New build basket advice needed

[daveg12]

Hello everyone i have putting off building a PC due to my lack of experience, and small budget (£600-700)

Any advice on the basket below would be greatly appreciated

PC will be used for gaming

Thanks.

 

[zakblood]

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and its not from here either, pick one from OC next time

 

[HecFam]

Firstly dude, you're not allowed to show links to competitors sites,

Secondly that link to your basket will not work for people other than yourself.

So unless you want to make a basket through OcUk, you can't really get much help.

 

[Bacon?]

Please remove competitor links

 

[Bacon?]

Just over £650 can get you this not including an OS:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £654.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).




Put an OS in jumps it up to £730.

With that spec you can always lower the quality of some parts and be within budget of your £700 including an OS.

 

[zakblood]

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £640.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



same time post

 

[Bacon?]

Bit of a wierd choice of GPU and RAM Zak?
The OEM chip is £30 cheaper so you can get an after market heatsink in there easily

 

[daveg12]

Thanks for the quick reply! I was recommended the fx 6300 be, to keep the price down, is the i5 worth the extra money?

 

[Bacon?]

Definetley. Intel are ahead in gaming currently as their i5's (the K ones) can be easily overclocked (hence the K2) and are clock for clock better than the AMD chips.

AMD chips have more raw power but most software and games do you utilise that power whereas the Intel chips are geared towards most modern software.

 

[linwelin]

Similar to Bacon's but with different case and without an aftermarket cooler, the standard cooler that comes with the i5 is fine, unless you plan to overclock

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £684.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Bacon?]

Link you might as well use the OEM chip as its £30 cheaper and can fit is HSF which is a lot quieter

 

[linwelin]

Link you might as well use the OEM chip as its £30 cheaper and can fit is HSF which is a lot quieter

i can barely hear the fan, on mine.

 

[zakblood]

Bit of a wierd choice of GPU and RAM Zak?
The OEM chip is £30 cheaper so you can get an after market heatsink in there easily

i jumped the gun b4 i even knew what he wanted again

 

[daveg12]

Thanks for all the good suggestions! Is there anyway I could get a good £100 monitor in my £700 pound budget ?

 

[Bacon?]

Does that £700 budget include an OS or just the tower and monitor?

 

[daveg12]

Just the tower and monitor, no OS needed

 

[zakblood]

1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP2G3D1339DS1S00CEU) £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £617.20 (includes shipping : £24.45).



cheaper option

 

[daveg12]

Thanks again guys! Iam going with a i5 with a 7850 build takes me a little over budget at 750 but seems worth the money!

Look out for further threads from me when I get stuck building my machine