Haswell Spec £1000

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Hi all,

My brother in law has asked me to spec him a full Haswell system for £1000. His requirements are:

HDD
Motherboard
CPU
CPU Cooler
Case
PSU
RAM
GPU
Monitor
Win 7

I don't think I've missed anything obvious. He wants to play games so the best he can buy within his budget would be great. We are wanting to order it tomorrow so any suggestions for his budget would be great.

Thanks.
 
HDD - Has he a need for allot of storage music/photos/movies at all?
Motherboard
CPU
CPU Cooler
Case
PSU
RAM
GPU - prefer Nvidia or ATI/ does it matter to you
Monitor - what size/resolution you want to play at
Win 7

Other questions?

Are you overclocking, do you want to water cool the builder now/later?
What games does he generally play?
 
That is slightly over budget but at least a starting point to give you an idea of where £1k sits at moment

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Asus VE228HR 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Midi Tower USB 3.0 German Edition Windowed Case - Black/Red/Gold £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,088.23 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,006.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Looking at a decent CPU cooler, he won't be overclocking so don't need a mega expensive one. Looking to buy Curlyriffs spec, cheers.

Also will I need any cables for DVD drive or SSD drive or do they come with the board? Thanks.
 
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Spikey said:
Looking at a decent CPU cooler, he won't be overclocking so don't need a mega expensive one. Looking to buy Curlyriffs spec, cheers.

Also will I need any cables for DVD drive or SSD drive or do they come with the board? Thanks.
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The mobo I specced comes with a cooler.

+ FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler!
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I'm going with the MSI board so I need a cooler please guys. I've added an SSD to the budget, will that come with cables? I can buy one for the DVD drive.
 
You don't need an SSD for a gaming rig really. It is a luxury for boot/load times and to be honest once you have around 7 or 8 games plus OS on say a 256GB SSD that is full so it would be costly and limited for a 1k games rig otherwise.

The 1TB drive will suit fine. Can always upgrade to SSD in the future.

The stock intel cpu cooler will be fine if your not overclocking.

Plus as Idleman pointed out there is nothing to sacfrice off the spec. The PSU has to be good quality, the CPU, GPU & RAM really make the gaming rig. The only thing noted that could be saved on is the Mobo but at that price range you are looking to save maybe £40 on the board, why sacrifice as you don't really want to upgrade that later and have to strip the build down to do so.

Adding drives is easy and can always re-install windows. Also I should note that you should probably go for Home Premium and can always use the money saved there for a better cooler if you want.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Asus VE228HR 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Midi Tower USB 3.0 German Edition Windowed Case - Black/Red/Gold £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Frio Advanced CLP0596 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,102.22 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
Thanks! I think he wants an SSD drive, which cable would he need for that or do Samsung drives come bundled with one? Which one for the DVD drive? Cheers.
 
MSI board and card makes more sense though. Also I currently have a HIS in my rig and I wouldn't get one again after issues I have had with them.

As for SSD, the cable will be with the Mobo and is also SATA, same as a mechanical drive. The only issue is the extra cost. What SSD are you looking at?
 
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