New build £1000-£1300, spec me please =)

Dougyteale

Dougyteale

Dougyteale

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Hey guys,
i've been looking over the forums for the past week or so, and finally decided to build my first machine. I am looking to run games like BF3, GW2 and Skyrim etc. at high/max settings with a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

I already have monitor, keyboard, mouse and operating system. I do need a case with it also, and have been looking at the Z11 plus zalman would this case be suitable?

Many thanks for your time and i look forward to seeing what you guys reckon.

Cheers :)
 
zalman case looks fine from what i can see.

but just to give you an idea, left some budget due to the price of the zalman, only have the z9 on ocuk, could swap the dvd drive for blue ray if needed, or maybe upgrade the 128gb ssd to a 256 model :



1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £56.99
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Groß Clockner Rev. B CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £963.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH100S3/120G) £109.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £105.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 12x BD Writer 50GB - Retail £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler (Socket 1366/1155/1156/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £59.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99
1 x NZXT FX-140LB Enthusiast Performance Control Fan - 140mm £14.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,241.82 (includes shipping : FREE).




Nudging towards the top of your budget, but I've recently ordered pretty much the exact same rig which will arrive Monday, and I've found there's a huge difference in bang for buck at this level, for a few more quid here and there you end up with far superior components.

I've got mine a bit cheaper than the above too by making the most of 'today only' and 'this week only' deals.
However, as you don't get free shipping, buying 'deal' components requiring multiple shippings might be a false economy. Depends how much you're saving...



Oh, and welcome :)
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Plextor M2S 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (PX-256M2S) £124.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £953.29 (includes shipping : £12.50).



To SLI the 670 you really need a 700W minimum PSU. If you aren't bothered about SLI you can save cash on both the mobo and the PSU as I have shown here. The Z11 doesnt have dust filters on those side gills so it's sucking in dust and the fans are small so will be louder......I have the Z9 it's a great starters case. Four 120mm fans, fan controller, digital temp display and cable management (P4/8 extension included). The fans and the extension cable must be worth £25 alone
 
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i heard the WF are not good to SLi unless you have good case air flow because they put all the heat into the case not out
(incase you want to SLi in future)
 
Cheers for the great and fast response, i like the specs, i'm not going to sli unless the performance is a great increase with the price, also will i be able to overclock my cpu much with the cheaper coolers? As far as the case goes is it worth putting more money into one like Chris has suggested over the Z9?

Thanks again =)
 
If you're going to overclock you need to make sure you have decent cooling in your case, but the majority of cases are set up well these days.
One with good cable management would be best, and obviously you need to like the look of it too.

The case I've picked has space, cable management and I think it looks great, but it's also literally twice as expensive as the Zalman...
The case is probably the most subjective thing in a build, so check reviews, and unless what you're looking at has any major flaws, go with what you like :)
 
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Oh, and as for SLI, I specced to allow SLI later, however from looking around on here it seems that when you decide to upgrade you'd be better off getting a single better GPU than to SLI another of an old model.

(not from experience, I'm still very much a 'noob', just done a lot of research recently)
 
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