Best build for £800?

RickyRunNGun · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:13

I want to put together a gaming build over the Christmas holiday which can handle games like Battlefield 3, Far Cry 3, Black Ops 2 etc. on high settings at 60fps on 1920x1080p. Would be great if it could handle recording at 60fps too while playing, but it isn't a necessity.

I want the system to have a black case and green LEDs. Can you suggest a black Motherboard as many I have looked at within my budget are blue :/

I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

martinoheat · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:16

RickyRunNGun said:
I want to put together a gaming build over the Christmas holiday which can handle games like Battlefield 3, Far Cry 3, Black Ops 2 etc. on high settings at 60fps on 1920x1080p. Would be great if it could handle recording at 60fps too while playing, but it isn't a necessity.

I want the system to have a black case and green LEDs. Can you suggest a black Motherboard as many I have looked at within my budget are blue :/

I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

is this your first build?
what is your budget?

RickyRunNGun · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:19

Yeah this is my first build, but I have a few friends who know what their doing so I'm gonna get them to help me put it together. My budget is a max of £800.

martinoheat · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:23

battlefield 3 is optimised for Nvidia GPUs, not sure about the other 2 games....
also 60fps target is quite high; the £300 GTX 670 runs battlefield 3 at 60fps at 1080p.

edit: just saw your budget. not sure if you will get 60fps for £800, but you will easily get 40fps+ which should be fine IMO.

Here is a 60fps battlefield 3 spec:
(it is within budget, but no case.)

YOUR BASKET
1 x POV-TGT GeForce GTX 670 Charged 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £772.31 (includes shipping : FREE).

* the motherboard i chose is black, as requested *

Then choose a case that you like:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=2362

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do you have a hard drive and/or CD drive that you could re-use?
also, what are your plans for the future? - would you consider SLI in future, or just stick to a single graphics card?

martinoheat · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:33

please delete.

olivier renault · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:42

Think you'll have to downgrade a bit to squeeze it all in.

LukieBoy007 · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:43

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED GREEN 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £807.24 (includes shipping : FREE).

Just a tad over, but includes a nice case along with 2 green LED fans. Also has a green trim to it. Also included an SSD; and a 7950 which at the moment is very good for the price. If you want a black motherboard, then it will cost you an extra £20. I'd suggest this one.

olivier renault · 29 Nov 2012 at 16:43

RickyRunNGun said:
I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

OS?

RickyRunNGun · 29 Nov 2012 at 17:12

Nope I get windows for free from my Uni

markyboy91 · 29 Nov 2012 at 17:17

LukieBoy007 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED GREEN 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £807.24 (includes shipping : FREE).

Just a tad over, but includes a nice case along with 2 green LED fans. Also has a green trim to it. Also included an SSD; and a 7950 which at the moment is very good for the price. If you want a black motherboard, then it will cost you an extra £20. I'd suggest this one.

+1

RickyRunNGun · 29 Nov 2012 at 17:21

LukieBoy007 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED GREEN 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £807.24 (includes shipping : FREE).

Just a tad over, but includes a nice case along with 2 green LED fans. Also has a green trim to it. Also included an SSD; and a 7950 which at the moment is very good for the price. If you want a black motherboard, then it will cost you an extra £20. I'd suggest this one.

Would you recommend any of these?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-514-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-517-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-097-AK
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-555-AS

I like the look of the ASRock one but not sure if it's any good.

olivier renault · 29 Nov 2012 at 17:36

Not the G43, not the Z77-DS3H. Rest is OK.

I'd get the P8Z77-V LX2 if you don't want the Z77-D3H.

LukieBoy007 · 29 Nov 2012 at 19:29

olivier renault said:
Not the G43, not the Z77-DS3H. Rest is OK.

I'd get the P8Z77-V LX2 if you don't want the Z77-D3H.

This, even though I have the G43 myself