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Hi folks, I am wanting to go from the switch of Xbox to some serious gaming. I am looking to play the likes of Battlefield, this new Zday game and other FPS types at the minute but want to also think of future gaming ventures that I might get into. I am preferably wanting to go through overclockers.co.uk or ********** as they offer credit over a fixed term which means I can keep my savings. I started of by wanting to just buy a tower system like Alienware and get going but the more that I look, the more I want to understand the computer that i will be using. I am a 34 year old mechanic and a great believer in trying new things so this is where I am. I have watched a few videos from Newegg and still dont fully understand what parts would be best for this type of system.
This is what I have thought so far,
I was thinking of the i5 as from what i understand, the i7 is not going to benefit me much with gaming and is a bit of money extra ? I have a hard version of Windows 7 professional already and have contacted microsoft who say that it is fine for me to install it on my new system. I was thinking of a budget of around £1000 all in including a good monitor but i will stretch another bit of money if it is going to GREATLY benefit me. ANY help with this would be greatly greatly greatly greatly appreciated.
I have this list.
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0, D-Sub/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX
700W PSU, Corsair Gaming Series GS700 CMPSU-700GUK, 80% Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3
Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail
8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3 HyperX Genesis Grey, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-27, XMP, 1.5V
60GB Corsair Force Series GT, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD, SandForce SF-2200, Read 555MB/s, Write 495MB/s
1280MB Asus GTX 570 DirectCU II, 40nm, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 742MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ DP/ HDMI
Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Side Window USB 3.0 w/o PSU New Version
1TB Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ
Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM
24" Asus VS247H LED Black Full HD HDMI/DVI/VGA 1920x1080, 5ms, 300cd/m², 50000000:1
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156 / 1155, LGA775, LGA1366, AM2 and AM3
Cyborg R.A.T. 3 Gaming Mouse, Black, 3500dpi Version Programmable Braided USB 2.0
Logitech G105 Gaming Keyboard, Green LED Backlit, 6 G-keys Programmable COD
I obviously want to save on anything that I can but also want a decent setup. I will only really be using the system for gaming and light wordprocessing.
Is there anything that i am spending too much on or better alternatives ?
This is what I have thought so far,
I was thinking of the i5 as from what i understand, the i7 is not going to benefit me much with gaming and is a bit of money extra ? I have a hard version of Windows 7 professional already and have contacted microsoft who say that it is fine for me to install it on my new system. I was thinking of a budget of around £1000 all in including a good monitor but i will stretch another bit of money if it is going to GREATLY benefit me. ANY help with this would be greatly greatly greatly greatly appreciated.
I have this list.
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0, D-Sub/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX
700W PSU, Corsair Gaming Series GS700 CMPSU-700GUK, 80% Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3
Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail
8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3 HyperX Genesis Grey, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-27, XMP, 1.5V
60GB Corsair Force Series GT, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD, SandForce SF-2200, Read 555MB/s, Write 495MB/s
1280MB Asus GTX 570 DirectCU II, 40nm, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 742MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ DP/ HDMI
Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Side Window USB 3.0 w/o PSU New Version
1TB Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ
Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM
24" Asus VS247H LED Black Full HD HDMI/DVI/VGA 1920x1080, 5ms, 300cd/m², 50000000:1
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156 / 1155, LGA775, LGA1366, AM2 and AM3
Cyborg R.A.T. 3 Gaming Mouse, Black, 3500dpi Version Programmable Braided USB 2.0
Logitech G105 Gaming Keyboard, Green LED Backlit, 6 G-keys Programmable COD
I obviously want to save on anything that I can but also want a decent setup. I will only really be using the system for gaming and light wordprocessing.
Is there anything that i am spending too much on or better alternatives ?
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