Can I get a spec based on the BitFenix Prodigy

SwedeMcqueen

SwedeMcqueen

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Hi, new to the forum and would appreciate advice on my first build. I'm looking to build a rig using the prodigy case solely for gaming and would if possible include an SSD. Budget is around £750-800 and will exclude OS, monitor keyboard and mouse. Looking to be able to play BF3/ Far Cry 3 on ultra if possible on this budget.

Thanks people,

Swede :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £813.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).



i have the a 7850 and an i7 3770k it can handle BF3 on ultra 40-50+ fps outside and 60-70+ inside also have the same ssd and it is really fast boots windows in about 25-30 seconds with all startup programs loaded instantly
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40.00
Total : £811.88 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair H60 Performance Intel Liquid Cooling Solution (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Blue LED - Black £11.99
1 x Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - 1,5g £4.5
1 x No Fan Required £0
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £814.42 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Leprechaun312 said:
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Was that to do with a certain ninja edit perhaps? ;)

I seriously doubt that B grade 7950 GPU will be in stock long which Doomed has balanced the entire build around.

The 7850 is pretty good if overclocked. The 7870 is obviously better still, the 7870XT I have used is related to the 7950 and can be OC'd to match it. For gaming obviously the GPU is important. You can add a cooler later to overclock the CPU.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £169.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Cheetah' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black/Orange £64.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £45
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x Thermalright AXP-100 ITX & HTPC CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £39.95
Total : £816.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
honosuseri said:
Was that to do with a certain ninja edit perhaps? ;)

I seriously doubt that B grade 7950 GPU will be in stock long which Doomed has balanced the entire build around.

The 7850 is pretty good if overclocked. The 7870 is obviously better still, the 7870XT I have used is related to the 7950 and can be OC'd to match it.
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Its a steal at that price.

Its not completely based around it...

I was the only the to include an aftermarket cooler, so that could be removed and the B grade 7950 replaced with a 7870XT and still be within budget (or even a new 7950 and be just over budget).

Or

The H60 could be kept and a 7850 could be added..

Lots of choices. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
Its a steal at that price.

Its not completely based around it...

I was the only the to include an aftermarket cooler, so that could be removed and the B grade 7950 replaced with a 7870XT and still be within budget (or even a new 7950 and be just over budget).

Or

The H60 could be kept and a 7850 could be added..

Lots of choices. :)
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Agreed. :D
 
Doomedspeed said:
Its a steal at that price.

Its not completely based around it...
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Yes it was a bargain but you and Idleman have spec'd it to atleast five different people and it's now no longer available ;) I was trying to be realistic, there are ample B grade HDDs so he is likely to cop one of those.

The cost of the GPU cuts into how much we have to balance elsewhere. To be fair you did post a spec without a PSU but it did have a 1TB HDD for under £800. You then realised and nerfed the HDD to fit in the PSU, you didn't change the GPU. From what he is asking for he wants/needs the 7870XT or a 7950. I don't think he will be overly impressed with the 7850 performance, I think you'd have to agree.

So a heatsink isn't strictly needed now, it can be added later. The barebones CLC is a clever idea though. I do spec that too, as most people upgrade CLC stock fans it doesn't hurt to just buy what you want instead. It's even better if he already has some paste to hand. I think personally I would have put a 200mm LED fan in for the front and used the twin 120mm case fans to push/pull on the rad. Then maybe look to change those to quiet SP120mm later on.

£850 or a little more would help balance things better

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £220.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40.00
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £838.88 (includes shipping : £10.50).



The mobo is voltage locked so you can't push for high overclocks anyway. I agree I'd want an aftermarket cooler at some point though. I wasn't try to be a douche bud there are a few ways to balance the build. The OP will have to balance the budget and parts himself in the end. He is going to want to see other suggestions now I'm sure to help him figure it all out :)
 
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honosuseri said:
Yes it was a bargain but you and Idleman have spec'd it to atleast five different people and it's now no longer available ;) I was trying to be realistic, there are ample B grade HDDs so he is likely to cop one of those.

The cost of the GPU cuts into how much we have to balance elsewhere. To be fair you did post a spec without a PSU but it did have a 1TB HDD for under £800. You then realised and nerfed the HDD to fit in the PSU, you didn't change the GPU. From what he is asking for he wants/needs the 7870XT or a 7950. I don't think he will be overly impressed with the 7850 performance, I think you'd have to agree.

So a heatsink isn't strictly needed now, it can be added later. The barebones CLC is a clever idea though. I do spec that too, as most people upgrade CLC stock fans it doesn't hurt to just buy what you want instead. It's even better if he already has some paste to hand. I think personally I would have put a 200mm LED fan in for the front and used the twin 120mm case fans to push/pull on the rad. Then maybe look to change those to quiet SP120mm later on.

£850 or a little more would help balance things better

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £220.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40.00
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £838.88 (includes shipping : £10.50).



The mobo is voltage locked so you can't push for high overclocks anyway. I agree I'd want an aftermarket cooler at some point though. I wasn't try to be a douche bud there are a few ways to balance the build. The OP will have to balance the budget and parts himself in the end. He is going to want to see other suggestions now I'm sure to help him figure it all out :)
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Is the 7950 GPU the way to go if I was to look at a 1440p monitor later down the line?
 
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