Getting back into gaming

Sgt_Pepper

Sgt_Pepper

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I've not had a decent gaming PC for a good while now, and as i've just received my Redundancy pay I thought I'd treat myself.

I already have A corsair AX650 PSU and a few HDD's knocking about.

I was thinking something like the following.

Would my PSU be ok to run my options.
Is there anything I'd be better of changing to, i5, i3, AMD.


p.s. I have never really bothered with overclocking apart from a quick mess about, and probably never will.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £358.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9) £67.99 (£135.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Silver £24.95
Total : £1,387.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Here's an alternative to the above. If it's purely for gaming, 8GB RAM is enough.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
Total : £1,043.87 (includes shipping : £22.45).



You'd need a better PSU for the graphics here, an XFX 850W would be more than fine.
 
Well if you are looking to shave of your budget, might I suggest the AMD 7970, a lot cheaper.
Thats high end mobo, cpu and card, maybe you don't need such a big card, and get a new PSU and SSD?
With that gear I would want a new PSU, would it be best to go 750w with a 780 card? Dunno, think you might be OK.
If you want the lastest CPU you have it, i5 is more than capable for gaming, and your mobo is quite high end too, you can get the Z87 OC for 50 quid less.

Yeah very nice, just wonder if dat 780 is overkill and the saving could be better spent elsewhere, unless you are going to run 2 screens.

Dunno what your money paid out and what you had in mind, but that set up is very very nice.

If you can afford it get a SSD for your o/s, and if you trust your old PSU I cant see any issues, you just might want to take a multimeter to it to be sure, its about to zap over a grands worth of kit mate.
 
Just a few things.

My budget is around £1300,ish

I only have a 1080 monitor so would the GTX780 be too much then, even for BF4

The Corsair PSU I bought brand new last year and never used so would rather keep.

I did look at SSD's and I like the New Samsung Evo which I read about on here, but its not in stock yet so I will use an old HDD till they become available.

On that Gigabyte motherboard it has a 4pin and 8pin would i need to populate both these slots. (i've only ever seen 8pin)

I couldn't find a thread comparing the 4770 and 4670 for gaming, I will have a browse around the web to see if there are any tests.
 
You're unlikely to be able to play BF4 at ultra settings on a single GTX 780. If you get a 7950 (factory overclocked) it'll not be far off the 780 for less than half the price, and you can add a second later if wanted. I think the 780, although a very good card, is vastly overpriced.

The Gigabyte has an extra power socket for high overclocks, you don't need to use it.

There are loads of tests comparing the 4670K and 4770K, that's why people recommend the 4670K for gaming :)
 
This is what i'd do..

You like the colour scheme?

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) with FREE GPU Keyring £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £135.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Silver £24.95
2 x Akasa 120mm Piranha high performance PWM air ripper blade fan £13.99 (£27.98)
Total : £1,113.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £339.95
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Silver £24.95
Total : £1,278.73 (includes shipping : FREE).



The 770 is a "Super Duper" 680. The MSI 7950 is great bang for buck though @ £240 comes with 5 free games too (offer ends 31st) :)
 
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