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So my friend asked me to spec him a pc for general gaming usage, (BF3, Skyrim, the likes), for around the £1200 to £1300 mark. He needs everything other than a mouse and mousemat, as he'll either use Windows 8 preview or get Windows 7 off his laptop... He doesn't intend to go Sli hence the Gigabyte Z77 not Z77x board and the smaller PSU.

So, without any further ado here goes:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Arctic White £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9W) £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £1,277.46 (includes shipping : £22.20).




Any suggestions/tips?
I was thinking perhaps a few case fans if he was going for a little overclock, but everything else should be fine I think?

Many thanks
 
System will likely do the business though I'd stick in a bigger PSU to future proof it a bit. Depending on how many games he has you could always drop the old mechanical drive and upgrade the SSD to one of the larger capacity Corsair ones that were going for such good value recently. On my iPad or I'd link the bits I mean.
 
That's not terrible at all bud.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Samsung S23A750D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £239.99
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 Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Silver Arrow £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £1,270.52 (includes shipping : £20.10).



OEM CPU to save a few quid (shorter warranty but CPU failure is rare to be honest). I noticed the White RAM, there is no side window and the big heatsink will hide it so you could save money there. I switched to the mATX Asrock mobo to mix the styling up a bit. It is actually SLi/Xfire capable (with THX rated audio) but as you said no need i kept the PSU spec down for a single GPU.
 
nice roomy budget to work with ;p


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 iiyama prolite e2473hds 24" widescreen led monitor - black £159.95
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) £89.99
1 x gigabyte z77-d3h intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £82.99
1 x fractal design define r3 midi tower case - arctic white £79.99
1 x antec high current gamer 520w '80 plus bronze' power supply £62.99
1 x geil dragon 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c11 1600mhz dual channel kit (gd38gb1600c11dc) £33.59
1 x microsoft sidewinder x4 gaming keyboard - retail (jqd-00006) £29.99
1 x alpenföhn matterhorn pure edition cpu cooler (socket lga2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ amd am3/am3+/am2/am2+/fm1) £29.99
1 x ocuk 22x dvd±rw sata rewriter (black) - oem £12.98
total : £1,291.02 (includes shipping : £22.20).



monitor review: http://www.digitalversus.com/lcd-monitor/iiyama-prolite-e2473hds-p10816/test.html
upped the storage to 256gb sammy 830 and 2tb hdd
changed the psu to antec (non modular, but its also a non windowed case ;p so just leave the extra cables on the floor of the case...lol)
changed the ram. dont need such expensive ram tbh
 
Can you streatch to a beefier PSU? If you want to SLI in the future that might struggle.
 
Bacon? said:
Quick question, is the windows 7 on his lappy 32 or 64 bit?
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It's 64 bit, I was wondering how he intends to get it off his laptop onto a disk as it came pre-installed on the laptop...

Many thanks for all the suggestions guys, definitely a few options to choose from so I'll show them to him and let him take his pick :) Please keep 'em coming though
 
ozzymundo said:
It's 64 bit, I was wondering how he intends to get it off his laptop onto a disk as it came pre-installed on the laptop...
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He most likely wont. AFAIK, the windows pre-installed on laptops is usually linked to just that machine, so the code usually wont work on others (code is usually on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop)
 
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