Dual Monitor setup for £800?

tankskun · 9 Aug 2013 at 02:18

Need help for a system for my nephews homework pc and a bit of BF3/BF4. Budget of £800.

Must have:
Two monitors
Corsair 650 D
preferbly a nvidia card
preferbly a intel

This is what I have come up with and its £50 over budget still, but should be alright?

Thanks

honosuseri · 9 Aug 2013 at 02:34

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
2 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
Total : £814.69 (includes shipping : FREE).

I've compromised on the case I'm afraid but it makes for a better all round spec with the i5K. The Z68 is a better option than the H61 to be fair, the 7870LE can OC to trade blows with a stock 7950 so plenty of bang for buck. 850W PSU is OTT, 500W is ample for a single GPU setup and a modular unit makes life easier.

The panel doesn't do HDMI so you might need to sort an adapter or a new cable to hook up the second screen. Hope this helps.

tankskun · 9 Aug 2013 at 12:09

Thanks for the input, it's quite a nice spec. I knew the 850w PSU is overkill, just thought it's quite decent as its manufactured by seasonic and futureproof to upgrades.

Yeah the case takes a good chunk of the budget.

Doomedspeed · 9 Aug 2013 at 12:10

Hono's spec is much better all round.

Very good going Hono.

honosuseri · 9 Aug 2013 at 15:26

Doomedspeed said:
Hono's spec is much better all round.

Very good going Hono.

Thanks bud

Pity the 7870LE doesn't have a dual DVI output like the 670 though. If they were happy to pay more then I'd consider a good value heatsink for the i5K and getting the cable for the panel isn't exactly dear.