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zcraigo

zcraigo

zcraigo

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Sup, just a little help for my first self built PC needed here. Here's some info:

Budget: £500-600

Already have: Mouse (G500), Keyboard (Majestouch 2), Monitor (U2711), Headphones (DT990), HDD (Barracuda 1TB), Case (R4)

Will be using for media playback and gaming (Ocassional gamer, do not need to run games in extreme settings, mid to high will good fps will suffice)

Will be Overclocking

No watercooling

Already have OS

Not BTC mining

SSD would be nice

Cheap as possible would be best, even cheaper than budget would be great. Main things of concern is how much I need to spend on GPU to power a 2560x1440 monitor to run games decently with good settings. Do not need fancy features on motherboards / optical drives etc. Cheap but great products is the objective.

Was thinking going AMD for GPU because apparantly they give more fps for higher res monitors?

Also 8GB vs 16GB memory? Was thinking 8GB.
 
 
 
RJC said:
Actually thats a good spec by Hono, forgot about Thermalright PSU!
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Thanks bud :)

That 7870XT is the best bang for buck performance GPU we can recommend really. That Ballistix RAM should overclock well if he slacks the timings off a bit, I can't guarantee it will break 2000Mhz but you never know
 
RJC said:
Not able to fit in a SSD but the Motherboard does include a free cooler:


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 MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards - £10 Cashback £149.99
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 Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £580.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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honosuseri said:
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 VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
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 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 OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £591.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).



This 7870XT is related to the 7950. Overclock it and it trades blows with a stock 7950
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I wasn't even considering haslel tbh, i5 sandy or ivy. And I don't need an optical drive, and I'm prepared to go over the budget if possible.
 
Stick with our builds and drop the optical drive and you be spot on with the 7870 XT GPU.
 
zcraigo said:
I wasn't even considering haslel tbh, i5 sandy or ivy. And I don't need an optical drive, and I'm prepared to go over the budget if possible.
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Why mention one then? :/

zcraigo said:
Do not need fancy features on motherboards / optical drives etc. Cheap but great products is the objective.
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If you are willing to go over the budget then pay for a "Full Fat" 7950 and overclock that......

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
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 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
Total : £641.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).



There were problems with the MSI 7950 but apparently these issues are 100% resolved with this new revision. I don't know how deep your pockets are but if you really want an SSD you can't go wrong with either of these.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
Total : £229.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

Which would make this a pretty reasonable compromise to get everything you want......
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 VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
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 Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
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
Total : £663.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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