New Build under 700

[Stephb07]

Hey guys looking to buy a new PC (under 700)

This is for Mainly running Football Manager

below is one someone recommended to me

PC build

COOLERMASTER K350 Black Case With 12CM Fan
750W PSU - X-VIPER 80+ BRONZE & 14CM Quiet Fan/Modular
HEATSINK/FAN FOR CPU INCLUDED TO COVER OVERCLOCK IF APPLICABLE
INTEL Haswell Core i5 4670K (Quad)
Overclocked To 4.4Ghz Per Core
ASUS Z87-K
8GB DDR3 1866Mhz - PATRIOT VIPER V3 RED Performance/Gaming RAM
1TB HDD SATA3, 6Gb/s
SONY 24X DVD+/-RW
AMD Radeon HD7770 1GB
WINDOWS 7 Premium - 64 Bit Inc DVD/Licence
Max Out All Case Fans For 12CM BLUE LED Silent Fans
FREE GAME - SNIPER ELITE 2

£669.99 (inc free delivery)

Can you advise is this a good PC or can you guys do better

 

[teppic]

Is it to build yourself?

 

[Stephb07]

Not built before so may give it ago LOL I take it building myself will be cheaper?

 

[teppic]

Cheaper yes, and you get to pick the best components for the money.

Is it just Football Manager or do you play shooters too?

 

[Stephb07]

Just Football manager sometimes play the total war games though

 

[teppic]

Ok, here's another build. It's more expensive but better. You could drop the cooler, but this will let you run quieter and overclock the CPU. If you've already got Windows, that would save a lot. You could drop the graphics card down to a 7770, but a 7850 is much more future proof.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £757.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Here's the cut down version:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £79.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £675.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[stulid]

Never skimp on the PSU as its the heart of the PC, the OCZ is a turd - http://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/ocz-power-supply-roundup/6/

 

[teppic]

That PSU isn't one I'd pick for myself, but the budget is tight. I wouldn't dismiss it based on just one review, I've never seen other reviews for it, but it seems to get good user reviews. This is the cheapest I'd get myself:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-056-BQ

It's not actually that much more expensive (and 430W is sufficient for a 7850).

 

[stulid]

Its just that its a turd, made by HEC (whomever they are) its got no 80+ certification and generally like most OCZ products are dire.

 

[Stephb07]

Ok so if i wanted to add a SSD drive can this be done and is it easy?

the one that was recommended to me is


SanDisk Ultra Plus 7mm SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 128GB Solid State Hard Drive

 

[teppic]

Yes, you just plug it in. If you don't need to install a lot of things you could have an SSD instead of a HDD.

This is one of the best:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA

 

[Stephb07]

ok looking at now a possible AMD (pre built rig) is below good?

. AMD Piledriver FX 8350,
. Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Motherboard,
. 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 (1 x 8Gb),
. Integrated Sound Card,
. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler,
. 16x Pioneer Blu Ray Rom & DVDRW,
. 120GB SSD S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s up to 500MB/s,
. 1000GB S-ATAIII Hard Drive 6.0Gb/s,
. Nvidia GTX650Ti (1024MB),
. No Monitor,
. CiT Vantage Black Midi Gaming Case HD Audio Black Interior 4 Fans Card Reader No PSU Blue,
. CiT 700W Black Edition PSU,
. No Operating System,
. No Software,

682.91

 

[teppic]

Nope, very bad.

 

[Martini1991]

For just under 700 you should be able to get an i5 with a 7870/7950.

I'm building a 700 quid gaming rig from OCUK and so far have a 670/8GB RAM/128GB SSD/i5 4670K and I'll be completing that at under 700 quid.

 

[Stephb07]

finding it hard to use the configuration option though as the minimum i can get anything for is nearer the 800 mark

 

[Stephb07]

I can spend 550-600 now but within a month or so push to 700-750 but im quite impatient ha ha

 

[teppic]

You have to decide if you want pre-built or self-built.

 

[Stephb07]

Ah ok so If I want a prebuild use the configuration thing if not I can use what you guys put up and just put in basket and then build myself when the parts come out?

Sorry I must be frustrating you all

Also I was thinking Im not really needing a great graphics card but possibly more processing/ram for the FM game also was advised to try and get a ssd as it will greatly improve the game - again not sure its all just advice

 

[teppic]

If you pick one of these systems and change the config options, you'll get it prebuilt and ready to use:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=2475

But you'll be very limited in choice.

Self build is the best way, if you've never done it before you'll just need to read up a bit and watch a couple of youtube videos. It's not hard.

 

[Stephb07]

Ok going to build myself thanks for the advice