Build Wanted (£1250 budget)

[Jamie1994]

Hi all,

Basically as the title states I have a budget of 1250 quid.

I need a monitor, I am looking at this. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-052-BQ
at 130 quid.

If I pick that monitor I will have a budget of 980 left for the actual build.
I would like a GTX670 which I think is probably the best price/performance for my budget.
I would like this build to last comfortably for 2-2.5 years and handle the majority of games released in that space at 1920x1080 at high settings.
I would be willing to buy another 670 to SLI in future if it would be required.

I've also read that the i5 3XXXs series have much higher temps than the i5 2XXX, with little performance boost. I intend to OC this rig so I'm wondering if that would be a problem when considering a 3XXX chip.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

 

[Bacon?]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x BenQ G2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £83.58
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,222.74 (includes shipping : £20.10).



This is what I came up with, it gives you the future option of SLI'ing the 670. However I am not good with choosing CPU coolers and I dont know if the H100 will fit inside the case.

 

[olivier renault]

Hi all,

Basically as the title states I have a budget of 1250 quid.

I need a monitor, I am looking at this. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-052-BQ
at 130 quid.

If I pick that monitor I will have a budget of 980 left for the actual build.
I would like a GTX670 which I think is probably the best price/performance for my budget.
I would like this build to last comfortably for 2-2.5 years and handle the majority of games released in that space at 1920x1080 at high settings.
I would be willing to buy another 670 to SLI in future if it would be required.

I've also read that the i5 3XXXs series have much higher temps than the i5 2XXX, with little performance boost. I intend to OC this rig so I'm wondering if that would be a problem when considering a 3XXX chip.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

In the end it doesn't really matter. You can't overclock the 3570K as high as the 2500K, but it's got higher stock performance. In the end, take the 3570K, and overclock to 4.2GHz. That should be plenty.

The Matterhorn will give you that, and it's on offer at the moment. Else the True Spirit 120, CM 212 evo, CM 612 will also give you good overclocks.

With a little bit more money left over for a better display, overclocked GPU, case and whatnot.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x BenQ G2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £74.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,136.54 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 

[Doomedspeed]

Oliver's spec looks great.

Like he said, spend the extra money on changing the case, if you want a different one. personally i love the R3's, so id stick with that. They have great cooling too.

Only other suggestion i have is getting a slightly bigger PSU for SLI. i think the 600W should handle it, but at a push. Especially if your OCing.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-165-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

 

[olivier renault]

for SLI, I would get at least 650W with 4 PCIE connectors. 750W to be sure. And reference design cards, or at least cards that don't exhaust into the case.