New member/First build advice

Wodgy

Wodgy

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As the title suggests i've been researching a lot into new builds etc so will be building my own PC. Don't really have a budget but preferably under £1000 with an OS.
Will be used for gaming mainly and some photoshop/editing. Waiting on BF4 and for the 8 series cards from AMD so not really looking for the strongest of cards since i'll be getting a new cards late this year/early 2014.
Done many many builds but i'm very indecisive when it comes to actually buying it lol.
Just a few questions.
1. Any need in a PSU higher than 600W?
2. What mobo advantages are there to higher priced ones compared to the gigabite 107.99 with free CPU cooler?
3. Will a 7870 OC run close to what a 7950 can deliver?

Thanks a lot.
 
1. Unless heavily overclocking, using lots of HDDs, or having multiple graphics cards - no
2. Some more expensive boards have more SATA III ports, a second PCIe x16 running at x8 instead of x4 on the Gigabyte board, better memory support, onboard WiFi, etc
3. What resolution are you running at? A 7870 won't be too far behind a 7950 when it's overclocked, but then you can always overclock a 7950 as well...
 
I see.
I'll be running at 1900x1080.
Mostly playing wow and bf3 for now. yes indeed I see what you mean but at almost £100 less and i'll be upgrading the gpu i'll probably settle for a 7870 atm.
I'll be having an SSD 120 gb and a regular 1tb HD. Looking to overclock but not to extremes. Maybe 4.2-4.4 on the cpu
 
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I have just specked something similar for a diffrent post

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,064.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
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Seems like a great build.
but maybe replacing the i7 with an i5. Would the i7 bring much more to the table than the i5?
Also swapping out the 7950 for an OC 7870.
Would save a bit I guess.
 
Btw i'll be upgrading from an old MSI gt725 laptop that I bought for £1300 back in feb 2009 haha so it's had it's day. Only use it as a music system/ for online poker nowadays.
 
Welcome to the forum :)

You can use the Windows 8 Enterpise (evaluation) Edition for free on a 3 month trial. Windows 8.1 is a service pack of sorts and will add back the start menu, that should get it's own preview soon too. You can give it a bash and then decide where to commit your cash later ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £987.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



i7K is there but that's because you hinted you may doing video editing, you might well be just as happy with the i5K. The 7950 has a better games bundle. If you want a 7870 to save cash, look at the Tahiti cored ones (Like THIS). With an overclock they trade blows with a stock 7950, the "full fat" 7950 has more VRAM and more OC'ing potential though. 500W is ample for a single GPU setup, going modular would be wise.

Hope this helps, look forward to seeing what you settle on in the end :)
 
Another great build haha. Indeed, I honestly can't wait to build it and get to learn to OC optimally myself.
Would it be worth going to 16gb ram for multi program use. ventrillo/wow/ etc?
seen an offer on 16gb 2133mhz ram for £99.99 atm . Seems like a good deal.
Will the Shadow Rock pro cooler be enough to cool an OC processor/Graphics card? Or worth getting a K2 mount doom?
 
Modular you can just the cables you need as they have connectors on the cables to connect to the psu . 6gb of ram is better for editing, if you dont do much then i would go for an I5 with 8gb ram.
 
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Will the extra wiring from a non-modular effect airflow that much? Are they worth the extra price point? Corsair gaming series 2013 600W is what i've been looking at.
Aha I see. Any idea on battlefield 4 making use of hyperthreading from an i7?
Thanks for the replies btw
 
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