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Compatibility wise, is this correct? And I will I be able to play the majority of games at the highest spec? I've got an Antec 1200 at home

Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0, D-Sub/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black LP, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V

1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64mb Cache 8ms NCQ OEM

120GB OCZ Vertex 3, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Sandforce SSD, Read 550Mb/s, Write 500Mb/s, 85K IOPS

2GB EVGA GTX 670, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 915MHz, Boost 980MHz, Cores 1344, 2x DL DVI, DP, HDMI

650W Corsair CMPSU-650HXUK, Modular, 85%Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.2, PSU

LiteOn IHOS104-06 4xBlu-ray, 8x DVD Reader OEM inc Power DVD 10 BD Software

Corsair H100 Hydro Series Extreme Performance CPU cooler, S775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP1, Operating System, Single, - OEM
 
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ya looks great to me too
though personally i'd get a windforce 670, dont know if you can justify 50 quid premium for that though =x
 
philmo said:
Out of interest, as I am about to order with a similar spec to you (ex Windows / SSD) - why have you gone for:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
over
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-GI

Not a leading question, have seen good reviews on Windforce version - but also note almost £60 more expensive than EVGA one.

Good luck with chosing, is good fun - but often many valid opinions to work with.
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It's generally just down to budget. I'm trying to keep under £1000. But thanks for the comments guys. And in regards to your response Adam, isn't the H100 considered one the most efficient coolers?

Edit: Also, do people have any suggestions for improvement? Ideally I'd like to be able to play games such as Battlefield 3, Crysis on Max.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £287.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £1,095.47 (includes shipping : £10.00).



If you want to SLI then you need more than 650W fella. If you are not bothered about SLI we can save you cash on the mobo ;)

The 670 i used has a longer warranty and is clocked higher (is a lil more though the EVGA is still good). The 7870 has a good price here at the moment. Philmo posted the link so you can compare GPUs :)

P.S The SSD is good too, what resolution are you gaming at?
 
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I don't plan on using SLI, so if you can save cash on the mobo and suggest an alternative board I'd appreciate that. I generally just want a solid cpu and card, capable of playing most, if not all games at the highest. As for the resolution it's 1280 x 1024
 
Anomalistics said:
I don't plan on using SLI, so if you can save cash on the mobo and suggest an alternative board I'd appreciate that. I generally just want a solid cpu and card, capable of playing most, if not all games at the highest. As for the resolution it's 1280 x 1024
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I would think personally if only at 1280 x 1024 the 670 might well be over kill, and you could save yourself between £100 to £200 or so using:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-163-MS
(The experts might have better choices - I am a novice passing on advise given).

Although for the future - you might well change your display (you can get a good 1080p 1920 x 1200 for around £100).

For BF3 It used to be the case that Nvidea cards performed much better on BF3 due to drivers, not sure if that is still the case.

Good luck.
 
1280x1024 is pretty low res and the 670 is overkill to be honest

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £1,006.43 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I used this Asrock mobo as it's a lil cheaper. It has THX rated audio and can still do SLI/Xfire but it is a mATX mobo (smaller). I personally like the styling there is the GB alternative so save more cash and lose the SLI/support completely along with the THX but it does have a 3 year UK based warranty, the GB is a great entry level mobo.

The PSU is on offer, it's modular and has enough juice for a single GPU setup. I dropped the OS as you could use the developers copy of windows 8 for now, this helped me get you a full HD monitor (you can dual screen if you want). Windows 8 is released in october so you could choose between buying win7 or 8 then.
 
Okay, I think I'll go for £1500 as my last budget. That's the absolute maximum I can do. I just want my gaming experience to be rich as possible, so if you could suggest alternative baskets which do that, I'd much appreciate it seeing as I've lost touch it seems, haha.
 
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Anomalistics said:
Okay, I think I'll go for £1500 as my last budget. That's the absolute maximum I can do. I just want my gaming experience to be rich as possible, so if you could suggest alternative baskets which do that, I'd much appreciate it seeing as I've lost touch it seems, haha.
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You didn't do badly at all fella. The real trick is balancing everything out, everyone will have a different opinion as to what is a priority ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £85.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £1,216.46 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Couple of changes, seeing as im way under budget you could use the retail CPU to get an extra 2 years on the warranty.

At 1080P the 670 makes more sense. This GPU is already overclocked for you, the windforce is a nice GPU (3 year warranty too ) but is more cash.

Spent a lil more on the monitor, added a bigger eco storage drive. Used an alternative modular PSU (enough for a single GPU).

I'm sure people will suggest the cheap mobo i mentioned earlier but I think that's a tidy looking bit of kit there. As i'm under budget you could use this mobo. It will shhh people about the warranty and you get a gaming surface bundled in to help sweeten the deal ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £85.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
Total : £1,287.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



How you balance the budget is really down to you fella. Hopefully this gives you some ideas
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £71.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £69.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £69.98
Total : £1,420.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



if you have 1500 to blow through...get a 256 gb ssd!
and i'd get a silverarrow sb-e rather than a h100, better and less hassle
non "green" hdd, "green" hdds are for treehuggers lol
and 16gb of ram xD
psu is the hx 750w which is more than enough power for a sli (if you ever decide to)
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £71.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £69.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £69.98
Total : £1,420.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



if you have 1500 to blow through...get a 256 gb ssd!
and i'd get a silverarrow sb-e rather than a h100, better and less hassle
non "green" hdd, "green" hdds are for treehuggers lol
and 16gb of ram xD
psu is the hx 750w which is more than enough power for a sli (if you ever decide to)
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But you used the OEM CPU with the shorter warranty? :/

You've helped make my point though.....where do you stop?

My first build was balanced to £1000 (well very close), I've shown how he can gradually spend more in areas. You did the same by upping the capacity of the SSD and balancing things differently. 16GB of RAM is overkill certainly for gaming, I stuck with reputable branded RAM. I can see why you used a 750W PSU as the mobo is SLI capable.....he did say he wasn't bothered about it though.

Hopefully with our suggestions he can balance things to a price he is comfortable with.....going from £1000 to £1500 is quite a leap in price.
 
ya, i dont think the extra warranty justifies 12 quid extra imo
idk, i'd plump for the oem chip for my rig too (which i will build soon)
teamgroup memory has lifetime warranty with ocuk, so i'd probably wouldnt worry too much
 
Try this for size :-

Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBHT0-G0EAY0VZ] £93.98 (wkly spc)
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM [CM8063701211800] £167.99 (wkly spc)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80) [CWCH80] £76.92 (wkly spc)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) [CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B] £59.99
HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion [H795F3G2M] £269.99 (wkly spc)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply [RS700-AMBAD3-UK] £77.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £88.99 (wkly spc)
OCZ Agility 3 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-180G) [AGT3-25SAT3-180G] £119.99 (wkly spc)
BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black [9H.L7ALB.QPE] £119.99 (wkly spc)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) [GFC-00599] £83.99
LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) [BH10LS38.AUAR] £79.98
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card [90-YAA055-1UAN0BZ] £79.99 (wkly spc)

Total should be £1319.79 with sound card .

Most of this is on special weekly offer if you add a new case you should still be under £1500 .

Happy shopping. :)
 
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