My sons Pc

You want something like this....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775 / AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £685.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3A) £51.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £31.99
1 x Aerocool Vs-4w Midi-Tower Windowed Case - Black £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £702.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Modular PSU to help with the building and cable management, complete case with window (the shinobi core is missing the metal mesh strips and logo as the shinobi core is aimed at people who want to buy thier own, also it is more expensive, and quite bland, plus you wont be able to see the goodies!) cheaper motherboard with same feature set (if there is a reason for the other board being recommended, let me know) SSD for caching the HDD or for installing the OS to, will greatly reduce start up time/lag, will result in applications loading quicker, and improve overall responsiveness ten-fold.

If you are feeling mean, nick the 650W PSU from your Son's PC and buy a 450W or something to put in there as his PC will need less power than yours. Will save some money.
 
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Also there is no OCZ ZX 650W, they start at 850W, so it must be a ZT 650W. Which is still a good PSU.
 
acme15 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3A) £51.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £31.99
1 x Aerocool Vs-4w Midi-Tower Windowed Case - Black £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Loki SD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £702.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Modular PSU to help with the building and cable management, complete case with window (the shinobi core is missing the metal mesh strips and logo as the shinobi core is aimed at people who want to buy thier own, also it is more expensive, and quite bland, plus you wont be able to see the goodies!) cheaper motherboard with same feature set (if there is a reason for the other board being recommended, let me know) SSD for caching the HDD or for installing the OS to, will greatly reduce start up time/lag, will result in applications loading quicker, and improve overall responsiveness ten-fold.

If you are feeling mean, nick the 650W PSU from your Son's PC and buy a 450W or something to put in there as his PC will need less power than yours. Will save some money.
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Sad truth is that kills the more expensive PC he bought his son.

Not impressed at all, seems a way to shift FX CPU's.
 
OK I found the paperwork for his Pc.

Antec 300 Case
Asus Sabertooth 990FX AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Mobo
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz Cpu
Antec Kuhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHZ Dual Channel Kit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Sata 6Gb/s 16MB Cache

OCZ ZS Series 650 W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
 
After reading the great help given so far, it looks like the best thing for my sons PC is the HD 7850 IceQ X.
As far as the pc I want to buy myself against the cost of my sons, there is no real difference as his was £700.19 inc. vat and as a dad I think it's best I have a better machine for bragging rights because he is a cocky little 17yr old (but a good kid) :)
 
Well the days of me beating him at fps games are well and truly gone (I consider myself a pretty decent gamer but he is in another league), so this is the only thing I can have over him :).
 
{{INX}} said:
After reading the great help given so far, it looks like the best thing for my sons PC is the HD 7850 IceQ X.
As far as the pc I want to buy myself against the cost of my sons, there is no real difference as his was £700.19 inc. vat and as a dad I think it's best I have a better machine for bragging rights because he is a cocky little 17yr old (but a good kid) :)
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His machine will cost 850 as he needs the GPU.
 
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