How is this £700 build?

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Hi i robbed this of another thread and was hoping anyone could give me an idea if this is any good or not? Mainly used for gaming with some video and picture editing. Is there anything that i could get rid of or anything i should upgrade now? Is there anything i have missed? It comes to £704 without shipping

It'll be my first time building from scratch and will hopefully upgrade bits at a later date (probably after christmas). I'll be using my tv as a monitor for a couple of weeks until i buy a real monitor. Mouse and keyboard are throwaway parts where ill spend abit more money (again) later. Probably wont be over clocking it at all or at least for a few months.
Sorry about the terrible cropping im on a dying laptop.

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Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black
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Thanks
 
Well it depends on what parts your looking to upgrade at Xmas IMO, personally I don't see the point in purchasing a system for £700 only for it to be an interim rig that will be chopped and changed in a few months. Best to save and get your ideal rig (well not fantasy land but ya know what I mean :)) straight away.

If purchasing a stop gap is what you want best is to post what you'd ideally replace as you may need to change mobo or PSU etc.

As far as the setup above goes it's a decent £700 gaming rig
 
if its mainly gaming with some video stuff it would be best to back down on the processor and up the graphics.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £131.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.19
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £525.11 (includes shipping : £12.50).
you can still get a modest overclock with this processor and the stock cooler (4.2Ghz shouldnt be a problem), but the graphics will be way better

*edit*
or, if you can find a video editing + encoding program you like that can be accelerated by the cuda cores of the Nvidia graphics, this will be much better for gaming and video encoding (if you cant find a program you like then i'd go with the first build)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Blaze K1208 Multimedia Keyboard - Black/Silver £6.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £689.77 (includes shipping : £13.75).

both builds can cope with a second graphics card in SLI
 
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How about this?

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Gives you a good CPU, gfx card and ram so you won't have much to upgrade later :) Maybe a decent CPU cooler and better case?
 
seandog said:
Well it depends on what parts your looking to upgrade at Xmas IMO, personally I don't see the point in purchasing a system for £700 only for it to be an interim rig that will be chopped and changed in a few months. Best to save and get your ideal rig (well not fantasy land but ya know what I mean :)) straight away.

If purchasing a stop gap is what you want best is to post what you'd ideally replace as you may need to change mobo or PSU etc.

As far as the setup above goes it's a decent £700 gaming rig
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Thanks for the reply. Im not entirely sure how i would upgrade it, its mainly going to be gaming and a small amount of editing. However when i may start editing more when i get the decent computer (im on a old laptop at the moment so video editing is a no-no and picture edting is painful). I'd like to slowly increase the overall usefulness of the computer so things like overclocking, a new video card and a new power supply are what i was thinking about upgrading.

Reaper 392 said:
if its mainly gaming with some video stuff it would be best to back down on the processor and up the graphics.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £131.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.19
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £525.11 (includes shipping : £12.50).
you can still get a modest overclock with this processor and the stock cooler (4.2Ghz shouldnt be a problem), but the graphics will be way better

*edit*
or, if you can find a video editing + encoding program you like that can be accelerated by the cuda cores of the Nvidia graphics, this will be much better for gaming and video encoding (if you cant find a program you like then i'd go with the first build)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Blaze K1208 Multimedia Keyboard - Black/Silver £6.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £689.77 (includes shipping : £13.75).

both builds can cope with a second graphics card in SLI
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Thanks for reply! Im kind surprised that you suggested going for an i3, i thought that going for the i5 would be better for gaming and editing? or is it a case where the i5 isnt worth the extra £70? (i am a real noob when it comes to computers) Is your second build worth the extra money when it'll mainly be for gaming (probably 80+% gaming)?

Are my doubt over the i3 unwarranted?

Lemin said:
Id keep you 1st 2500k rig, & get a better gfx card...

MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
This Week Only Offer
was £127.99 inc VAT
£119.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...-MS&tool=3&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830
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Thanks, any reason why you'd stick with the i5 over the i3.

Thanks for the replies guys! You've given me a lot to think (and worry) about
 
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Id get the best cpu you can, i usually upgrade my gfx card 2 or 3 times before i upgraded my cpu again. & then id get new mobo also.
 
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