First Time Build Gaming Rig

BMXerDan · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:19

Hey guys, new to PC gaming and looking to buy build my first rig in a few days

This is what I am planning to buy:

Asus P8H77-M, Intel H77, Micro-ATX £70.52
Intel Core i5 3350P, S 1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.1GHz £130.98
2GB Zotac GTX 650 Ti, AMP Edition, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6200MHz GDDR5, GPU 1033MHz, Cores 768 £148.38
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda 7200rpm £40.43
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue, DDR3 PC3-14900(1866) £48.95
LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD Drive £12.98
Inwin Dragon Slayer micro-ATX Case £50.16
500W Corsair CXM Builder series, Hybrid Modular £49.80

All for just under £600
Is there anything here anyone would say I defiantly shouldn't get or should get instead of something else

Thanks

LukieBoy007 · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:49

£20 more but definitely worth it:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £622.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Space Monkey · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:51

LukieBoy007 said:
£20 more but definitely worth it:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £622.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Much better spec ^^^

Idleman · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:55

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Do you have an OS?

Idleman · 26 Jan 2013 at 01:08

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £607.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

BMXerDan · 26 Jan 2013 at 01:10

Hey, yea I have Windows 7 Pro x64

Idleman · 26 Jan 2013 at 01:54

Do you have any components from an existing PC that you could reuse?

BMXerDan · 26 Jan 2013 at 01:57

Idleman said:
Do you have any components from an existing PC that you could reuse?

No, its a first time build, I only own a MacBook Pro. Not owned my own desktop before

Idleman · 26 Jan 2013 at 02:01

BMXerDan said:
No, its a first time build, I only own a MacBook Pro. Not owned my own desktop before

Thought I would ask, just in case.
Good luck with the build, with whatever you decide on.

BMXerDan · 26 Jan 2013 at 02:22

Thanks for the suggestions too guys

lee32uk · 26 Jan 2013 at 02:27

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £601.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Same build with 'B' grade gpu

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £129.98
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £575.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).