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Critch1990

Critch1990

Critch1990

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Hi Guys,

Im looking for some help with building a gaming pc as gaming on my Macbook Pro aint great and ill end up trashing it.

I confident enough to build the desktop if needed but im just not 100% sure what im looking for when it comes to parts.

Im looking to spend about £700-£800 pound on the pc so the best spec i can get with that budget really and some LEDs around the place and a semi windowed case would be nice if it permits but not defiantly needed.

Any help is much appreciated cheers in advance guys.

Sorry guys forgot to mention that this is for the desktop only I will use my old keyboard, mouse and old monitor for the time being until I can get hold if 2 decent 24" monitors and razor keyboard an mouse
 
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OS I presume? :)

The basis

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £38.39
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £765.36 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Basically anything around a 3570K, 7850, Z77, 8GB, and a decent PSU.

For windowed case, you have the Z9+ (1/2 windowed, not pretty), some ghastly thermaltake, aerocool, the Asgard II / III, or you can mod one yourself. Candidates would be the Bitfenix Shinobi (non-windowed), or the Corsair 300R. Lovely cases. Shinobi can easily be modded with accessories (see the bitfenix Shinoby Core), and it's a good case in your budget. Also comes in white. Secondly the Bitfenix Alchemy range adds further fan customisations. They thought of everything.

I would start with something very functional, and add lights and cowbells later, to max out performance.

Can pick up components based on a theme though. blue most likely candidate at this price point. Not many red motherboards or GPUs to play with.
 
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Basically I've copied Mr Renault's build but made it a bit more colour co-ordinated.

If you want it to come within budget drop the CPU cooler and add that later on.


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £856.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
How much would it be to try and get a SSD, WaterCooling and some Leds added into that just to make the windowed case look the dogs nuts.

Can probably stretch the budget up to £1000 but was keeping the extra £200 for the Naga and Lycosa :)
 
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How much would it be to try and get a SSD, WaterCooling and some Leds added into that just to make the windowed case look the dogs nuts.

Can probably stretch the budget up to £1000 but was keeping the extra £200 for the Naga and Lycosa :)
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When you say water cooling, do you mean a custom Loop or an all-in-one? All in ones a quite cheap; £50-£90 a custom loop would cost Anywhere from £150+
 
Is the SSD needed or should i not bother?

As for the water cooling im just after one of the coloured systems that ive seen in a lot of cases. Not 100% sure what they are or there price.

Also is the 3750k that much better than the 2500k? And the graphics card ive not heard of before up there with the likes of the Nivida Cards?
 
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Critch1990 said:
Is the SSD needed or should i not bother?
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Depends how patient you are.

SSDs are just storage devices with the ability to read and write information at orders of magnitude greater than a mechanical device.

I love mine and can vouch for the M4. The time it takes for your pc to get to login will be far reduced, the pc will just seem more responsive.
 
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Is the SSD needed or should i not bother?

As for the water cooling im just after one of the coloured systems that ive seen in a lot of cases. Not 100% sure what they are or there price.

Also is the 3750k that much better than the 2500k? And the graphics card ive not heard of before up there with the likes of the Nivida Cards?
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If you can fit an SSD in your budget, yes. If not you can always get one later.

The "coloured systems" you refer to are fully watercooled systems. I would just get an air cooled system thats within your budget. Fully watercooling a system can be very expensive.
 
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Is the SSD needed or should i not bother?

As for the water cooling im just after one of the coloured systems that ive seen in a lot of cases. Not 100% sure what they are or there price.

Also is the 3750k that much better than the 2500k? And the graphics card ive not heard of before up there with the likes of the Nivida Cards?
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I switched from a normal HDD to the SSD I showed you a few weeks ago and basically I could not switch back to a normal HDD anymore. My system is just running a lot smoothier, it's silent as well (no more scratching noise), quicker...

Granted you won't feel the difference playing games, but web browsing, opening apps, general use, you will feel a lot of comfort.
 
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