Bang for buck new rig

Abdiel

Abdiel

Abdiel

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Hi all hoping you can help me make a couple of choices for my new rig. Its a very confusing world to pop back into occasionaly,
I will mainly be used for gaming and video viewing , I want a system to be able to cope with latest fps.
So what components would you select atm. to give best bang for buck system, over clocking wildish.. perhaps more ..depending, but must be quiet.
I already have peripherals and a case, psu (500W enough?) operating system, and HDD's
So I will need;
CPU- i5 seems goto choice Slight biased pref here tbh, so would prefer Intel
Motherboard
Ram
Graphics card
CPU Cooler - powerful and quiet would be good ofc :) big case but will have to check depth
Was also thinking of a SSD - read some wonderfull things but slightly worried about failure rates.
Budget wise not really sure, defiantly sub £500, £ 400 would be great if doable. But it is flexible to adjust for "best bang for buck " . And ofc will vary if incl of ssd.
Thanks in advance to all , haven't had a decent system in a while now so I'm as excited as a child :)
Abdiel
Oh and ofc if I have forgotten anything please say. TY!
 
For £500, that gets you an IB i5. The newer Haswell socket will cost slightly more than your budget. All this is provided your case will support an ATX mobo and you have a decent branded 500W Psu. You can always add a cooler and ssd as upgrades when funds permit.

IB.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £483.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Haswell.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £525.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £495.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



For Bang for buck i'd be looking at the 7870LE. Being a Tahiti core it can be OC'd to trade blows with a stock 7950.

My buddy Idleman has said everything else worth saying :)
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £495.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



For Bang for buck i'd be looking at the 7870LE. Being a Tahiti core it can be OC'd to trade blows with a stock 7950.

My buddy Idleman has said everything else worth saying :)
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Dam you, forgot that was on offer(this weekend only).:p
 
I agree with all said above.

Id go with the cheaper Ivybridge rig, its better value.

if you go Ivybridge 1600mhz ram is fine as anything higher doesn't make a difference on ivy chipsets.

The 7870 is a great choice. Like hono said not far off a 7950 when overc locked
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x **B Grade** Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £60.00
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £584.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



It is over budget, but does include the SSD and a decent Cooler.

The non OEM CPU would have more warranty, at £6 more, to me it's not worth it, but you may think it is.
 
 
Potty27 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x **B Grade** Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £60.00
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £584.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



It is over budget, but does include the SSD and a decent Cooler.

The non OEM CPU would have more warranty, at £6 more, to me it's not worth it, but you may think it is.
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Budget wise not really sure, defiantly sub £500, £ 400 would be great if doable.
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Did you miss this bit? :D
 
Doomedspeed said:
I agree with all said above.

Id go with the cheaper Ivybridge rig, its better value.

if you go Ivybridge 1600mhz ram is fine as anything higher doesn't make a difference on ivy chipsets.

The 7870 is a great choice. Like hono said not far off a 7950 when overc locked
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:D

It must be a 7870LE being a Tahiti core it's not really a 7870 at all. With them being priced so close to 7850s and the standard 7870 you'd be bonkers not to buy one ;)
 
Wow... ok thanks guys for all the response , loads there to think about for the moment. Will do some more research and get back to you ,
Thanks again
Abdiel
 
Go with honosuseri's suggestion, that is an amazing system for the price, mindblowing.

Steer clear of AMD CPUs if you want to max your games, they are behind i3s in terms of gaming power.
 
Omaeka said:
Steer clear of AMD CPUs if you want to max your games, they are behind i3s in terms of gaming power.
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Serious bias if your saying an i3 is better for gaming than a 8320, in my opinion anyway.

Especially as more and more games will start making use of more cores and the 8320 OC's well.
 
It's £85 over for the intel build to include the SSD, fair point.

The AMD build however is what I would consider the best "bang for buck" at this budget.

If you remove the Cooler it is under £500 and includes a decent ssd and a 7950.
 
Hono's build is good, but the OP has requested a decent aftermarket cooler and that will not come under the strict £500 (without ssd) budget.
 
 
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