Check on a build

[weedkill]

Hi guys, below is the build that I'm leaning towards with my budget of around £800~, any feedback would be great. I am notlooking to overclock this at all, despite the name of the website etc ^_^. The main use of the pc is gaming, predominantly games like league of legends, minecraft, Shogun.

ASUS RADEON HD7950 - graphics card
ASROCK H77M Pro4 - motherboard
Intel i5 3570 Ivy Bridge - processor
8GB - Memory
128GB - SSD
1TB - Hard drive
750W 6pin - power supply

Thanks for your help.

 

[weedkill]

You may aswell go with haswell now.

The 4670(non k) or the 4570 would be perfect. You can also get H87 & B85 boards as non over clocking options.

This will not break you budget.

In plain terms what benefits will I actually see with going down the Haswell route rather than Ivy Bridge?


There was no particular reason for going for the mATX, my Dad runs a PC repair business on the side and that's predominantly what he recommends but hasn't had much experience with gaming pc's. I presume that fitting these gaming graphics cards is easier in a full ATX board?

Thanks for your help.

 

[weedkill]

If you are using a case that supports ATX mobos, then it is best to get one. An mATX with similar specs would be more expensive.

The case hasn't been bought yet as I'm going to be building it new with my Dad so that isn't an issue I'll just make sure it supports ATX motherboards. Thanks for your help.

If anyone could explain the rational behind using Haswell rather than Ivy Bridge to me in terms of the benefits that I would see that would be great.