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OCAspire

OCAspire

OCAspire

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Hey Guys :)

Im looking to build a gaming PC whilst working to a budget!. Im looking to start making youtube videos so want to build a PC that suitable to record games whilst playing them that can handle rendering and editing (nothing major, just adding titles and voice over in Sony Vegas). Im looking to play Minecraft, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Skyrim. I will be playing at 1024x768 resolution as to upload in 720p, Im not worried about playing on the ULTRA graphic settings or anything for Black Ops, not worried about AA, AF or Tesselation so would like to get very good frames per second.

Im looking at a budget of £300 for a bare build to start, so this excludes GPU, Monitor, OS, Keyboard, Mouse and any other peripherals!.

The things that I would like the build to include would be USB 3.0, not worried about SATA III or PCI - E 3.0. I would like a hard drive with 500GB Capacity, 8GB RAM as the price is low right now, a DVD RW drive, and a suitable PSU for when I buy my GPU later on, I will be getting the MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC Edition a few weeks later so will need a board that supports whatever the processor is onboard Graphics.

Thanks for Any Help Guys and a Happy New Year! :)
 
You'll want a 3570K, an entry level z77 board if possible, which along with ram, a HDD, and ODD will just squeeze in under 300 quid. On my phone or I'd make some suggestions.
 
 
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I know it's outta your budget, but this is all i could do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £418.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I'm sure others can improve on it.

Do you need a case?

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Case Added:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £449.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Devrij said:
You'll want a 3570K, an entry level z77 board if possible, which along with ram, a HDD, and ODD will just squeeze in under 300 quid. On my phone or I'd make some suggestions.
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no chance, if it was just CPU, Ram and motherboard you could do it, but this is what i got

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
Total : £317.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).




then you need to add a HDD and a PSU + case ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £109.07 (includes shipping : £9.25).

 
 
Hey guys, thanks for the ideas!

I wasnt looking to do any HEAVY editing at all, my laptop works for me at the minute and has a dual core 1.46 GHZ processor!. So I was maybe thinking an IvyBridge i3 and therefore no need for a z77 mobo, maybe a b75?
 
 
 
linwelin said:
no chance, if it was just CPU, Ram and motherboard you could do it, but this is what i got

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
Total : £317.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).




then you need to add a HDD and a PSU + case ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £109.07 (includes shipping : £9.25).

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Yeah I realised reading this back that I'd forgotten case and PSU! I blame New years eve.
 
thanks a lot for the replies guys! :)

im thinking definetly an i3 ivybridge over an i5 just for budget sake. Will the b75 mobo support the i3's onboard gpu so that i can use it until i get my gpu?.

How do you show your basket on the forum so i can show you my ideas? :)

happy new year!
 
 
OCAspire said:
Thanks a lot! :)

What do you guys think of this build?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI B75MA-P45 Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £335.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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its ok, but ram can be 1600mhz and corsair builder series isnt that great... id rather get antec.
 
OCAspire said:
Thanks a lot! :)

What do you guys think of this build?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI B75MA-P45 Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £335.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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The Merc beta is not a good case to be honest, you want USB3 but it has no front USB3 ports, it only has one fan too. Your RAM is too slow really aswell

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £356.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Little more cash but better spec, not everything is in stock but you can place the order and it will all be dispatched once in stock. Note the HDD has twice the capacity and cache for not much more :)

P.S Don't get the 650 Ti, you are better off with a 2nd hand 1GB 460 or a 6850 (~£50 2nd hand). The 2GB 7850 is the only GPU I am happy to recommend for gaming if buying new, it comes with free games too which helps justify the price. HERE is a link comparing the 460 and the 650Ti......keep in mind the 460 is at 675Mhz pretty much all 1GB 460s will OC to 850Mhz easy. The new nvidia drivers really helped improve my 460 (@900mhz)
 
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honosuseri said:
The Merc beta is not a good case to be honest, you want USB3 but it has no front USB3 ports, it only has one fan too. Your RAM is too slow really aswell

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £356.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Little more cash but better spec, not everything is in stock but you can place the order and it will all be dispatched once in stock. Note the HDD has twice the capacity and cache for not much more :)
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How have you managed to get a better HDD, RAM and MOBO for like £20 more?!?! :D
 
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