Base unit for gaming and photo editing up to £1k

[iGiDK]

I've already purchased an i5-3570k, the rig will be used primarily for fps gaming (bf3 mostly) and photo editing

I'll be doing a little overclocking but would not be looking for a water cooling setup.

Parts required:
- mobo
- ram
- psu
- CPU cooler
- case
- ssd
- graphics card
- anything else I forgot

I can budget £850-£1000 for the above.

Parts not required:
- CPU
- keyboard
- mouse
- OS
- 1TB HD
- DVD-RW
- monitor (not decided on going for a dual setup, or for a single 'all rounder' yet)

My last build was in 2006 and I've been well and truly out of the hardware scene in recent years so any steer would be highly appreciated! Thanks

 

[iGiDK]

Finally got my internet connection up and running after 8 weeks offline, so now have finally had a chance to have a better look in the store.

This any good? Choice of case, PSU, motherboard and RAM are proving very problematic as I have no clue whatsoever!


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 650W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020030-UK) £99.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £856.91 (includes shipping : FREE).



Thanks

 

[tamzzy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £884.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



how's this instead?
the oc version of the gtx670
i think the z77x d3h is enough. no need for the ud3h.
750w psu if you intend to go sli
16gb ram (better if you edit large files)
an alternative cooler

 

[spoffle]

Save yourself a good chunk of money and go for a 7950 instead of a 670.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Don't forget to get the cashback on the 830SSD too, everything else Tamzy suggested looks good.

16GB for an extra tenner over 8GB is a very good choice, even if you think you might not use 16GB.

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
Total : £869.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 

[Dave0w]

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £884.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



how's this instead?
the oc version of the gtx670
i think the z77x d3h is enough. no need for the ud3h.
750w psu if you intend to go sli
16gb ram (better if you edit large files)
an alternative cooler

very good but dont get the geil ram i have it and it sucks(No it good but), this stuff beats the crap out of it http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-017-SA

if you want 16gb just get too packs of the Samsung

 

[iGiDK]

Many thanks for the suggestions guys, highly appreciated - quite close to settling on Idleman's spec. I think 8GB RAM should be ok for what I do, just need to do a bit more reading up I think as I'm totally out of touch with DDR3!