First Gaming Build £1000+

13uk0 · 13 Apr 2013 at 14:35

Hey Overclockers,

Its my first time building a Gaming Pc and here's the parts that i have in mind so far. I'm willing to spend between £1000 - £1500, and i need your gaming build expertise and advice to point out the parts or recommend a better hardware for my First Gaming Build.

Many Thanks

Motherboard: Asus z77 Sabertooth 1155
CPU: Intel i7-3770k
Ram/Memory: 16gb Corsair Vengeance 240-pin DDR3
Graphic Card: EVGA GTX 680 FTW 4gb Graphic card
PSU: Corsair HX850 Professional Series gold
Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D
Watercooling: Corsair H100i
Fans: Noctua NF-F12PWM
SSD: Crucial 256gb SSD
Hardrive: Seagate 3tb 72000RPM 64mb cache SATA3

I would be grateful if you guys could give me some helpful feedback. Thank you!

stulid · 13 Apr 2013 at 14:41

Hi,

Many people will tell you that for a gaming rig, a 3570K+8GB of RAM is plenty, so I thought I would alter a spec for you,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £400.00
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £161.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3) (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £59.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,470.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

The GFX card is a 2GB model, still powerful enough for most situations unless you want three screen high resolution gaming maybe?

13uk0 · 13 Apr 2013 at 15:07

Yes i want to run a three way monitor in the future.. im just wondering if the gtx680 is really worth it for the price.. or should i just go for a 660ti SLI for better performance? Im still new to this gathering components.. is the h110 better thn h100i? I chose the h100i because i like the reviews done by linux on noctua fan.

Incrauze · 13 Apr 2013 at 15:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £161.99
1 x Seasonic M12II 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £114.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11) £43.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,238.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

stulid · 13 Apr 2013 at 15:23

13uk0 said:
Yes i want to run a three way monitor in the future.. im just wondering if the gtx680 is really worth it for the price.. or should i just go for a 660ti SLI for better performance? Im still new to this gathering components.. is the h110 better thn h100i? I chose the h100i because i like the reviews done by linux on noctua fan.

Go for a 7870 3GB card which are around the £320 mark and you can add a second later on easily enough.

The H110 is a bit cheaper than a H100i but has a larger surface area as the radiator is a 280mm version, it will fit the 650D case.

anthony566 · 13 Apr 2013 at 15:25

There are people on here far more qualified than me to suggest a full system build for you but I have just received an OC built system for the first time as I have always built my own systems so I though I would let OC decide what to use and selected a pre built ( with a few changes ) Ltd edition gaming system.
it came with the

Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games

Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942)

and these are amazing bits of kit if you have room for a full tower then I would get one as it allows you so much future component flexibility and the HAF X is a very impressive case.

good luck with the build as customer service from these guys is second to none IMO