New PC build help

Cpukid

Cpukid

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After you guys helped me decide on my gaming PC, my Dad was so impressed he now wants similar:

Finally decided my old pc is to slow after my son got himself a new pc!!

Budget around 500 - 600

Thinking: Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, not sure about the rest, I have a 250gb samsung ssd to throw in, not after playing many games so doesn't need to be a gaming machine, mainly interested in speed, will use for some basic video editing, photoshop etc. Case plenty of front USB not bothered about window, looking forward to your recommendations
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99

Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99

Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI316G186C0K) £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £54.95
(£45.79) £54.95

Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99

Sub Total : £502.39

grand Total : £616.97

using onboard vga, for me i'd stick in a card, even a mid range one would help with what you need it to do. but then budget gone, if you don't need o/s that would easy get you a basic video card so you could use both etc
 
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Use onboard GPU, added 2tb hard drive.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £78.98
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £537.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
8gb might be a bit tight for photoshop, dependent on version etc and use of course, for me i'd like more then again it can be slow, i added 16gb just as i have it and also use 16gb and it runs great
 
 
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Sorry forgot to mention, need tower but no OS, and already got HDD Thanks, thinking of a gfx card as I may play the odd game but nothing serious
 
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grand Total : £616.97 - £79.99 (o/s) - £49.99 as hdd not needed :)

total £487.99 job done

case might not be the newest, and only 2 front usb's but very good case, good cooling and plenty pf space, looks nice and built very well, might be a bit on the heavy side for some
 
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Right Okay, Well I had a think and came up with this.

MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155)[/B][/B] - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-048-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-174-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-168-AN&groupid=2362&catid=160&subcat=

GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-118-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB 64MB cache - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE

Case comes with fans, don't worry about that, also that motherboard comes with an after market cooler, so that's nice plus. Also a 1TB hard drive for nice amount of storage, it will fly with the OS on that SSD. Motherboard also has some PCI slots for whatever and ofc PCI-E 3.0 that graphics card :)

Hope this helps get back to me if you have any thoughts.
 
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Went with a 3770K, assuming the software can take advantage of hyperthreading.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £566.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).




Cheaper spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £488.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £638.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).



8GB Ram:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £608.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
RJC has done some nice specs there. I'd lean to the GB 7850 though for £5 more. 3 year uk based warranty and the GPU is clocked faster out of the box

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Sorry forgot to mention, need tower but no OS, and already got HDD Thanks, thinking of a gfx card as I may play the odd game but nothing serious
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £628.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Mini-itx if he fancies something a little different. The mobo is out of stock but can still be ordered, it does include wifi which is a nice touch. PSU is gold rated for a little more, the P&C PSU is also seasonic but it's bronze rated.

If the 7850 is "too much" then maybe consider a 2nd hand 1GB 460 or a 6850, they should be circa £50 and outperform any GPU you can buy new upto £100ish
 
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Wow some good specs and options here many thanks I think a i5 will be plenty, if I can scrimp a bit more I think I will go for a GFX card as well liking RJC cheaper option and looking at some of the specs from marshalCooler, don't think we are far away now :) In the time it took to type this I had 5 reply's added wow

Off out for a meal but many thanks guys I have plenty to chew :)
 
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Wow some good specs and options here many thanks I think a i5 will be plenty, if I can scrimp a bit more I think I will go for a GFX card as well liking RJC cheaper option and looking at some of the specs from marshalCooler, don't think we are far away now :) In the time it took to type this I had 5 reply's added wow

Off out for a meal but many thanks guys I have plenty to chew :)
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That MSI mobo is voltage locked so not ideal for overclocking fella. The GB Z77-D3H would be a better shout. It has a 3 year uk based warranty and a dual BIOS. It also has the lucidMVP software which can switch between the IGP and GPU as needed to save power, the IGP can also boost the GPU whilst gaming.
 
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