

Thnx ppl. Don't think I could advise the drop down to the 660. Cuda or not. modular PSU or not.

Thanks all