Barebones Upgrade for £750 *Advice Please*

[SteelerRob]

Hi all,

Im dooing a barebones upgrade, this is essentialy a media center build but im short on cash so raw power has to come before fancy stuff. my budget is £750 i need a CPU, GFX Card, Memory, and Motherboard (ATX)

This system will eventually be moved to a Home Entertainment box but for now is going in an old upright case, with a 660W PSU and will plug in to my Sony Surround Sound system (HDMI) which will use a Toshiba 1080p TV as a monitor.

Ive had a look around and put this together:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £247.99 (£206.66)

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99 (£204.99)

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99 (£104.16)

Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £59.99 (£49.99)

Sub Total : £565.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
UPS Access Point
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £114.76

Total : £688.56

Can anyone improve this build? and does the 4770k come with a stock cooler? I also need a good quality wireless keyboard and mouse kit please!

Thanks for helping out an oldtimer whos fell behind the times!

Rob

 

[DaleTheWhale]

"media center build"

Will you be gaming and such?

 

[SteelerRob]

I am very happily moving back to pc gaming! after a long forced time with consoles

 

[Danny75]

and does the 4770k come with a stock cooler?

If you buy the "Retail" version, yes. It won't be good for overclocking though. Retail version also comes with 3-year warranty instead of 1-year (OEM).

 

[SteelerRob]

I wont be overclocking to begin with but i question why the oem would be better for clocking? this mite change my mind with a descsnt cooler.

 

[Danny75]

I wont be overclocking to begin with but i question why the oem would be better for clocking? this mite change my mind with a descsnt cooler.

The stock cooler that comes with the retail version is what won't be good for overclocking.

The OEM version has no cooler at all, so you'd need an aftermarket one straightaway. No difference between the chips otherwise, apart from the normal "better/worse chip for overclocking" lottery, and the warranty length.

At the moment, there's only £6 difference between Retail and OEM so I'd just go for the Retail.

 

[Qitarah]

Defiantly the retail (3 years retail, 1 year oem).