First home build...

[Tigz79]

Right guys am biting the bullet and just gunna start ma first home build, been toying with the idea for some time now and thought bout getting a pre built machine but fancy just giving it a bash n going solo haha basically wanting the best spec a can for ma budget of £600 for mainly playing games on with a little web surfing... A dont need a mouse/kb/monitor plus av got a wireless USB network stick so sorted for network connectivity. So the £600 is just for components and the case, looking for a case which is easy to work in since its ma first build, also al be using a copy of windows 7 64bit and using a 24" monitor to game at 1080p... Gunna order the parts when am off tomorrow so show me whats best combo for ma pennies lads

 

[zakblood]

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £701.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



if budget could go up a bit, could add better board like the Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 etc, and add some better cooling for overclocking if you need it but can be added later anyway

will alter spec and try and get to budget, but will be tight

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £620.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



making it any lower only by using B grade stuff, something i don't like to do, could save a few pound by getting a cheaper case, suing your old dvd drive etc, a slightly cheaper board and less ram to be under budget, or go amd?

your choice tbh

 

[zakblood]

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £45.00
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £23.99
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £21.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £566.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).



dropped ram down, case to lower spec and B grade hdd, under budget with same cpu and vga, best i can do apart from a amd spec

1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £530.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



amd option, same parts as first post almost, speed won't be as quick as i5 for some thing, but faster for others so it's about choice and budget

 

[Tigz79]

Thanks for the help and various options mate... Am leaning towards the second build, liking the case and more ram option, av got a 500gb WD hard drive from an older system but its not been formatted and still has vista installed on it but if a was to use this in the build as well as the 1TB would a have any issues when a build it all together and try installing windows 7? A dont have to install the WD one just its lying around so thought may as well... Am not looking to overclock anything at the moment but like you say a could upgrade that system you spec'd in the future, anything else a should consider? Also whats the benefit of having a ssd over a normal hard drive or having both? Thanks mate