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kitkat9933

kitkat9933

kitkat9933

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His budget is around £550 with adding in a GPU at a later stage and around £750-£800 for overall budget.

Here's my rough proposal below. Any comments and a Motherboard and PSU recommendation would be much appreciated. Yes I know I have gone over budget a little bit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £113.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £72.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.98
Total : £749.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Current build looks very nice!
Here's what I'd change/add:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
Total : £192.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



- The Z77-D3H is one of the best board available around the price point.
- XFX make quality PSU's, as well as Corsair, BeQuiet, Seasonic, Silverstone etc.
- Cheaper RAM.

Hope this helps :)
 
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £72.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.98
Total : £797.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



agree with above, but also changed video card, for better support etc, dropped sdd for now and there is also no OC heatsink and fan in budget, i'd go for the K2 tbh and also 2 x 120mm case fans

but adding better bits and took you over budget to add all, plus sdd could always be instead of hdd and add that later or B grade?
 
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How does this look with a 7850 instead?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £155.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £98.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £72.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Midi Tower German Edition Case - Black/Red/Gold £49.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £814.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
- The Z77-D3H is one of the best board available around the price point.
Totally agree for the board.

- Cheaper RAM.
I would preffer the Samsung Green (just from herd point of view) although the fact that he will sense no speed impact going wiht the other.

For the GPU, get the 7950 as it will hold your friedn for longer with no need to upgrade. It is different class than the 7850!!! And is well worth the price difference.
Leave the SSD for now if you have to and stick with cheaper RAM in order to get the 7950 if you need to do that.
 
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May aswell stick with the MSI7950 and save the cash over the Gigabyte card.

Or the 7970XT which is basically a slowed down 7950 in disguise.
 
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