hows this?

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:11

Hi guys i have had some awsome help on here, but a lot of the sugestions would go over budget. so been looking bang for buck as the budget it tight £750ish,im complete novice so not even sure it these are even compatiable (hope they are)
I5 3570k oc in time to 4.0ghz
Asus p8777-v lx
Gtx 660
G skills ripjaws series 8gb
1tb samsung hd 1035i
Coolmaster hyper 212
Corsaire 600w psu
coolmaster elite 430 case
wirless card
Cd/dvd writter
Benq monitor
Thats the lot i think, so not looking to spend anymore but can u guys have a look and see if this good to run fsx high/ultra settings, and be used for a family pc thanks

Ethermaster · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:45

How about this, It is the new Haswell chip and the latest offering from Intel.

Do you need the monitor, as it would be nice to get the i7 for FSX and an SSD so speed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £784.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:50

I did an almost identical spec Ether albeit with a wifi card as he requested one and I used an LED not LCD for the same price

honosuseri said:
FSX does favour Nvidia fella so the 660 kind of makes sense. That's a tough budget for what you are asking, you should consider using the windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition for free on a 3 month trial. This gives you £80 back now to put into parts. Windows 8.1 will be a service pack of sorts and it will add back the start menu, it too should get a preview to try out. You can then buy an OS later in the year having made an informed decision.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2278HD 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £801.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Over the £750 but I've tried to give you what you were aiming for.

Ethermaster · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:54

honosuseri said:
I did an almost identical spec Ether albeit with a wifi card as he requested one and I used an LED not LCD for the same price

+1

He wanted a BenQ monitor so gave it to him

honosuseri · 10 Jun 2013 at 19:57

Ethermaster said:
+1

He wanted a BenQ monitor so gave it to him

Infact if I had skimped and used the X20 optical drive it would have been under £800. He also wants an OS and yes I've mentioned the Windows 8 Evaluation already. In short that's as good as anyone can spec for a overclockable rig really.

Ethermaster · 10 Jun 2013 at 20:04

Yeah it's not possible to get it any cheaper (unless you go raiding the **B-Grade** parts bin at least).

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 20:37

cool thats why im here for advice so will take it, just one thing,so in three months time i will have to pay for a os ?

Ethermaster · 10 Jun 2013 at 20:42

Keaty said:
cool thats why im here for advice so will take it, just one thing,so in three months time i will have to pay for a os ?

In a nut shell .... yes (or

wink

wink reformat and install everything all over again ......)

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:00

Lol thank you so much ;-)

snitcher · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:08

get the benq monitor if you really need it. it also has hdmi

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:30

Not that i need it, just looked best bang for the buck, so that list is a complete set up?

Keaty · 10 Jun 2013 at 22:10

would i need a sound card ?

Ethermaster · 10 Jun 2013 at 22:15

on the board has audio built onboard so no but if you wanted a better quality audio a sound card is a wise investment as they last most people a number of build's.