New build No.2

oohflamey · 14 Feb 2013 at 12:50

My first build was about 7 years ago, so I'm a bit out of touch with whats what. so decided to build a new one. i thought I could do it on my own again but I've spent the past 5 days reading forums and all I've got to show for it is 8gb of geil black dragon. I need pointing in the right direction. I do a bit of gaming, a lot of movie watching and technical drawings I'd like to be able to transfer sound over hdmi rather than spidf as my current gts 250 wont.

Only requirement is I'd like a nice case that doesn't look too obtrusive oh and to be pretty quiet

no particular budget

thanks in advance

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:01

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £29.99
Total : £584.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

for none OCing

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £35.99
Total : £651.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

for overclocking

cards to add depending on budget,

1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99

to be very honest, cases are like keyboards and mice and are personnel things to chose, not a complete build as no kb or mouse, monitor or o/s either

better to give a budget then can work to something, as i wouldn't add a 1tb hdd either, but don't know your needs so just guessed, for me if gaming 2 or 3tb is min, sdd is middle of the road with size and speed v price etc

Bacon? · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:06

Those cases don't come with fans or anything Zak.

Also I would get a blu-ray retail drive for the playback software etc.

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:11

true but as i don'y know o/s in use, if windows 8 yes needs retail, if win 7 oem will be fine as can DL codec pack with media player in it, for dvd/bluray use for free

can point to some case fans, not that much should add them to all builds now, i keep forgetting that not everyone has a box of bits lying around

thanks m8

oohflamey · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:30

Thanks for the fast replies! and thanks for the builds.Sorry I didn't put a budget I didn't have a clue about how much parts cost and they vary so much (far too many revisions for my poor brain to handle). I'd like to keep it around 800 but if it goes over its not a big deal.

Apologies for the lack of info I shall try to be as specific as i can.

I perhaps should state that all this runs through a 42 inch plasma at the moment will be upgrading to at least a 55 inch in the next few months

Have ordered 8gb of geil black dragon 1600
I can use my old 1tb from my previous system would prefer 3tb however, am I better off buying a 3tb or adding a 2 tb ?
Already have microsoft arc keyboard and mouse for media type stuff (orders from the other half about too many wires) and wired razer for gaming and things.

I have a spare win 8 key kicking about so will probably use that as I'm nearly used to using it. When it stops bsod'ing

Like the case!

thanks

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:38

i'd sell the 1tb and go out and get a 3tb one myself

so a budget of around £800 with no memory or o/s needed, will do another one now

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:44

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
Total : £823.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

for OCing added a good cooler.... plus 3tb hard drivem changed the case which comes with fan, might still need another for flow tbh

1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
Total : £763.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

none OCing, removed cooler and used stock fan, still could do with another case fan, but about it tbh

if using win 8 then also changed to retail bluray with software for o/s for both builds

oohflamey · 14 Feb 2013 at 15:36

Thanks your help zak I could have saved myself 5 days by coming here in the first place

time to go shopping then!

oohflamey · 19 Feb 2013 at 15:02

Right I'm back and I have news .... I have managed to pick up a Gigabyte sniper3 Board, any ideas what to do with it , it's got more slots than my toaster!!