Hi, New here, some help on £800 spec

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Cane316

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Hi

Been lurking for a while and seen plenty of great advice/speccing genius.

looking to spend £800 (£850 tops) on a gaming/photoshop PC. Something nice and quiet would be a bonus.

I'm thinking Z77 motherboard and i5 combo
In a case I lean more towards something by Fractal design rather than something with green lights and windows.
I have a 1TB Sata HD so maybe a SSD for operating sytem and games.

No monitor but I have windows so no operating system needed.

thanks in advance to anyone who can spare a moment to give me some advice :D
 
Hello and welcome to the forum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £113.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £847.10 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
Idleman said:
Hello and welcome to the forum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £113.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £847.10 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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+1 to this.
 
Sin_Chase said:
The Samsung S23A350H is a TN Panel, please bear this in mind if you plan to do any colour critical work on Photoshop.
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Where will it tell me which are TN Panels and which are not?
Couldn't spot it on the product page.

Can you recommend something better for similar price? (possibly a little more)
 
Better panels for better colour reproduction generally start to cost more, TN panels are better for gaming though due to lower input lag/response times.

TN panels are not BAD but they are not the best if you are doing Photoshop work which demands you to have accurate colour representation.

Generally you will need to do a Google search/look up a review if the panel type is not listed in the spec sheet.
 
Idleman said:
Hello and welcome to the forum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £113.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £847.10 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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Looks good but I'd change the Intel SSD to a Samsung 830.
 
Sin_Chase said:
Better panels for better colour reproduction generally start to cost more, TN panels are better for gaming though due to lower input lag/response times.

TN panels are not BAD but they are not the best if you are doing Photoshop work which demands you to have accurate colour representation.

Generally you will need to do a Google search/look up a review if the panel type is not listed in the spec sheet.
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Have to agree with this, a couple of friends uses IPS panels instead and they are very accurate for colour representation, as well as a very large viewing angle.

This one is IPS but I've no idea how well it compares to other IPS panels: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-085-IY&groupid=17&catid=1425&subcat=
 
Write speeds means nothing on SSDs, it's all about seek times/read speeds, since these are the ones that affects how responsive the system is and the short boot/load times. You'll hardly be writing on the drive anyway since too much writing can negatively affect the SSD lifespan.
 
Right had a bit of a windfall in the form of a PPI payment :D
So got a bit more cash to throw around now.

Been inspired by a couple of the small form factor builds on here and updated my shopping list accordingly. Thanks again for the previous specs, hope I didn't waste too much of your time, was very much appreciated.

Any thoughts on this build? my main areas of cluelessness are the RAM and the GPU. I know I need something low profile but would this RAM be ok or would it be worth shelling out the extra to get the Samsung green which I keep hearing good things about? with the GPU is the 7950 worth the extra and if so is the card I've picked out a good one?

thanks again for any advice you guys can offer :D

24" Dell U2412M IPS LED Monitor Anti-Glare Full HD DVI/DisplayPort 1920x1200 300cd/m2 1000:1 8ms 4xUSB Hub

Asus P8Z77-M PRO, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA)/ DVI-D/ HDMI, Micro ATX

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

Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011, AM2/2+/AM3/3+ NEW VERSION

2 x 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 RPM Cooling Fan

Silverstone TJ08B-E Temjin Evolution, Black microATX Tower Case, Aluminium/Steel with USB 3.0, w/o PSU

520W Antec Neo Eco Modular PSU 82%Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire,

128GB Samsung 830 Series, SSD Basic Kit, SATA III, Read 520MB/s, Write

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800

3GB XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double D, Ghost/HCell, 5000MHz GDDR5, 800MHz, 1792 Cores, DL DVI-I/HDMI/miniDP *3 for Free
 
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